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Labor Longer to Avoid Cesarean
With 1 in 3 births via cesarean—up 60% since 1996—leading experts are calling on healthcare providers and pregnant women alike strive to avoid unnecessary cesarean, particularly with first births....
View ArticleSigns When It Is Time To Give Birth
Contrary to popular myth, you’re not awaiting a flood when your water bag breaks. Here’s how to tell when it happens and when to go the hospital. Where will you be when it happens? In bed? In line at...
View ArticleShould You Wait For Labor?
Are you considering scheduling your baby’s birth? You have friends who have asked for inductions to help with busy family schedules, but you’ve also heard that they can lead to increased complications...
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Induction Decisions
Are you considering induction? Inducing labor is common—but experts agree that unless it’s for a medical reason, induction is risky and best avoided. In recent years there has been a movement to wait...
View ArticleAvoiding Early, Elective Deliveries
Could where you plan to birth put you and baby at risk for delivering early, even risking prematurity for baby? It could, if you’re planning to birth in a hospital or facility that doesn’t restrict...
View ArticleGo The Full 40 Weeks
As you get closer and closer to your due date, it probably seems like your baby will never arrive. You’re having a hard time sleeping, your back hurts, your feet are swollen and just when you finally...
View ArticleGo the Distance
I tell many pregnant moms that completing a term pregnancy (40 weeks) is like being a marathon runner. Giving birth requires endurance, perseverance, and dogged determination to complete the grueling...
View ArticleDon’t Deliver Before 39 Weeks
A leading coalition of experts are warning moms to avoid elective inductions before 39 weeks gestation as a spike in earlier inductions has led to thousands of babies being put at risk for admission to...
View ArticleWill You Wait for Labor to Start on Its Own?
Are you considering scheduling your baby’s birth? You have friends who have asked for inductions to help with busy family schedules, but you’ve also heard that they can lead to increased complications...
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Why Baby Needs a Full 40 Weeks of Pregnancy
Your baby needs a full 40 weeks of pregnancy As you get closer and closer to your due date, it probably seems like your baby will never arrive. You’re having a hard time sleeping, your back hurts, your...
View ArticlePowerful Pregnancy
You can build and sustain energy during pregnancy and most experts agree that 3 simple strategies will keep you active and energetic for a full 40 weeks; eating healthfully, staying active and...
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Belly Bumps to Baby Mamas: A 40 Weeks Adventure
40 Weeks: Meet the cast Most movies about motherhood take a woman from bump to baby in the blink of an eye, amidst a wardrobe of designer duds and perfectly applied makeup in the delivery room. But...
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What’s Safe About Sex During Pregnancy?
“Is it safe to have sex during pregnancy?” As nurses, we hear this question all of the time. Now that you’re pregnant, you and your partner may be worried about sexual intimacy and whether it can harm...
View ArticlePrenatal Care: Mapping Your 40 Weeks
Mapping Your 40 Weeks of Prenatal Care Regular prenatal care and mapping your 40 weeks is important for you and your baby to have the healthiest pregnancy and birth possible. At each visit, your...
View ArticlePowerful Pregnancy
You can build and sustain energy during pregnancy and most experts agree that 3 simple strategies will keep you active and energetic for a full 40 weeks; eating healthfully, staying active and...
View ArticleGo The Full 40 Weeks
As you get closer and closer to your due date, it probably seems like your baby will never arrive. You’re having a hard time sleeping, your back hurts, your feet are swollen and just when you finally...
View ArticleGo the Distance
I tell many pregnant moms that completing a term pregnancy (40 weeks) is like being a marathon runner. Giving birth requires endurance, perseverance, and dogged determination to complete the grueling...
View ArticleDon’t Deliver Before 39 Weeks
A leading coalition of experts are warning moms to avoid elective inductions before 39 weeks gestation as a spike in earlier inductions has led to thousands of babies being put at risk for admission to...
View ArticleWill You Wait for Labor to Start on Its Own?
Are you considering scheduling your baby’s birth? You have friends who have asked for inductions to help with busy family schedules, but you’ve also heard that they can lead to increased complications...
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Why Baby Needs a Full 40 Weeks of Pregnancy
Your baby needs a full 40 weeks of pregnancy As you get closer and closer to your due date, it probably seems like your baby will never arrive. You’re having a hard time sleeping, your back hurts, your...
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