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A Must Read" for MOMS clients: The Distinction Between Midwifery & Medicine Care by faith gibson
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   A collection of Contemporary Essays about Health Care,
Physiological Management of Normal Childbirth, Midwifery , etc
Posted June 28, 2009

Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: a large prospective study in North America  (June 18, 2005)	British Medical Journal   2005;330:1416 (18 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1416
	Research paper by  Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist  Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager    Editor's Note: Many of the LMs in California, myself included, were participants in this study and contributed statistics from our own home birth practices.

                                      

March 13, 2006 Press Release:       Paper on Planned Home Birth in British Medical Journal  was the most popular study published in 2005

 

Info for VBAC clients of Faith Gibson, LM #41 (1) Taylored information as  required by Section 1379.19 for Faith Gibson   (2) Access required reading   incl. text of Sec 1379.19
(3) Informed Decision Making, Informed Consent or Refusal                                                                       print out consent form on page #5                                                              Options: VBAC or Repeat C-Section --                                                                      print out page # 9 -- consent form and bring to appt.

Characteristics of Active, Physiological Management

Science-based Principles of Maternity Care  

 Continuity of care, 
Patience with nature, 
Social and emotional support, 
Mother-controlled environment (place)  
Provision for appropriate psychological privacy, 
Mother-directed activities, positions & postures for labor & birth  
Full-time presence of the primary caregiver during active labor
Recognition of the non-erotic but none the less sexual nature of spontaneous labor 
Upright and mobile mother during active labor 
Non-pharmaceutical pain management such as showers & deep water tubs 
Judicious use of drugs and anesthesia when needed (hospitalized mothers)
Absence of arbitrary time limits as long some progress, mother & baby OK  
Vertical postures, pelvic mobility and the right use of gravity for pushing
Birth position by maternal choice unless other factors require otherwise
Mother-Directed Pushing -- NO prolonged breath-holding (Valsalva maneuver)
Physiological clamping/cutting of umbilical cord-- after circulation has stopped (3-5 mins)  
Immediate possession and control of newborn by mother and father
On-going & unified care and support of the mother-baby for postpartum

One does not have to be a midwife to appropriately 
use "physiological" (i.e. midwifery) management.

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