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Every Day Should Be Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day! What Educators Need...
May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month, when agencies on the local, state and federal level along with private and public organizations promote campaigns designed to increase awareness of...
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Childhood Sexual Abuse as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Depression – Part 1
Childhood sexual abuse can play a key role as a risk factor for postpartum depression. Kathy Morelli takes a look at the impact of this horrible childhood event on a woman during her childbearing...
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Childhood Sexual Abuse as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Depression- Part 2:...
© CC Smoochi: http://flickr.com/photos/smadars/4758708634 Kathy Morelli, perinatal mental health expert and S&S contributor is sharing information about the impact of childhood sexual abuse on...
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One of a Kind: An Interview with Dr. Meltzer-Brody about UNC’s Inpatient...
As Postpartum Support International’s 2014 Annual Conference kicks off this weekend in Chapel Hill, NC, regular contributor Kathy Morelli shares her interview with Dr. Samantha Melzter-Brody as Kathy...
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Kathy Morelli Shares Highlights from the 2014 Postpartum Support...
Regular contributor Kathy Morelli attended the Postpartum Support International conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina this past month. In today’s post, Kathy shares her thoughts, some big...
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Series: Welcoming All Families; Working with Women Pregnant after Infertility
Continuing the Science & Sensibility occasional series: Welcoming All Families, Certified Nurse Midwife Emalee Danforth examines the research on perinatal and postpartum mental health on the...
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Book Review – Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women’s Stories of Trauma...
By Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM Walker Karraa, PhD, a former contributor to Science & Sensibility, has authored a new book, Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women’s...
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Book Review – Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women’s Stories of Trauma...
By Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM Dr. Walker Karraa has written an insightful book examining depression as a transformative event in the lives of women who have experienced it after...
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“Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women’s Stories of Trauma and Growth”,...
By Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM © Walker Karraa Last week, Cynthia Good Mojab provided Science & Sensibility readers with the first two parts of her three-part series on the...
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Book Review: “A Breastfeeding-Friendly Approach to Postpartum Depression: A...
By Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D, author, IBCLC, researcher, internationally acclaimed speaker and occasional contributor to our blog, has written a...
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Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004–2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/7353095052/“Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004–2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care Practices, and Implications for Shared Decision Making” came out on August...
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The Start of the Lamaze/ICEA 2015 Conference – 10 Reasons This Will Be an...
I just arrived in Las Vegas at the conference hotel earlier today, after a relatively short travel day from my home in Seattle, WA. I am very excited for the conference to begin. I remember attending...
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Conference Wrap-Up and Save the Date for Lamaze International 2016 Conference!
Late Sunday night, I arrived home after attending the Lamaze International/ICEA Joint 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV. I am both exhausted and deeply satisfied. I enjoyed networking with other...
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Sharon Muza – Community Manager for Science & Sensibility Receives Lamaze...
By Cara Terreri, CD(DONA), LCCESharon Muza & Cara Terreri receive Lamaze International 2015 Media AwardOne of the highlights of the recent Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference in Las...
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The Top Ten Safety Messages to Share with New Parents – September is Baby...
By Jenny Burris Harvey, BA, CPSTSeptember is Baby Safety Month, and before the month entirely slips away, I wanted to acknowledge this and share some resources with childbirth educators that they can...
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Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators – An Anatomy Ice Breaker
© Sharon MuzaThis month’s “Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators” is one of my old standbys. I use it frequently at the beginning of a series class. Last week I started a new seven week series and...
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Interview with Alice Callahan about Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to...
In an earlier post on Science and Sensibility, regular contributor Anne Estes, PhD reviewed Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby’s First Year, a new evidence-based book focused on...
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Series: Building Your Birth Business: Blog for a Business Boost!
Maintaining a blog as part of your website is an excellent way to keep your website content fresh, share useful information with clients (and potential clients!), and increase and maintain an excellent...
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The Numbers Are In – Good News on Key Birth Statistics, But Work Still to Be...
Last week, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released 2014 information from the National Vital Statistics System, which works...
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Honoring Henry Dean: A Mother Shares Her Journey after the Stillbirth of Her Son
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Today, October 15th, is also a special day of remembrance. As a childbirth educator and a doula, I have worked with several families over the...
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