Thanks to a fellow concerned consumer of the parenting literature we now have yet another reason to question the health advice dispensed from that well-respected non-profit consumer agency (aka Consumer Reports). She emailed: Hi Polly,A friend posted this to her FB wall and I just saw in your recent post about how Consumer …
Full make-up? Did this woman about to give birth just perform Swan Lake? Maybe she’s planning on a dinner and a movie afterwards? Good luck.Her OB-Gyn looks like she might need bi-focals. Hold the scalpel and the Pitocin, but don’t dismiss the anesthesiologist quite yet. Caesarean sections and induced labor don’t much matter to a newborn’s condition according to a new study …
All week we’ve been hearing that babies born via elective, repeat c-sections before 39 weeks face roughly double the health risks such as respiratory distress. Okay, fine. But if you’re like me, and have been around the parenting corner a few times, especially the last decade, then you’re probably remembering …
The more time in the womb, the better for babies. For every week a baby stays in utero between 32 and 39 weeks there’s less risk of all sorts of problems including jaundice, seizures, and brain hemorrhages. And that’s just the start of it. Compared to full term births (So-called …