News Muncher - category birthing

1 month ago

Birthing targets must go beyond maternal survival

One of India’s greatest public health successes has been the dramatic fall in maternal and infant mortality throughout the 21st century. Usage of harmful, outdated practices happens across India, and even privileged women thus bear a lot of unnecessary morbidity. It is an issue that suffers from sitting at the intersection of India’s challenges in both women’s disempowerment and health …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘A little bit magical’: Camera catches moment Calabasas woman gives birth on her front porch

LA Times

Natasha Downing gave birth on her front porch when she realized she would not be able to make it to the birthing center. Natasha Downing was planning to deliver her baby at a birthing center but her unborn child just couldn’t wait. Instead, Downing gave birth on her front porch, with the delivery captured on her doorbell camera. The whole …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Obstetricians want birthing data made public in wake of maternity closures across Queensland

ABC

Since Cairns Private Hospital shut down its maternity services last October, Dr Elizabeth Jackson has not been able to deliver babies. The forum discussed recent closures across the country as well as the need for birth data to be made public. Professor Stephen Robson, federal president of the Australian Medical Association, said the closure of maternity services across the country …

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5 months ago

Alabama birthing units are closing to save money and get funding. Some say babies are at risk

Associated Press

GROVE HILL, Ala. — One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care. Nestled in rural Clarke County, the small, nonprofit Grove Hill Memorial Hospital will discontinue …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Whyalla residents celebrate as birthing services return to local hospital after year-long suspension

ABC

In short: After closing last year, the Whyalla Hospital's birthing services will return from July. After closing last year, the Whyalla Hospital's birthing services will return from July. Ms Breen is relieved birthing services at Whyalla hospital will return in time for the birth of her first child. Travelling to give birth 'stressful' The reopening of Whyalla's birthing services has …

Women Services Birth Port Hospital Return Port Augusta

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Culturally safe midwives to birth First Nations babies at Shoalhaven Hospital

ABC

In short: Waminda midwives are the first privately employed midwives to birth the babies of First Nations women in a public hospital. Waminda midwives are the first privately employed midwives to birth the babies of First Nations women in a public hospital. The soon-to-be mother-of-three chooses privately employed midwives from local Aboriginal women's health organisation Waminda to support her culturally …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Newborn removals at public birthing hospitals trigger review into 'heartbreaking' cases

ABC

In short: SA Child Protection Minister Katrine Hildyard has tasked the state's child protection chief with reviewing cases involving the removal of newborn babies at public birthing hospitals. SA Child Protection Minister Katrine Hildyard has tasked the state's child protection chief with reviewing cases involving the removal of newborn babies at public birthing hospitals. South Australia's child protection minister has …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

How To Better Protect Yourself As a Black Birthing Person

Huff Post

A few days after coming home from the hospital, I knew something was seriously wrong. Those stories helped my team and I to create a pregnancy app — one designed to serve the health of pregnant women, not only the babies — as well as develop steps that people of color can take to better arm and inform themselves so …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Push for water birthing option at Mount Gambier Hospital as local mums voice support

ABC

In short: More mums-to-be are considering water birthing, but the option is not yet available at the Mount Gambier hospital. More mums-to-be are considering water birthing, but the option is not yet available at the Mount Gambier hospital. Sarah Vater was the first mother to have a baby via water birthing at Berri and said she could not "put into …

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1 year, 1 month ago

RSV shot for infants: Thousands more doses of RSV shot Beyfortus expedited for release amid shortage

CNN

CNN — Amid an ongoing shortage of nirsevimab, an RSV immunization for young children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that more than 77,000 additional doses will be distributed “immediately.” These doses will be going to doctor’s offices and hospitals through the CDC’s Vaccines for Children Program and commercial channels, according to Thursday’s announcement. “Helping to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

As Black Women, We Will Reclaim Our Reproductive Autonomy. For Me, This Is Where It Starts.

