Pregnancy & Birth

Are Canadians joyriding the ultrasound machine?

January 7, 2010




In the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey released in 2009, 99.8 percent of Canadian women reported that they had at least one prenatal ultrasound and the average number was three (3) per pregnancy. A study released this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which looked at data from the health care system, confirmed those findings [...]

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Essential Pregnancy Products Guide

November 15, 2009




Are you a newly pregnant mom? Or are you looking to buy a gift for a pregnant mom? Check out this crowd-sourced list of essential pregnancy products for ideas on what to buy. BellaBands I loved my Bella Bands and consider them an essential pregnancy accessory. I didn’t know about them during my first pregnancy, [...]

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How not to have a natural birth

October 19, 2009




Would you give birth here? In other words… Because Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care only about doing things their own way and making as much money as possible from unnecessary birth interventions, even if it poses greater risks to the welfare and health  your baby, we will not participate in a “Birth Contract”, a [...]

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Parents of twins can now both take parental leave

September 18, 2009




I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]

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Home births safer than hospital births for low risk pregnancies

September 1, 2009




Image credit: yelahneb on flickr Where is the safest place to give birth? If you are at a low risk of complications, then a midwife assisted home birth is your best bet according to a new Canadian study by Dr. Patrician Janssen from the University of British Columbia. Better outcome for the infant According to [...]

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To tandem or not to tandem (Part 2 of series on preparing for baby #2)

May 31, 2009




This is the second post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read it already, check out the first part What on Earth Were We Thinking? In attachment parenting circles nursing into toddlerhood is common. A lot of parents strive for child-led weaning or at the very least gradual and [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: My Answers & Your Answers

March 26, 2009




Yesterday, I posted about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey and asked you to answer a few questions about your birth experience, either on your blog, in the comments or by e-mailing me. Today I am updating with my answers and the links to some of your answers (if you haven’t answered yet, please do still [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: Your Turn

March 25, 2009




The Public Health Agency of Canada just released the results of the Maternity Experiences Survey, a survey of 6000 Canadian women on their experiences, perceptions, knowledge and practices before conception and during pregnancy, birth and the early months of parenthood. Pregnancy and parenting author Ann Douglas (who is on twitter by the way: anndouglas), has [...]

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Want a Natural Birth in a Hospital Setting? 10 Questions to Ask

February 17, 2009




Due to a variety of very odd geopolitical realities and bureaucratic idiocies I chose to have my baby delivered by an obstetrician in a hospital. I knew going into it that my choice of birth setting and birth attendant meant that my chances of having a natural birth were significantly lowered. But I was committed [...]

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Something to dream of?

November 30, 2008




How does 12 weeks of maternity leave at full pay and up to a year at 60 percent pay sound? How about 98 percent of newborns being exclusively breastfed when they leave the hospital and 72 percent exclusively breastfed at 4 months of age? Consider an infant mortality rate of 5 per 1000 live births. [...]

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