Sara Wickham looks at research which explored what normal postnatal bowel function was like for women. It differs depending on mode of birth and feeding.
Sara Wickham looks at research exploring the placental rituals amiong Australian home-birthing women, including burial, placentophagy, and lotus birth.
Sara Wickham looks at research showing that naked infant-mother body contact within the first hour of life was a good means of promoting effective sucking.
It doesn’t matter how many insults are thrown at those who choose and support homebirth; research study after research study continues to show that this is a safe and reasonable option. This week, the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health…
I have the very greatest respect for my esteemed colleagues who have authored the newest birth-related Cochrane review which shows that skin-to-skin care (the technical term for cuddling) can help reduce procedural pain in neonates (Johnston et al 2014). It’s…
Just in case you missed some of these as we slowed down for the holidays, I am offering a quick trip through five papers from towards the end of 2013 whose contents, for one reason or another, might be worthy…