Birth Doula NYC

06/13/2019

04/05/2017

Dr Julie Wray, of Salford University, found it takes a year, not six weeks, to recover from childbirth. Her study also revealed dissatisfaction...

01/18/2017

https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/01/11/high-birth-weight-predictions-are-often-inaccurate/?referer=http://m.facebook.com/

Research showed that mothers who believed they were having large babies were nearly five times more likely to ask for a scheduled C-section.

01/14/2017

http://www.scarymommy.com/even-science-agrees-you-literally-cant-spoil-baby/?utm_source=FB

A ton of research backs up the claim that you literally cannot spoil a baby. In fact, holding babies is vital for their health and development.

12/28/2016

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/06/attachment-theory-motherhood-c-v-r.html

The most important parenting you’ll ever do happens before your child turns one — and may affect her for the rest of her life. One mother’s journey through the science of attachment.

12/20/2016

The baby is most active in the first hour of birth, scientists suggest the golden hour helps in breastfeeding.

02/23/2016

A pioneer and a true inspiration

Dr. Raphael, a medical anthropologist and protégée of Margaret Mead, was among the first scientists to challenge milk formula manufacturers.

09/27/2015

The process by which women acquire cells from a fetus, called fetal microchimerism, is not as rare as once thought, but remains quite mysterious.

05/18/2015

How incredibly fortunate I was to have had her as my Lamaze instructor!

Ms. Bing helped to popularize the birthing techniques developed by Dr. Fernand Lamaze, reducing the need for anesthesia and giving mothers more control over the process of childbirth.

05/06/2015

Midwife Amanda Burleigh spent a decade trying to prove that babies' umbilical cords shouldn't be cut straight after birth. Now, after 10 years, she's succeeded. Radhika Sanghani hears how she went about changing the minds of Britain's health experts

04/30/2015

Placental bacteria may affect the timing of births and the makeup of an infant’s gut, researchers say, including that of babies born by cesarean.

04/22/2015

By James J. McKenna Ph.D. Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Chair in Anthropology Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory University of Notre Dame Author of Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide...