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Entries posted with tags ‘active management’

  • Time Ticking Away

    6/12/10 • (0)

    What is active management of labor and why is it relevant to doulas and childbirth educators? How much do you know about obstetric management? The term “active management” refers to a particular philosophy of birth, an [...]

  • To break or not to break?

    5/29/10 • (0)

    The latest Cochrane review looks at amniotomy and whether it offers any benefit to women or their babies. Is it a help or a hindrance to rupture the membranes? The Cochrane Collaboration released a new review [...]

  • Falling in the middle

    5/22/10 • (0)

    “I am working with a client who tells me she wants an active, natural birth. However she is with a caregiver who I know from previous experience practices active management. I feel very pessimistic about her [...]

  • How do I stay balanced?

    4/17/10 • (0)

    “I want to teach about the benefits of natural birth but I am worried about coming across as anti-doctor. How can I teach my clients the difference between active management and expectant management in a balanced [...]