Day dreamaliousiosss

http://terre.sans.frontiere.free.fr/page_a_voir_a_faire/top_100.htm

Delaying food till 6months

http://www.foodrenegade.com/why-ditch-infant-cereals/

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/26/the-placenta-essential-resuscitation-equipment/

http://mamabirth.blogspot.com/2011/09/humbling-moment-548-sometimes-babies.html?spref=fb

Gentle sleep tips for todllers pinky mckay

http://www.pinkymckay.com.au/sleep/sleep-articles/its-bedtime-pinkys-top-toddler-settling-tips

Help for you breast friends:-)

http://www.bestforbabes.org/top-5-free-gifts-for-the-nursing-babe-to-be

Those hormones:-P

http://www.mindfulmum.co.uk/2011/safe-pregnancy/your-pregnancy-health/hormones-during-pregnancy-and-childbirth-part-4/

Graft of formula vs breastmilk:-)

http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/breastfeeding/why-breast-best/comparison-human-milk-and-formula

Milk under microscope:-)

http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/765937/Microscopic_view_of_Formula_Breastmilk_and_Cow_s_Milk

Home vs hospital

http://chriskresser.com/natural-childbirth-i-is-home-birth-more-dangerous-than-hospital-birth

:-)

http://m.jezebel.com/5823459/

Snappy mummy!

http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/22_alternatives.html                 a bit of food for thought for those snappy mummy moments!we all have those days when the patience is running low and we react to our little ones in ways that make you feel guilty and the worse mum in the world afterwards!im really trying to find more postive ways to react to the terror that the terrible twos sometimes brings!i really dont want to spend the next year being a snappy grumpy mummy!i want to enjoy my little man and give him the skills he needs to communicate in a positive way and to deal with conflicts:-)

http://www.llli.org/nb/nbmayjun05p94.html

Attachment parenting

http://www.mastersinhealthcare.com/blog/2011/50-best-blogs-to-learn-about-attachment-parenting/
good list of resources for anyone who want to read up on attachment parenting and how to survive life with a toddler:-)

http://www.alternative-mama.com/hold-your-baby/

http://helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_attachment_disorder.htm#early

Stand up for your rights!!

http://www.petitiononline.ie/petition/defend-the-domino-home-birth-service-in-wexford/1285

The rights of women to midwife led antenatal and postnatal care is at risk in the south east(first hospital to be targeted and if action isnt taken more to follow)!please spread this petition around and defend your rights to have the birth you want in the setting you want!:-)x

http://www.eutimes.net/2011/06/eu-ambassadors-in-ireland-warned-that-tap-water-is-not-safe-for-baby-bottles/

Yay new blogging app on my phone so i now have no excuses!!

Havnt checked in here for awhile!!expect lots of posts in the next few days:-)

The natural caesarean: a woman-centred technique

A report i did today on cord clamping...

Terms of reference

“To investigate if the routine immediate clamping of the umbilical cord is still best practice.”

Method of procedure

The information in this report has been gathered from medical journals, World health Organisation recommendations, cited internet sources and current hospital practice guidelines. Primary research has also been gathered through interview.

Introduction

This study is being undertaken to determine if current obstetric practice of routine umbilical cord clamping within 30 seconds of birth has positive or negative neo natal outcomes. The current practice in some Irish maternity hospitals is the immediate clamping of the umbilical cord and actively managed third stage of labour. This practice has both positive and negative outcomes for mother and baby. The World Health organisation defines the actively managed third stage of labour as the use of uterotonic drug immediately following delivery of the fetus, controlled cord traction and early cord clamping and cutting. This practice has undoubtedly helped to reduce haemorrhagic morbidity for mothers worldwide.

Findings

Research shows that changing the timing of the cutting of the umbilical cord from 1 to 3 minutes after delivery of the baby improves the iron status of the infant. Delayed cord clamping specifically increases haemoglobin and hematocrit levels for the neonate with subsequent reduction in rates of anaemia that may extend into the infant period (Sabra Way MNIMH). A two minute delay in cord clamping increases the neo nates iron reserve by 27-47 mg of iron, which is equitant to 1-2 months of an infant’s iron requirements.   

Potential adverse effects on the infant of delayed cord clamping and cutting may include jaundice requiring phototherapy(WHO).The difference between early clamping and natural cessation of blood flow has been established to result in the loss of 21% of the blood that would normally have transferred between mother and child(Heidi Stephenson).

Immediate cord clamping may adversely affect the neo nate. A baby that breathes within 2 minutes of birth usually survives. If the process is interrupted by cord clamping, which obstructs the placental circulation, survival can be compromised. If a baby that does not breathe within 2 minutes ,resuscitation commenced ,If this is after immediate cord clamping can it result in hypovolaemia, a condition that may not be treated for many hours. By this time, irreversible damage may have occurred, Hypovolaemia is an abnormal decrease in the volume of blood.

Conclusions

Delaying the cord clamping by 1 to 3 minutes appears to have positive neo natal outcomes with neo nates having increased levels of iron, lower risks of anaemia less need for blood transfusions as their blood volume levels are higher.

