Relevant birth and medical information to assist families in making the best healthcare decisions for themselves.
What is Alpha-fetoprotein Test (AFP)?
What is the AFP test? The AFP test is a blood serum test that screens for a few different things: Neural Tube Defects (Such as
My Baby is Breech – What Can I Do?
When women find out that their baby is breech, it often causes stress and sometimes even panic. However, this doesn’t need to be a panic-inducing
Pushing For First Time Moms
By Gloria Lemay The expulsion of a first baby from a woman’s body is a space in time for much mischief and mishap to occur.
Natural Induction Methods
First, RELAX! Forget due dates. Due dates are merely an educated guess, did you know only 4% of births happen on the “due date”? Your
Baby Is Breech, Now What?
In reading this you may just have found out that your baby is breech, or you may be preparing in case this does happen to
Artificial Oxytocin Induction
The easy answer to a Pitocin or Syntocinon induction is even though it’s an artificial induction with artificial oxytocin you would think “it’s the same
Birth Rites and Traditions Around the World
Anthropologists tell us, and we generally agree, that important life passages are more easily assimilated when accompanied by a ceremony or ritual, a rite of
Birth Choices in Austin- what is right for you?
Today we have more choices than ever about how we birth. We have the option of using a doctor or midwife for our practitioner. We
OMG, did you just cut off a third of my baby’s blood supply?
Your baby has just been born. Would you let someone draw their blood and remove 30% of their blood volume? I became a midwife before