Classes give expectant parents confidence
When expectant parents come to childbirth classes, usually about eight weeks before giving birth, reality sinks in. They’re thinking, “We’ve had the shower. The baby’s room is ready. Okay, I guess we’re really going to have this baby.” Then many feel a strong sense of anticipation and ask, “Are we ready?” In discussion with educators and other expectant parents, they discover they...
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Book of the Month: 25 Things Every New Mother Should Know
by Ann Grauer, CD(DONA), IBCLC
25 Things Every New Mother Should Know
by Martha Sears, RN
Father's First Steps: 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know
by Robert W. Sears, MD, and James M. Sears, MD
(Reviewed by Columbia Center's Ann Grauer)
These two books may be little but they are mighty. Each is packed with comforting, reassuring information that the authors (all well-known experts on the care and well-being of infants and their...
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Knowledge and flexibility lead to the best labor support for you
by Frederick Westreich, MD
Knowledge and flexibility are the keys to finding the right labor support for you.
When my patients, their partners and I discuss labor support options, I try to give them the big picture so they will know the many alternatives that are available. Then I tell them to keep an open mind because no one can anticipate what their labor will be like.
Women today have so many options to help them through...
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