Heartscience Midwifery

04/10/2025

01/26/2024

While teaching breech birth at Yale I remembered a few things myself. Midwifery school is hard. Loud birthing sounds should be normalized.

01/10/2024

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Five years ago, the ARRIVE trial contested a previously accepted belief: Induction of labor increases the risk of cesarean birth. Now, another study challenges ARRIVE’s findings.
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The authors found:
⬆️Increases in cesarean birth rates after induction of labor in nulliparous, uncomplicated pregnancies
➡️From 37 to 41 weeks gestation
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Why were ARRIVE’s results different? What research is urgently needed to inform safe practice going forward?
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The study, Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower-risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study by Sarah E. Butler MD, Euan M. Wallace MD, Andrew Bisits MD, Roshan J. Selvaratnam PhD, Mary-Ann Davey DrPH, just published in Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, takes on these crucial questions.
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01/10/2024

Repost from
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Five years ago, the ARRIVE trial contested a previously accepted belief: Induction of labor increases the risk of cesarean birth. Now, another study challenges ARRIVE’s findings.
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The authors found:
⬆️Increases in cesarean birth rates after induction of labor in nulliparous, uncomplicated pregnancies
➡️From 37 to 41 weeks gestation
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Why were ARRIVE’s results different? What research is urgently needed to inform safe practice going forward?
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The study, Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower-risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study by Sarah E. Butler MD, Euan M. Wallace MD, Andrew Bisits MD, Roshan J. Selvaratnam PhD, Mary-Ann Davey DrPH, just published in Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, takes on these crucial questions.
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10/18/2023

Kimm is excited to make our childbirth preparation workshop, the Havening Birth Technique for all home-birthers.  We originally developed this class to provide birth preparation for our own clients, combining a curriculum of how to mentally prepare for birth using the power of Havening, and fascinating insight into the neuroscience of labor.  
 
Many of our clients have experienced the both powerful effects of Havening, and the unique approach to birth through our sessions.  If you are a home-birther looking for a quality birth preparation workshop, our first class will begin Oct 29th.  Sign up at https://perinatalhavening.com/classes/p/haveningbirthtechniques.
 
Questions?  email Kimm@perinatalhavening.com (mailto:Kimm@perinatalhavening.com)

09/07/2023

News from your midwives!

Heart Science Midwifery & The Centre for Perinatal Havening will be working a little more independently of each other starting April 2024. But fret not! Kimm isn’t tired of showing up to a birth that needs wisened hands and Kateryn still needs y’all to be well Havened, so there will still be collaboration!

A look into our future: Heart Science Midwifery is fully booked for perinatal care until April! It will then be taking a ~3 month sabbatical until ~July. Come ~July, Kateryn will independently start accepting those with due dates in ~October and onwards.

The Centre for Perinatal Havening with Kimm is ongoing! So for any mental health needs, please visit https://perinatalhavening.com or contact Kimm directly. She is also teaching a Havening Birth Techniques childbirth class!

Eva will keep her toes wet in the midwifery world and you may see her around!, but she is focusing on caring for her family.

We’re excited to continue caring for you all! Talk soon!

06/06/2023

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HOME BIRTH DAY!!

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So grateful.

2022 NYC home birth stats include

C section rate 4.6%

73% with zero tears

26.99% with only 1st or 2nd degree tears

0.006% with 3rd or 4th degree tears

Neonatal NICU admissions 1.8%

Neonatal deaths 0.0015%

Maternal ICU admissions 0.15%

Maternal deaths 0

05/03/2023

You’ve probably heard the term “client-centered care”. For us, it means meeting our families where they are working with them to create a safe, intimate and fulfilling experience. So when this little one cuddled up into her midwives’ hands as we picked her up to do her newborn exam, we kept her right there - undisturbed - and carried on to care for her peacefully, just as she had asked us to do.

📸 courtesy of the amazing person who birthed this babe

04/19/2023

Home birth safety stats in NYC

03/25/2023

The NYC Homebirth Collective is delighted to present our outcomes for 2022. Please come learn more about homebirth safety and quality in NYC and hear from NYC’s foremost experts on home birth - our homebirth midwives