A long umbilical cord with 2 knots in it! I’m wet from catching the baby in the birth pool.

Charlotte Church’s delivery goes swimmingly as singer gives birth to a baby boy at home | Mail Onlin 8:18am Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Charlotte Church gave birth to her second child yesterday – a boy weighing 7lb 5oz. The singer, 22, had her boyfriend Gavin Henson and two midwives by her side.

Two new studies to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in August 2007 look at mineral supplementation and the prevention of specific conditions during pregnancy. In the first study, researchers examined the effect of magnesium supplementation and the development of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) in babies. HIE is the reduction of oxygen supply…

Shannon B. Palmer, Central Michigan UniversityFollowJill L. Adelson, Duke UniversityFollowBrittany F. Crawford, University of LouisvilleFollowNan Asher, Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesFollowWendy Switalski, Widex USA, Inc.Follow Abstract Objective: Babies born in an out-of-hospital setting (e.g., homebirth) often do not receive a universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of providing training and…

I trust birth like I trust the weather. The sun will rise most mornings and set most evenings. There will be 4 Seasons, give or take a couple. Sometimes there’s sunshine with gentle breezes, or cleansing soft white snow, or life-giving warm summer rains. But we all know there are also floods, lightening strikes, hurricanes,…