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Understanding & Navigating the Maternity Care System
Why Maternity Care Quality Matters
Needs of Healthy Childbearing Women
Hormones Driving Labor and Birth
Cascade of Intervention
Evidence-Based Maternity Care
Informed Decision Making
10 Ways You Can Get Good Maternity Care
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Transforming Maternity Care
Partnership
Choosing a Caregiver
Options: Midwives
Options: Family Physicians and Obstetricians
Best Evidence: Caregiver
Tips & Tools: Caregiver
Questions for a Midwife
Questions for a Physician
Resources: Choosing a Caregiver
Choosing a Place of Birth
Your Options for
Choosing a Place of Birth
Best Evidence for
Choosing a Place of Birth
Tips & Tools for
Choosing a Place of Birth
Questions to Ask When Touring a Hospital
Questions to Ask When Touring a Birth Center
Questions for a Caregiver Who May Attend Your Home Birth
Resources: Choosing a Place of Birth
Birth Charges by
Site and Mode of Birth
Induction of Labor
Options: Induction of Labor
Best Evidence: Induction of Labor
Tips & Tools: Induction of Labor
Resources: Induction of Labor
Labor Support
Options: Labor Support
Best Evidence: Labor Support
Tips & Tools: Labor Support
Questions for a Doula
Resources: Labor Support
Labor Pain
Options: Labor Pain
Comfort Measures
Mental Strategies
Sterile Water Injection
Nitrous Oxide
Narcotics
Epidural & Spinal
Best Evidence: Labor Pain
Tips & Tools : Labor Pain
Avoiding Medication
Comfort Measures
Using Medication
Trends in Pharmacologic Relief
Resources: Labor Pain
Cesarean Section
Options: C-Section
Best Evidence: C-Section
Tips & Tools: C-Section
References Used to Develop Tips & Tools: C-Section
Resources: C-Section
Cesarean Trends: Graph & Links
Cesarean Section Rate by State
Why the National U.S.
C-Section Rate Is So High
Birth Charges by
Site and Mode of Birth
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section
Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Options: Pelvic Floor
Effects of Elective C-Section
Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Epidural Analgesia
Pushing Position
Fundal Pressure
Assisted Vaginal Birth
Episiotomy
References Used to Develop Options: Pelvic Floor
Best Evidence: Pelvic Floor
Tips & Tools: Pelvic Floor
Resources: Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
VBAC or Repeat C-Section
Options: VBAC or Repeat C-Section
Best Evidence: VBAC or Repeat C-Section
Tips & Tools: VBAC or Repeat C-Section
Resources: VBAC or Repeat C-Section
Planning Pregnancy
Body Awareness
Caregivers & Birth Settings
Dental Care
Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco
Emotions & Stress
Environment: Home and Work
Exercise & Fitness
Finances & Insurance
Genetic Counseling & Testing
Healthy Lifestyle Habits
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Pre-Pregnancy Checkup
Relationships
Weight
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Before Pregnancy
6 and 7 Weeks Pregnant
12 Weeks Pregnant
20 Weeks Pregnant
28 Weeks Pregnant
36 Weeks Pregnant
Pregnancy at Term (Internal)
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Milbank Report:
Evidence-Based Maternity Care
Listening to Mothers
Surveys & Reports
Listening to Mothers III
New Mothers Speak Out
Quick Facts
National Advisory Council
Listening to Mothers II
National Advisory Council
Listening to Mothers I
About the Survey
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National Advisory Council
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Listening to Mothers
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Listening to Mothers
... About Cesarean Section
Listening to Mothers
... About Induction of Labor
Journey to Parenthood
A Pregnancy Book
Start Here
Informed Decision Making
Types of Health Care Providers
Types of Birth Settings
Considerations for Birth Settings
Choosing a Health Care Provider and Birth Setting
Questions for Health Care Providers
Contact List for Health Care Providers and Settings
Childbirth Education Classes & Continuous Support During Labor
Contact List for Doulas and Labor and Postpartum Support
The First Trimester
Your Body: What's Happening
Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
What You Should Eat
Healthy Lifestyle Habits / Physical Activity and Exercise
Your Baby: What's Happening
First Prenatal Visit
Routine Procedure Tests
Prenatal Testing Questions
The Second Trimester
Your Body: What's Happening
Your Baby: What's Happening
Sexuality and Pregnancy
Childbirth Education Classes
Questions for Choosing Childbirth Education Classes
Advantages of Breastfeeding
Prenatal Care Visits During the Second Trimester
Special Diagnostic Tests
The Third Trimester
Your Body: What's Happening
Your Baby: What's Happening
Choosing Baby's Health Care Provider
Questions for Baby's Potential Care Provider
Contact List for Pediatric Health Care Providers
Prenatal Visits
Planning for Bringing Baby Home
Labor and Birth
An Overview
Labor Stage 1: Active Labor
Labor Stage 2: The Birth
Labor Stage 3: Birth of Placenta
How to Cope with Labor Pain
Tools that Work for Coping with Labor Pain
Labor Complications
After Birth (Postpartum)
Your Body: What's Happening
Your Baby: What's Happening
Early Discharge from Hospital
Helping Your Other Children Adjust
How Breastfeeding Works
Your Postpartum Health
When to Call Your Health Care Provider
Taking Care of Yourself After Birth
Baby Blues
Newborn Appearance
Newborn Needs
Newborns and Crying
Sleeping and Safety for Newborns
Bowel Movements
Jaundice
Your Baby's Health Checkups
Vaccination Schedule for Your Newborn
Baby's Developmental Milestones
Milestone: 1st Month
Milestone: End of 4th Month
Milestone: End of 7th Month
Milestone: End of 12th Month
Questions to Ask Along the Way
Potential Health Care Providers
Considerations for Birth Settings
Choosing Childbirth Education Classes
Prenatal Testing Questions
Baby's Potential Care Provider
Contact Lists
Health Care Providers and Settings
Doulas and Labor and Postpartum Support
Pediatric Health Providers
Conclusion
Spanish Translation
De Camino a la Maternidad
Mandarin Translation of
Journey to Parenthood
The Rights of Childbearing Women
Quotes from Mothers
Best Pregnancy Resources A-Z
Alcohol, Drug Use & Smoking
Body Awareness
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Cesarean Section
Choosing a Birth Setting
Choosing a Caregiver
Dental Care and Pregnancy
Domestic Violence & Abusive Relationships
Emotions & Stress
Evidence-Based Maternity Care / Evidence-Based Health Care
Exposure Types and
Effects on Pregnancy
Exercise & Fitness
Fertility & Infertility
Finances, Insurance & Maternity Leave
Food Advisories
Genetic Counseling Testing
Induction of Labor
Labor Pain
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Medications
Nutrition
Pre-Pregnancy Checkup
Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Relationships
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Transforming Maternity Care
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Evidence-Based Maternity Care
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Harms of Cesarean vs Vaginal Birth
Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth
The Nature and Management of Labor Pain
Milbank Report:
Evidence-Based Maternity Care
Listening to Mothers
Surveys & Reports
Listening to Mothers III
New Mothers Speak Out
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