The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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Obstet Gynecol 1997 Sep;90(3):344-346 Fetal laceration injury at cesarean delivery. Smith JF, Hernandez C, Wax JR Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of fetal laceration injury in cesarean delivery.
METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted using a computer-based data coding system. All neonatal records were reviewed for infants delivered by cesarean during a 2-year period. Maternal records were reviewed in those cases of documented fetal laceration injury. The Fisher exact test was used when indicated.
RESULTS: There were 904 cesarean deliveries performed during the study period; of these, 896 neonatal records (98.4%) were available for review. Seventeen laceration injuries were recorded (1.9%). The incidence of laceration appeared higher when the indication for cesarean was nonvertex (6.0% versus 1.4%, P = .02). One of 17 (5.9%) maternal records indicated the presence of the laceration of the fetus.
CONCLUSION: Fetal laceration injury at cesarean delivery is not rare,
especially when it is performed for nonvertex presentation. The minority
of obstetric records show documentation of such lacerations, suggesting
that this complication often may not be recognized by obstetricians.
[from ob-gyn-l]
In a first OBV with a client this week I noted a large keloidal scar
on her left hand. She said it was the result of a severe laceration she
suffered at birth from the surgeons knife that performed a section to deliver
her. Interestingly, her brother incurred a severe laceration to the left
side of his face and left eye resulting in blindness in that eye.....same
surgeon, two years later.
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