Huff Post

As a Black working mom who recently hit her 30s, I’ve had my fair share of conversations with my loved ones about my plans for more kids. So many of you will feel this: When the notion of egg freezing was brought to my attention, it seemed like another luxury Black birthing people somehow don’t have access to, both financially …

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1 year, 2 months ago

As birthing hospitals close, Alabama's maternity care crisis is a warning for the rest of the nation

Salon

The United States is in the midst of a maternal health care crisis, one made even worse by states who refuse to listen to those who have been in the birth trenches for centuries: midwives. This is currently playing out in real time in Alabama, where the state’s Department of Public Health missed the opportunity to alleviate the maternal health …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Queensland Health documents reveal alarming staff shortages in rural hospitals and maternity facilities, forcing birthing bypass

ABC

Internal Queensland Health documents reveal the extent of maternity staff shortages in the state's rural hospitals, forcing some on birthing bypass for days at a time. Key points: Innisfail, Mareeba, Ingham, Ayr and Dalby hospitals all had to suspend birthing services for periods in 2022/23 Midwives can look after 20 patients, including mothers and babies, on a single shift Shannon …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Hospital bag checklist: What essentials and luxuries should I pack for birth?

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. What we’re packing: open image in gallery M&S hospital bag suitcase We love …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Critical shortage of midwives forces indefinite closure of Whyalla Hospital birthing services

ABC

South Australian health authorities have blamed a "critical midwifery workforce shortage" for the indefinite suspension of birthing services at Whyalla Hospital. Key points: Whyalla Hospital will not offer birthing services from Monday Women due to give birth there will have to find an alternative hospital Health authorities say they are trying to recruit midwives so the services can be reinstated …

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1 year, 7 months ago

My birthing experience was the gold standard – but it's not like that for all mothers with disabilities

ABC

I was numb from the waist down. I'd heard stories where deaf mothers had given birth without Auslan interpreters, parents with intellectual disability having social workers turning up at their bedside to assess their fitness to be a parent and autistic women whose needs weren't catered for in the birthing suite. More stories from the Birth Project Photo shows Baby …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Documents reveal alarm over Gladstone Hospital birthing bypass

ABC

The Palaszczuk government was warned of Gladstone Hospital staff concerns that "management have no plans" as the facility's maternity crisis began to unfold in July last year, new documents show. Key points: The documents were obtained by the opposition under Right to Information The documents include email exchanges between the health minister's office and the Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher's …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Fears mothers' and babies' lives at risk due to birthing bypass in central Queensland

ABC

Doctors are demanding an emergency roundtable meeting to discuss Queensland's maternity crisis amid fears mothers' and babies' lives will be at risk in the Gladstone region until the city's birthing bypass is lifted. Key points: A recently retired anaesthetist described maternity services in central Queensland as particularly "outrageous and dangerous" There are calls for an emergency roundtable meeting to address …

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2 years ago

WA Country Health Service reduced emergency, maternity care at five regional hospitals

ABC

The state government has been criticised over its reduction of emergency and maternity services across five regional communities, amid a heated industrial dispute with the WA nurses' union. Key points: The WA Country Health Service has "temporarily reduced" services in regional areas Narrogin and Bridgetown were among hospitals affected The state government says the reductions were due to staff shortages …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Ashley Graham says she appreciates ‘new tummy’ after birthing twins

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You look very different from what I’m used to,” Graham wrote, adding: “But I do appreciate …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Portugal's mysterious 'birthing stones'

BBC

Portugal's mysterious 'birthing stones' Biosphoto/Alamy In northern Portugal, a geological phenomenon has baffled scientists for decades: the rare Pedras Parideiras, or "Birthing Stones", which appear to miraculously spawn baby rocks. Nestled into the side of the Freita Mountain, the village is home to the Pedras Parideiras, or "Birthing Stones" in English – 300-million-year-old rocks that seem to "give birth" to …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Parkes birthing service remains closed as recruiters struggle to find full-time specialists

ABC

It has been more than three years since a maternity unit in western New South Wales was used to deliver babies and there are fears birthing services will never return. Key points: Expectant mothers from Parkes are told they could "soon" give birth locally again but a doctor doubts that will be possible The Western NSW Local Health District has …

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2 years, 5 months ago

"Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis