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Becoming a Father: The Postpartum Man
by Marcy B. White
Throughout pregnancy and the first several months after birth, the man becomes a father. The man's experience of pregnancy is different from the woman's experience; the man's postpartum experience is also different from the woman's postpartum experience.
Fathering Without Feeding
by Linda Worzer
The author describes a program she developed within her childbirth education classes to help expectant fathers learn ways to help with baby care, and bond with their infants, without feeding them with a bottle. This program includes valuable information for both expectant parents, and has the potential to enhance breastfeeding success.
Prenatal, Labor and Delivery Support Through Doula-Interpreters
by Evelyn Gorsline-Flamm
Doulas in the SEAD project are bilingual and bicultural community women who have been trained as medical interpreters and doulas. They provide continuous emotional, physical and educational support and interpreter services for limited English speaking women in one Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood. SEAD doulas/interpreters play a vital role assisting community members who may be unable to access the services of the health care system.
Fathers and Labor Support
by Jan S. Mallak
The pros and cons of fathers as labor support, along with a doula, are discussed. Suggestions are made of how fathers can be successful as labor supporters, and how childbirth educators and doulas can foster feelings of competence for fathers at birth.
Boot Camp for New Dads: 50,000 Veterans and Growing
by Greg Bishop and Chuck Ault
Twelve years ago, a pilot program was begun to prepare men to "hit the ground crawling" when their new baby arrived. The program has been a rousing success in preparing new dads with practical parenting and baby care skills, taught one father to another.
When Childbirth Preparation Isn't a Cultural Norm
by Patricia A. Ottani
Authoritative Western practices and the "technocratic" model of childbirth pervasive here in the United States (Davis-Floyd 1994) may vary greatly from the Eastern model of childbirth familiar to Cambodian women. A possible consequence upon immigration to this country may be the woman's inability to follow specific, traditional birth practices yet unknown by those caring for her. As childbirth educators, many may assume that the preparation techniques offered to pregnant women and their families are adequate across diverse populations. Yet, a majority of Cambodian women do not seek prenatal care or childbirth preparation classes due to a variety of factors. How then, do childbirth educators provide this community with adequate knowledge related to care of themselves and their unborn children? This article seeks to offer alternative methods for interacting with and conveying important pregnancy and childbirth knowledge to Cambodian women and their families while providing culturally relevant information.
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Information Update
by Ann Behnke
Legislation on newborn abandonment
Nutrition News
by Dvorka Monti
Bone Up on Calcium in Pregnancy
Statistics
by Dale E. King
Relationship between parental socioeconomic status and the health and well-being of mother and child
Political Issues
by Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam
The Circumcision Decision
Audio Visual Reviews
by Margery Simchak
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