im a little late on this one since it was announced in februarybut :
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aqXXW3MCHV5Q&refer=us "The intravenous therapy, ATryn, is purified from the milk of goats whose parents were injected with a human protein that helps prevent blood clots, GTC said today in a statement. The drug will be used for surgery patients or expectant mothers who have a rare genetic disorder that keeps them from making enough of the protein, called antithrombin. " and heres a slightly more in depth article from the nyt http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/business/07goatdrug.html?ref=business
a short piece in praise of epidurals http://www.thedailysound.com/020609coasting i had one with my first and didn't like it. nobody told me i'd be cathetered for one thing and that HURT. but i felt i'd be remiss if i didn't throw that in here
heres a quick link to the hypnobabies blog http://hypnobabies.wordpress.com/ not a method i am very familiar with but something i know folks are interested in. the first post i saw about the compatability of hypnobabies and christianity was interesting though http://hypnobabies.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/christians-using-hypnobabies/ i've occaisionally read articles that hypnosis is unchristian and this post did a good job of refuting that while pointing out that the monagan method used in hypnobirthing is a lot more "woo" here are a few comparisons btw the 2
http://www.birthnaturally.org/hypnobirthing.htm
http://www.pregnancybirthandbabies.com/comparison_between_hypnoclasses.htm
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=504143
seems like most of the people felt that hypnobabies was more comprehensive
heres some legislation thats pending in south carolina http://www.thestate.com/local/story/675868.html "Rep. Greg Delleney of Chester, the General Assembly’s most outspoken abortion foe, gained initial approval Thursday to require doctors to save any fetus that survives an abortion. The bill, which unanimously passed a House subcommittee Delleney chairs, is aimed at rewriting state law to recognize the “personhood” of the unborn.
If the bill becomes law, a person would be redefined as anyone at any stage of development who is breathing, has a heartbeat, a pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles after birth, whether that be by labor, Cesarean section or abortion.
Delleney says it has wider implications than just for abortion clinics."
guesss its time to close, gotta figure out supper
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
5.04.2009
midwifery legislation, new (to me) blog
from my inbox upcoming midwifery legislation in ny " The Midwife Modernization Act " http://www.legislativegazette.com/day_item.php?item=844
also just tsumbled onto a cool new blog http://blogginboutbirthandmore.blogspot.com/ and its even semi-local. whats more they mention a dr in atl who does vaginal breech deliveries :) wwhich my midwives don't :( . hopefully i won't need it but anyway i know at least that theres somebody in ga that does it
more to come shortly....
also just tsumbled onto a cool new blog http://blogginboutbirthandmore.blogspot.com/ and its even semi-local. whats more they mention a dr in atl who does vaginal breech deliveries :) wwhich my midwives don't :( . hopefully i won't need it but anyway i know at least that theres somebody in ga that does it
more to come shortly....
4.28.2009
vaccines, homebirth safety, birth center legislation
to be edited and fluffed out shortly
i believe i've posted about this before but heres a reminder.
"The American Association of Birthing Centers (AABC) is seeking federal legislation that would add freestanding birth centers to the list of health professionals and providers eligible for payment under the federal-state Medicaid program. ... Next week, AABC’s bill will be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Susan Davis (D., CA) (San Diego). It will then be assigned a bill number and an official name. ... AABC is asking all birth professionals, birth advocates, and supporters of improving maternity care to help us lobby for this bill. Grassroots support phone calls to Congress is the single most important element in whether a bill like this becomes law. " more info to be found here http://cfmidwifery.blogspot.com/2009/04/grassroots-network-action-alert-help.html the bill is being introduced THIS WEEK!!!
also several of my favorite blogs have been talking about vaccines lately. so i'm researching the issue further myself. this is where i'm starting. http://www.fourteenstudies.org/index.html because this is, well i'm not sure i'd use the words anti-vax, but at least somewhat antagonistic towards the status quo re vaccination, i'm including a link to the cdc's site also http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ . there is so much to learn on this topic i honestly just quit researching after a certain point. but i feel like its time to re-open the topic.
and pinkyrn has been wondering if more folks are choosing homebirth and wondering about the safety compared to hospital birth. see this post
http://pinkyrn.blogspot.com/2009/04/home-birth-are-more-folks-choosing-this.html to which i posted a comment " i agree that birthing alone is outside of evolutionary and cultural norms though i can't make up my mind as to the actual risk involved. i do think if a woman chooses an unassisted birth she has a responsibility to have a back up plan for emergencies. she needs to take the time to read some resources in addition to internet forums and message boards, have an idea as to what constitutes a reason to transfer, an idea how to accomplish a transfer if one is needed, etc. that said attended childbirth can be just as safe as hospital birth and thats based on research. essentially the same conditions should be in place as i would expect for uc...but the presence of a midwife who knows what to look for in identifying emergencies and ideally has some medical back up herself, can make that back-up plan much more likely to function safely. regardless of what kind of homebirth a woman chooses i think she should consider her own health, anything that would risk her out of a midwife attended homebirth in most instances is at least worth researching, yk. also to be considered: ease of transport, distance to hospital, traffic, what kind of reception will she recieve at the hospital, etc....i think i have so much to say on this topic i'm going to steal my comment and post it on my blog :)
April 28, 2009 7:52 PM " and this " i forgot to come back and link any research re safety though i guess thats been covered because i was primarily refering to the new dutch study which yes is a different climate than the us in many ways. what is different about the dutch system? mmmm.... midwifery model is more prevalent, much better more centralized, standardized transport system, i'm not sure what else....maybe socialized healthcare has something to do with it? problems may be caught earlier even in low income women? in the us i think low-income is something of a risk factor whereas it wouldn't be there. i'm just speculating on that though. re wether or not more people are doing it i don't have full text on this but " In 2006, there were 38,568 out-of-hospital births in the US: 24,970 were home births and 10,781 occurred in free standing birthing centers [5]. From 1989 to 2003 the rate of home births in the United States declined from 0.69 to 0.57 percent of births, or by an average of 0.01 percent annually. The 2006 figures represent a very slight increase in both absolute numbers and rate, reaching 0.59 percent of all births [5]. This rate is comparable to that in other industrialized countries with two exceptions: England has experienced a slight rise in its home birth rate from 1.0 percent in 1989 to 2.7 percent in 2006 [6], while the Netherlands has maintained rates of home birth of approximately 30 percent [7]." http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=labordel/15656 in the same summary i found this interesting in regards to safety "Mothers who had a home birth were ... much more likely to report not having had prenatal care. Such women could include unplanned, emergency home births, as well as mothers who wished to avoid traditional prenatal care." which does go along with my speculation as to why it may not be as safe here. according to this article in the ny times midwives in ny are getting more calls for homebirths http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/garden/13birth.html i think that just goes to show more news coverage of homebirth though...
