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“Infant Sleep Problems”?
Many behaviors labeled as “infant sleep problems” are actually normal patterns of infant and child sleep. Many new parents worry that their babies have “sleep problems” if they wake frequently, fall asleep while breastfeeding, stay up late, or only sleep while being held. A new white paper from Praeclarus Press finds that many of the behaviors labeled as problems are actually normal, which can reassure new parents. Most new parents complain about lack of sleep. Many are also concerned that their babies have a “sleep problem,” and that what they are experiencing is not “normal.” So they worry about it … a lot. Part of this epidemic of parental angst about children’s sleep is that we live in a culture in which parents are repeatedly told that they need to worry about their child’s sleep, that there will be dire consequences if their child does not get enough sleep. Another problem is that most new parents, having had little experience with children prior to having their own, have little awareness about what truly is “normal” when it comes to infant sleep.
Our bi-weekly Birth & Parenting News Blog highlights the latest news items, research results, consumer alerts, and legislative action alerts of interest to expectant and new parents and the professionals who work them.
Is therapeutic bed rest evidence-based?
Cochrane and other systematic reviews do not support the practice of restricting pregnant women to bed rest for threatened miscarriage, hypertension, preeclampsia, preterm birth, multiple gestations or impaired fetal growth, claiming it is unethical and unsupported by data. Read an article here.
Our bi-weekly Birth & Parenting News Blog highlights the latest news items, research results, consumer alerts, and legislative action alerts of interest to expectant and new parents and the professionals who work them.
What is a family-centered cesarean?
Dr. William Camann, Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, is encouraging a positive transformation in the culture of the operating room. A cesarean delivery can be a mother, baby and family-centered experience. Watch the video. And read his blog post.
Our bi-weekly Birth & Parenting News Blog highlights the latest news items, research results, consumer alerts, and legislative action alerts of interest to expectant and new parents and the professionals who work them.
Visualizing Birth
Visualizing Birth is a website that focuses on using images to empower pregnant women in the births of their babies.
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Drug oxytocin may contribute to postpartum bleeding, researchers find.
With the number of maternal deaths on the rise in the United States, researchers found that a drug frequently used to augment or induce labor may contribute to postpartum bleeding, a study in the September issue of Anesthesiology notes. The drug oxytocin is used for two purposes during childbirth-to induce or augment labor contractions and to control bleeding during the third stage of labor.
“With this in-vitro study, we were able to confirm clinical research data demonstrating an association between the use of oxytocin for an extended time to augment labor and the need for a greater dosage of oxytocin or perhaps alternate medications to stop a mother’s hemorrhage after delivery,” said study author Mrinalini Balki, M.D., staff anesthesiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto and associate professor at the University of Toronto. “Oxytocin is a ‘double-edged sword’ because while it helps to move labor along, after prolonged use, the mother becomes desensitized to it.” Read full article.
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Circumcision on the decline in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have issued a new report that indicates a drop in the rate of newborn circumcision in the United States. The report factored in data collected on circumcisions performed in hospitals between 1979 and 2010, and found that the rate went from 64.5 percent at the beginning of the studied period to 58.3 percent by the end of it. Read the article.
Our bi-weekly Birth & Parenting News Blog highlights the latest news items, research results, consumer alerts, and legislative action alerts of interest to expectant and new parents and the professionals who work them.