All Posts Tagged With: "Natural Childbirth"

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Sep
2009

Study: Home Births Can Be As Safe As Hospital Ones

A large new study involving nearly 13,000 women in B.C. shows giving birth at home with a registered midwife is as safe as delivering in a hospital.

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Jul
2009

Male Midwife: Agony of Labour A ‘Rite of Passage’

An associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University is speaking out about his views on childbirth and what he calls the ‘epidural epidemic’. He believes that more women should endure the pain of childbirth because anaesthetic drugs undermine the mother’s bond with her baby.

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Sep
2008

Study: Mothers Bond Better with Babies Born Naturally

A new study reveals that women who have a natural birth form stronger bonds with their babies than those who deliver by Caesarean section.
Stimulation of the cervix and vagina during natural birth releases hormones that generate powerful feelings critical to a woman’s performance as a mother immediately after delivery.
But a Caesarean delivery in which the [...]

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