Nurse-Midwives of San Francisco General Hospital

Shoutout to the volunteer doulas at SFGH! https://broadly.vice.com//every-pregnant-woman-should-get-

"There's no argument about the task force's call for recognizing the needs of pregnant women and new moms. 'Historically, depression in these populations has been underrecognized and undertreated,' says Evette Ludman, a clinical psychologist who studies behavioral science for Group Health Research Institute in Seattle. Most important, she says, is the recommendation that there be access to some sort of effective care when someone is diagnosed." http://www.npr.org//depression-screening-recommended-for-a

"In 2014, I wrote about San Francisco General Hospital, where the commendable C-section rate in low-risk births (now about 15 percent) can be attributed largely to the fact that doctors work shifts and earn a salary. They’re around no matter what, and they have no financial incentive to do the delivery themselves. So they have much more patience with a woman’s labor. In hospitals that use fee-for-service billing, however, the bulk of an obstetrician’s pay comes from performin...g the actual delivery, so doctors want to do their own. This leads to a reluctance to wait. The vast majority of hospitals are still fee-for-service. Are there measures these hospitals can take to lower their C-section rates? We now know the answer is yes." (The Nurse-Midwives at SFGH also contribute to the commendably low C-Section rate at SFGH!) http://mobile.nytimes.com//arsdarian-cutting-the-number-/

And another article about the benefit of doulas.. http://www.npr.org//doula-support-for-pregnant-women-could

Shoutout to the volunteer doulas at SFGH! https://broadly.vice.com//every-pregnant-woman-should-get-

http://mobile.nytimes.com//a-pregnancy-souvenir-cells-that

http://wvpublic.org/post/catching-babies-appalachia

Kangaroo care can be done by dad too ahhhhhhh

How easy is it to ensure that everyone wins? As easy as investing in maternal-newborn health. Thanks, Women Deliver.

http://www.newyorker.com//giving-birth-in-different-worlds

Importante mensaje

http://www.huffingtonpost.com//midwives-photo-series_n_720

http://www.slate.com//jenny_lewis_one_day_young_is_a_portr