The great umbilical cord-cutting debate

(CNN)For the layperson, a few minutes might tick by without a second thought, but those precious minutes after a baby is born could be beneficial for newborns later in life, some doctors say. When to “clamp” and or cut one of the most prominent fixtures associated with childbirth, the umbilical...

U.K. report shows most pregnancies better off with midwives than ob-gyns

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), a U.K. organization that provides national health care guidance and advice, has just released new guidelines for giving birth. According to NICE’s findings, women with low-risk pregnancies are better off in the care of midwives than...

Why Doctors, Nurses, and Other Medical Professionals Are Choosing to Birth at Home

It’s one of the best kept secrets in the medical profession these days: an increasing number of doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants, and other medical professionals are choosing to birth at home. For the most part these medical professionals keep quiet about it. They don’t want to offend their...

A timeline of a baby’s first hour

Back when I worked in a lab, I spent countless hours diligently watching fruit flies mate. It was a strange job — both extremely scandalous and extremely boring. But lots of scientists are also voyeurs, I swear. And those tedious observations were a good way to learn about instinctual behaviors. So I was a...

Study examine 16,924 midwife-led homebirth that confirm health and safety of mother and baby

(TRFW News) The Center for Disease Control reports that home births are on the rise in the United States. (3)  Many families worry about safety and choose hospital births in case of emergency. A  2014 study that examines nearly 17,000 courses of midwife-led care confirms that among low-risk women, home...

What is the Fetus Ejection Reflex?

The prevalent culture in modern society is that of dominion over and control of nature, as well as the domination of groups of people by the other groups of people that hold more power. Similarly women and their bodies are dominated by the cultural paradigm of the time, no less by doctors and midwives in...