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Proverbs 31 & Eshet Chayil
Labor pains were sporadic throughout the day but by late afternoon they had increased in frequency and intensity. My daughter decided that it was time to go to the hospital. She was at the hospital for...
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News & Views on Birth, Breastfeeding & Birth Control
Over the past few months I have come across articles related to childbirth and women’s health. In the United States approximately 32% of births are cesarean sections. Finally the medical community has...
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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal* the rate of twin births has increased by 76% in the last 20 years, due in part to the increased use of fertility treatments. According to the Mayo...
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In England the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence is recommending that low risk-mothers be encouraged to have their baby at home or in a midwife led unit. This applies to women that have...
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A Mother’s Wisdom
It’s World Breastfeeding Week and an opportunity to celebrate God’s design of the female body! After childbirth a woman is equipped to feed her newborn infant. The colostrum that precedes milk provides...
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Jerusalem or Bethlehem?
Photo by Guillaume Piolle During the Christmas season a few years ago, a guest speaker on the radio described Mary and Joseph’s arduous journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. He imagined a narrative where...
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SOHL Sunday
January 18th is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. This date has arrived in the midst of news about death. Adults and children are being targeted with violence and death. Whether it is in Syria, Africa,...
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Tooth Troubles & Informed Consent
My teeth are a blessing and a challenge. The dentist office is the most fear laden health care visit for me. But it is also an area of health that has pushed me to consider the value of informed...
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Letter to a New Mom
Birth didn’t turn out the way I expected even though I took Lamaze classes and planned for a natural birth. At the hospital the doctor ridiculed positions that felt right to me during labor. One nurse...
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Listen to the Mothers (and Midwives)
In the early to mid 1800s poor women in Austria gave birth at the Vienna General Hospital. Women shared this tip with each other, “try to be in the midwife ward”. Doctors were also caring for women in...
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