Posts by Asheya

Glad you found it helpful! I also wanted to point you to this birth plan--it's quite tongue-in-cheek, but Rixa makes a number of good points! As you read it keep in mind that she has only had home births, so bringing this to the...

One last thing--I checked with the midwife I know, and I was wrong about the urine strip being used as a good marker for gestational diabetes. I am sorry for that misinformation, thank you for pointing it out to me, and in the future I...

Here's some information you might find helpful in making your decision. It is excerpted from Having a Baby, Naturally by Peggy O'Mara   ·         Newborns with increased risk of...

I'm sorry if my post was interpeted as offering advice for particular situations, or a blanket recommendation. I was trying to point women towards information about the tests, and I did say "it can be important to look at the...

"A huge Canadian study demonstrated that the only effect of routine glucose tolerance screening was to inform about three per cent of pregnant women that they have gestational diabetes (20). The diagnosis did not change the birth...

The best evidence to date indicates that routine ultrasound screening at any point in pregancy does not "reduce adverse outcomes for babies" quoted from the Cochrane review...

I think this 'industry insider' advertising program is fairly new, and just started sometime around January. When I was asking mothering.com about how I could best let women know about my services, this is what they suggested. I...

Hi Capretta,   Thanks for asking! I'm not due in October, which right now I am quite thankful for as I have three children aged 5, almost 3, and 18 months! They keep me busy, as well as the work I am doing with Mothers of...

Yay for HBAC! The later you can wait to do the ultrasound, the more accurate the information about the placenta will be, as the bigger you get the more likelihood the placenta will move away from your cervix. A mother who recently took...

Dr. Michel Odent calls this the 'nocebo' effect, because research shows that all the medical prenatal tests we do actually don't improve outcomes for babies (better birth weight, less prematurity etc.) The main effect these test have...