Research to show that neo nates suffer greater risk of jaundice from delayed cord clamping to this time line is inconclusive.

Immediate cord clamping shows to have negative effects to the neo nate and could potentially cause irreversible damage.

It is of upmost importance that delayed cord clamping is practiced with breastfed babies as they are at a higher risk of anaemia as they depend on the mother milk to transfer iron. Bottle fed babies have iron fortified into there diets.

Recommendations

A 1 to 3 minute delay of cord clamping should be routine in practice in maternity hospitals as reflected in current WHO guidelines.

The clients anatomy should be respected in regarded to her birth preferences and the cord should be left to stop pulsing before clamping if this is the desire of the client or has been stated in her birth plan.

Bibliography

What to expect when you’re expecting

Eisenberg, Murkoff ,Hathaway

2005

http://apps.who.int/rhl/pregnancy_childbirth/childbirth/3rd_stage/cd004074_abalose_com/en/index.html

http://www.gaia-health.com/articles251/000292-routine-early-clamping-of-the-umbilical-cord-harms-newborns.shtml

http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/birth/cord-clamping-delaying-cord-clamping

http://apps.who.int/rhl/pregnancy_childbirth/childbirth/3rd_stage/cd004074_abalose_com/en/index.html

http://camwatcher.typepad.com/cam_watcher/2009/10/delayed-cord-clamping-should-it-be-the-new-routine-care-at-birth.html

http://onlinetog.org/cgi/content/full/10/2/112

http://archive.samj.org.za/1988%20VOL%20LXXIII%20Jan-Jun/Articles/01%20January/2.13%20PERIVENTRICULAR-%20INTRAVENTRICULAR%20HAEMORRHAGE%20AND%20UMBILICAL%20CORD%20CLAMPING.FINDING

trying to be objective...

lol..

in my opinion cord should be left to stop pulsing...but very unlikely to become routine practice in cattle-mart hospital system..but every women has her right to birth how she wants...so if you dont want your baby snipped from your life giving source the second it pops out you need to speak out!!

A few mums to be websites.... this is just the start...some great information and services there tho!

http://www.doulaireland.com/
http://www.homebirth.ie/
http://www.aimsireland.com
http://www.cuidiu.com
http://www.nmh.ie/iopen24/pub/commw/NMH_Community_Midwifery_Service_Brochure.pdf
http://www.lalecheleagueireland.com/
http://www.rollercoaster.ie/
http://www.mumstown.ie/

Traditionally, birth has been a very private affair in which only the most intimate of a woman’s relations would attend the laboring woman. Grandmothers, aunts and wise women of the village whom the woman most trusted were the ones to be called. In today’s society, women have been taught to place their trust in the medical model of childbirth and in medical professionals rather than in persons with whom they are most familiar. They are taught to accept the place of birth that the medical professional chooses (because it is the medical professional’s “safe place”?). For many women this is a difficult and sometimes impossible transition, one which so impacts the sense of the familiar that patterns of labor are changed and the sensation of birth pain intensified.

From Not Among Strangers by Valerie El Halta, CPM. This article first appeared inMidwifery Today Issue 50, Summer 1999

Found this little piece and it made alot of sense ...Still thinking about it but thought i stick it up while i gather my thoughts..;)

Penny Simkin: Using Doulas for Birth Care - Midwifery Today Birth Essent...

La Teta... to give the breast is to give life...

In the beginning their was......

women who shared their strength support and wisdom with each other...
Their was no doctors no pills no creams no beeping machines..
Just wise women who had to trust in their bodies....
These women gathered and held up the birthing mother as if she was a queen,they mopped her brow and held her hand and supported her through the pains..They felt her fears and comforted her,they heard her pains and soothed her,they shared in her joy and celebrated her.

These women shared the burdens and joys of motherhood..
They raised there children together,they shared load,they were a true community.
I long for a time where women hold up women and we all celebrate in each other joys,weep in each others sorrows,support each other when were low and rejoice in the highs.

Life these days sometimes for me feel like a giant competition. Instead of supporting each other to achieve and to cope with the demands, it sometimes feels like fighting to be first in everything...to have the best birth....be the best mother..be the strongest...look the best...feed the best food...work the hardest...
Instead of respecting all our differences,judgement seems to creep in...

....ladies....what happened to GIRL POWER!:)

Hello! :) soooo excited..

I decided to start this blog because I think people are sick of me posting articles and links to births and midwifery trends and practices on Facebook.
By centering all my discoverers and ideas here I hope to create a resource for mummies in Ireland to explore to find information on how they can achieve their best birth ,and find out what is available in Ireland to help them do that.Anybody who knows me will have heard the rants and raves about my opinions on maternity care in Ireland.
My passion is to ensure that every women and baby get the care they deserve and no family falls through the cracks of a overloaded stretched and buckling system.I hope to share information on best practices throughout the world so women can know their options and can make the best decisions for their bodies and babies.:)