What to Ask…A Doula Who May Provide Continuous Labor Support
We encourage you to meet and talk with different doulas, and to print and bring this list of questions.
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section
FAQ | You might wonder if a C-section is easier or safer than vaginal birth. It’s important to get the facts and understand your options, so you can be prepared to make the best decisions for you and your baby.
Overdue: Medicaid and Private Insurance Coverage of Doula Care to Strengthen Maternal and Infant Health
ISSUE BRIEF | Doula care, which includes non-clinical emotional, physical and informational support before, during and after birth, is a proven key strategy to improve maternal and infant health.
Overdue: Medicaid and Private Insurance Coverage of Doula Care to Strengthen Maternal and Infant Health
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Doula care, which includes non-clinical emotional, physical and informational support before, during and after birth, is a proven key strategy to improve maternal and infant health.
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Improving Care for Pregnant Women and New Parents
FACT SHEET | The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to improve conditions for pregnant women and new parents by providing the services they need to have healthy pregnancies and provide their children with a good start in life.
The Priority of Developing and Implementing CAHPS Maternity Care Facility, Clinician, and Health Plan Surveys
FACT SHEET | This document identifies limitations in applying the original generic surveys to maternity care and the population of childbearing women and newborns.
Pathway to a Healthy Birth: Poster for Clinicians (full bleed)
INFOGRAPHIC | A roadmap to how clinicians can support beneficial hormonal action in childbirth.
Early Skin-to-Skin Contact Between Mothers and Newborns
FACT SHEET | This fact sheet summarizes the beneficial hormone actions of mother-newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC), the benefits of SSC through the lens of hormonal physiology, and practices that support beneficial hormonal physiology when separation of mother and...
Fact Sheet: Physiologic Birth versus Cesarean Section
FACT SHEET | The following summarizes the beneficial hormone actions of childbearing that is physiologic (conforming to healthy biologic processes), the likely clinical benefits of physiologic birth through the lens of hormonal physiology, and practices that may...
Non-Pharmacologic Pain Management versus Epidural Analgesia
FACT SHEET | This fact sheet summarizes the beneficial hormone actions of physiologic childbearing (conforming to healthy biologic processes), the hormonal benefits of non-pharmacologic pain management, and practices that support beneficial hormonal physiology when...
Low-Stress Birthing Environments
FACT SHEET | . This fact sheet summarizes the beneficial hormone actions of eustress, the benefits of lowering stress in the birthing environment through the lens of hormonal physiology, and practices that support beneficial hormonal physiology in conditions of...
Physiologic (Spontaneous) Onset of Labor versus Scheduled Birth
FACT SHEET | This fact sheet highlights key benefits of the spontaneous, physiologic onset of labor at term, including fully experiencing beneficial hormonal actions of late pregnancy and early labor, and identifies practices that support hormonal physiology when...
Core Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing Principles
FACT SHEET | The scientific literature on the hormonal physiology of childbearing reveals core themes and principles. These themes and principles reflect profound interconnections at many levels and over time. This fact sheet is based on the Hormonal Physiology of...
The Hormonal Cascade of Childbearing
FACT SHEET | Hormonal physiology of childbearing involves complex interconnected beneficial processes. This is a fact sheet based on the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report.
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care Full Set of Fact Sheets
FACT SHEETS | These fact sheets cover the following topics: The Hormonal Cascade of Childbearing, Core Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing Principles, Physiologic (Spontaneous) Onset of Labor versus Scheduled Birth, Low-Stress Birthing Environments, Non-Pharmacologic...
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care Full Recommendations
This is a set of detailed recommendations based on the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care report.
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care
ABSTRACT & RECOMMENDATIONS | This is the abstract and topline recommendations to Promote, Support, and Protect Physiologic Childbearing for the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care report.
The Rights of Childbearing Women
This statement outlines a set of basic maternity rights that Childbirth Connection has identified and promotes for all childbearing women. It applies widely accepted human rights to the specific situation of maternity care.
Pathway to a Healthy Birth: How to Help Your Hormones Do Their Wonderful Work
FACT SHEET | Find out how you can help your birth hormones do their wonderful work for you and your baby.
