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Ricki Lake is taking a look back at one of the most profound events of her life: her home birth. More than two decades ago, the former daytime talk show host and actress gave birth to her second ...
Abby Phillip reflects on her midwife-attended home birth, amidst the maternal mortality crisis that disproportionately affects Black women and demands multifaceted solutions.
My third birth in 2022 was also a home birth. It was a fast labor and the midwives made it through the door literally as I was catching my daughter in my arms. Gourrier's family surrounds her as ...
Kate’s midwives, Rachel Hart and Paige White, arrived around 9 a.m. During a check, they realized the baby was asynclitic, or entering the birth canal at an angle. They had Kate get out of the tub and move into different positions to align the baby’s head. Everyone took turns rubbing Kate’s back and fanning her face.
The word combination "home birth" arose some time in the middle of the 19th century and coincided with the rise of births that took place in lying-in hospitals. [4] Since women around the world left homes to give birth in clinics and hospitals as the 20th century progressed, the term "home birth" came to refer to giving birth, intentionally or otherwise, in a residence as opposed to a hospital.
Although the media would refer to Brown as a "test tube baby", [2] her conception actually took place in a Petri dish. Purdy was the first to see Brown's embryonic cells dividing. [3] Louise Joy Brown was born on 25 July 1978 at Oldham's General Hospital, via a planned C-section performed by John Webster. [4]
Side lying may help slow the baby's descent down the birth canal, thereby giving the perineum more time to naturally stretch. To assume this position, the mother lies on her side with her knees bent. To push, a slight rolling movement is used such that the mother is propped up on one elbow is needed, while one leg is held up.
Aly Michalka and Stephen Ringer have welcomed their first child! On Monday, the couple told People that they welcomed their son, Jack Francis, in their Santa Barbara home on April 21."It was a ...