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Researchers will report that changes to the labor and delivery care system can reduce Cesarean delivery rates. The study, titled The Effect of Expanded Midwifery and Hospitalist Services on Primary Cesarean Delivery Rates looked at all singleton term deliveries at a community hospital between January 2005 and April 2014. Demographic, clinical and outcome data were collected at the time of delivery. In this community hospital with a diverse patient population, there were two changes made in April 2011 that were associated with lower cesarean delivery rates. Midwives became available to all laboring women and obstetrician staffing practices were changed to allow doctors to focus solely on their laboring patients instead of having to juggle their surgical and office responsibilities.

Before the change was instituted, women cared for under the traditional, private practice obstetrician model had high cesarean delivery rates that had been increasing every year, which was the same trend taking place nationally. After the changes were made, cesarean delivery rates not only dropped but they continued to decrease more each year.

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Delaying the cutting of the umbilical cord in newborns by two minutes leads to a better development of the baby during the first days of life, research shows. The study reveals that the time in cutting the umbilical cord (also called umbilical cord clampling) influences the resistance to oxidative stress in newborns.

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Research during the past 30 years has found many benefits of skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns immediately after birth, particularly with aiding breastfeeding. However, in some hospitals, skin-to-skin contact following cesarean birth is not implemented, due to practices around the surgery. A recent quality improvement project demonstrated that women's birth experiences were improved by implementing skin-to-skin contact after cesarean surgery.

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The rise of cesarean births and the movement to safely prevent them.

An easy to read and understand look at how we can reduce the rate of cesarean births.

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Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screening - A Simple Newborn Test that Saves Lives

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Once you educate yourself on the elements of a healthy birth, there may be times you need to advocate for yourself and your baby. Hopefully you’re able to choose a birthplace that largely supports your goals for birth, but if that’s not possible, here are some suggestions that might make negotiating easier.

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Doctors in the delivery room are increasingly urged to hold off cutting the umbilical cord of a newborn. Delayed clamping, as it’s called, allows blood to continue flowing from the placenta, improving iron stores in the baby.

But the practice has been slow to catch on in part because doctors have also been advised that for it to be most effective, they also must hold the wet, screaming infant at the level of the mother’s vagina for a crucial minute or longer so that gravity will help blood flow.

Doctors have long considered the maneuver awkward, and now a new study, published on Wednesday in The Lancet, has found that it is probably unnecessary. Babies who were placed on their mothers’ stomachs before clamping fared just as well as those who were held lower, the researchers found.

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Evidence for the Vitamin K Shot in Newborns - Exclusive Q&A with Rebecca Dekker on her New Research

Inexpensive, simple and incredibly effective. Say yes to the newborn Vitamin K shot.

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