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Breastfeed Med
February 2010
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Abstract In the 1990s a rising tide of medical, surgical, and instrumental interventions served to make childbirth almost treated like a disease. This report supports a different approach to childbirth. A case and discussions of induction are presented.
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June 2009
University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Birth
September 2007
Graduate Division, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Background: Data collected on more than 12,000 women in 15 randomized controlled trials provide robust evidence of the beneficial effects of doula support on medical outcomes to childbirth. The objective of this paper was to examine the association between doula support and maternal perceptions of the infant, self, and support from others at 6 to 8 weeks postpartum. The doula was a minimally trained close female relative or friend.
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September 2012
P hyllis K laus teaches and practices psychotherapy, working especially with the concerns of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.
In this position paper-one of six care practice papers published by Lamaze International and reprinted here with permission-the value of keeping mothers and their babies together from the moment of birth is discussed and presented as an evidenced-based practice that helps promote, protect, and support normal birth. The paper is written for childbearing women and their families. Babies held skin-to-skin with their mothers cry less often, breathe easier, and stay warmer than babies who are separated from their mothers.
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