The latest evidence on oxytocin and birth: Sara Wickham looks at a review which helps explain why spontaneous, physiological labour and birth is beneficial.
Oxytocin and birth: the latest evidence
Tag: physiology
“We have reached the limits of the domination of Nature…”
Michel Odent suggests that we have reached the limits of the domination of nature, and describes the kind of environment needed for birth.
Pronurturance Plus … great food for thought
What is pronurturance? And pronurturance plus? Sara Wickham looks at research which defines and explores these age-old concepts with modern names.
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing
“Overall, consistent and coherent evidence from physiologic understandings and human and animal studies finds that that the innate, hormonal physiology of mothers and babies—when promoted, supported, and protected—has significant benefits for both in childbearing, and likely into the future, by…