by Debby | Apr 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
This weekend, Jeanne and I will be attending a meeting to revise the Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Program Study Guide. If you are a Lamaze educator and enrolled in a Lamaze program in the last two years, you will be asked to complete a survey. We hope you... by Debby | Mar 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
In advance of the upcoming MegaConference celebrating the 50th anniversaries of both Lamaze International and ICEA, I purchased on eBay a copy of the May 1958 edition of Ladies Home Journal, which many credit with birthing the modern childbirth education movement. In... by Debby | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of the most important lessons from last week’s NIH meeting on VBAC is that, if we reduce the primary cesarean surgery rate, fewer women and babies will be at increased risk in future pregnancies because of a uterine scar. So, what can we, as childbirth... by Debby | Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I came across still another story in the news about a pregnant woman who had to travel hundreds of miles in order to have a VBAC. This was the woman’s fourth pregnancy – her first birth was a vaginal one; her second, a cesarean surgery; and her third a... by Debby | Feb 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
I may be a little late in responding to this news story. My husband and I just returned from a fabulous trip to Egypt and Jordan. But I can’t stop thinking about this report from California Watch, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. According to... by Debby | Jan 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am a week late in “starting” the New Year as my husband and I added an extra week to our holidays in order to attend the BCS national championship game. The Longhorns came close to pulling off a miracle comeback, but it was not to be. Now I can turn my attention to...