Abstract: Obstetrician-gynecologists . . . can help women meet their goals for labor and birth by using techniques that are associated with minimal interventions and high rates of patient satisfaction. Many common obstetric practices are of limited or uncertain...
Clinical Guidelines Endorse Physiologic Care in Labor
The Lancet has devoted an issue to maternal health that includes a systematic review of maternity care practice guidelines entitled: “Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide.” It joins a...
CMQCC Releases Toolkit on How to Reduce Cesareans in 1st-Time Mothers
The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative has released Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth & Reduce Primary Cesareans. Reading it inspired “shock and awe,” “awe” of the herculean effort that has produced a meticulously documented (338 references) manual that...
A Lot to Like in Updated U.K. Labor Care Guidelines
Many recommendations in "Intrapartum care: care of healthy women & their babies during childbirth," the latest version of National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, support what advocates for physiologic care have long been saying about...