May 3, 2009 11:08 AM"
and congrats to rixa at stand and deliver! http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/
i believe i've posted about this before but heres a reminder.
"The American Association of Birthing Centers (AABC) is seeking federal legislation that would add freestanding birth centers to the list of health professionals and providers eligible for payment under the federal-state Medicaid program. ... Next week, AABC’s bill will be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Susan Davis (D., CA) (San Diego). It will then be assigned a bill number and an official name. ... AABC is asking all birth professionals, birth advocates, and supporters of improving maternity care to help us lobby for this bill. Grassroots support phone calls to Congress is the single most important element in whether a bill like this becomes law. " more info to be found here http://cfmidwifery.blogspot.com/2009/04/grassroots-network-action-alert-help.html the bill is being introduced THIS WEEK!!!
also several of my favorite blogs have been talking about vaccines lately. so i'm researching the issue further myself. this is where i'm starting. http://www.fourteenstudies.org/index.html because this is, well i'm not sure i'd use the words anti-vax, but at least somewhat antagonistic towards the status quo re vaccination, i'm including a link to the cdc's site also http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ . there is so much to learn on this topic i honestly just quit researching after a certain point. but i feel like its time to re-open the topic.
and pinkyrn has been wondering if more folks are choosing homebirth and wondering about the safety compared to hospital birth. see this post
http://pinkyrn.blogspot.com/2009/04/home-birth-are-more-folks-choosing-this.html to which i posted a comment " i agree that birthing alone is outside of evolutionary and cultural norms though i can't make up my mind as to the actual risk involved. i do think if a woman chooses an unassisted birth she has a responsibility to have a back up plan for emergencies. she needs to take the time to read some resources in addition to internet forums and message boards, have an idea as to what constitutes a reason to transfer, an idea how to accomplish a transfer if one is needed, etc. that said attended childbirth can be just as safe as hospital birth and thats based on research. essentially the same conditions should be in place as i would expect for uc...but the presence of a midwife who knows what to look for in identifying emergencies and ideally has some medical back up herself, can make that back-up plan much more likely to function safely. regardless of what kind of homebirth a woman chooses i think she should consider her own health, anything that would risk her out of a midwife attended homebirth in most instances is at least worth researching, yk. also to be considered: ease of transport, distance to hospital, traffic, what kind of reception will she recieve at the hospital, etc....i think i have so much to say on this topic i'm going to steal my comment and post it on my blog :)
April 28, 2009 7:52 PM " and this " i forgot to come back and link any research re safety though i guess thats been covered because i was primarily refering to the new dutch study which yes is a different climate than the us in many ways. what is different about the dutch system? mmmm.... midwifery model is more prevalent, much better more centralized, standardized transport system, i'm not sure what else....maybe socialized healthcare has something to do with it? problems may be caught earlier even in low income women? in the us i think low-income is something of a risk factor whereas it wouldn't be there. i'm just speculating on that though. re wether or not more people are doing it i don't have full text on this but " In 2006, there were 38,568 out-of-hospital births in the US: 24,970 were home births and 10,781 occurred in free standing birthing centers [5]. From 1989 to 2003 the rate of home births in the United States declined from 0.69 to 0.57 percent of births, or by an average of 0.01 percent annually. The 2006 figures represent a very slight increase in both absolute numbers and rate, reaching 0.59 percent of all births [5]. This rate is comparable to that in other industrialized countries with two exceptions: England has experienced a slight rise in its home birth rate from 1.0 percent in 1989 to 2.7 percent in 2006 [6], while the Netherlands has maintained rates of home birth of approximately 30 percent [7]." http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=labordel/15656 in the same summary i found this interesting in regards to safety "Mothers who had a home birth were ... much more likely to report not having had prenatal care. Such women could include unplanned, emergency home births, as well as mothers who wished to avoid traditional prenatal care." which does go along with my speculation as to why it may not be as safe here. according to this article in the ny times midwives in ny are getting more calls for homebirths http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/garden/13birth.html i think that just goes to show more news coverage of homebirth though...
May 3, 2009 11:08 AM"
and congrats to rixa at stand and deliver! http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/
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