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Full Circle Midwifery Statistics 1984 – 2023
Total planned home births: 1835 Total transports: 148 [ 8% ] Mothers transported in labor: 104 Cesareans 56 [ 3% ] Forceps/Vacuum 9 Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum: 25 Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth: 19 Counties: Benzie 2 Kent 14 Lake 20 Manistee 54 Mason 216 Mecosta 141 Montcalm 15 Muskegon 409 Oceana 269 Ottawa 135 Newaygo 406 Osceola 81 plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee, Shiawassee, Wayne & Wexford. Oldest mom 47, Youngest mom 16…
Breastmilk Jaundice
From Dr.Jack Newman Yesterday, I received an email from a mother whose baby was strictly breastfed but had what is commonly called “breastmilk jaundice”. The doctor told her to give only formula for 48 hours, which she did and the baby is now refusing to take the breast. From our information sheet on jaundice at our…
EAT DATES THE LAST 4 WEEKS OF YOUR PREGNANCY!
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2011;31(1):29-31. The effect of late pregnancy consumption of date fruit on labour and delivery. Al-Kuran O, Al-Mehaisen L, Bawadi H, Beitawi S, Amarin Z. Source Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. oqba@yahoo.com Abstract We set out to investigate the effect of date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera) consumption on labour parameters and delivery outcomes. Between 1 February…
Magnesium And Calcium Supplementation During Pregnancy – New Research
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…
There are 10 principles of Prenatal Parenting.
More explanation can be found in the book Prenatal Parenting by Dr. Fred Wirth. Delve into these topics and learn how you can create a healthy, happy baby. While you are pregnant, a first easy step is to spend 15 minutes, several times a day, with a Fetal Love Break™ Awareness of these principles honors the…
Vitamin K at Birth: To Inject or Not
Written by Linda Folden Palmer, D.C. Friday, 27 June 2008 11:17 Newborn infants routinely receive an injection of vitamin K after birth in order to prevent (or slow) a rare problem of bleeding into the brain weeks after birth. Vitamin K promotes blood clotting. The fetus has low levels of vitamin K as well as…