childbirthA Death, And A 'Changed Life': Traumatic Births Take Toll On Health Workers TooIn a study, more than one third of the midwives and obstetricians surveyed said that they always would feel some sort of guilt when reflecting on a traumatic birth.CommonHealthApr 22, 2016Ballot Initiative Seeks To Limit Cost Ranges For Medical Care At Mass. HospitalsIt can cost you or your insurance company two or three times more to deliver a baby at one of the big Boston teaching hospitals than at smaller facilities outside...PlayCommonHealth05:31Mar 9, 2016Midwives Handle 16 Percent Of Mass. Births, And There's A Wide Range Among HospitalsAt the Cambridge Birth Center (pictured), 100 percent of babies are delivered with midwives’ assistance. At other hospitals in Massachusetts, it's 0 percent. CommonHealthMar 3, 2016Investigating High C-Section Rates, Researchers To Examine Floor PlansDr. Neel Shah will study how the design of a maternity ward affects C-section rates at 12 hospitals around the country.CommonHealthFeb 1, 2016Panel Recommends Depression Screening For Women During And After PregnancyThe task force recommends that all adults older than 18 be "routinely screened for depression," including pregnant women and new mothers.CommonHealthJan 26, 2016Commentary: When Sexual Violence Survivors Give Birth, Here's What You Should KnowOne survivor said that during labor and delivery it would be painful for health care providers to say things like, “you’re doing a good job, honey” or “just relax” because...CommonHealthJan 21, 2016Childbirth As An Extreme Sport — And Why Its Injuries Can Take So Long To HealAmong the women in a study "one-quarter of them showed fluid in the pubic bone marrow or sustained fractures similar to a sports-related stress fracture, and two-thirds showed excess fluid...CommonHealthDec 4, 2015Study Suggests 19 Percent Could Be Benchmark C-Section RateThe study found no benefit in preventing death for the mother or infant when C-section rates rise above approximately 19 percent.CommonHealthDec 1, 2015App-Assisted Labor: Smartphones During Childbirth Are All The Rage, But Do They Help?We already date, order takeout, and document supremely intimate moments on our phones. So it's no surprise that smartphones have also permeated the realm of childbirth.CommonHealthSep 18, 2015Where Does Life Begin, And Other Tough Abortion Questions For Doctors In Training"I lose sleep over lots of things, but with abortion we have a choice -- we can either opt in or opt out. We can’t opt in or out of...CommonHealthAug 18, 2015CDC: Certain Antidepressants, But Not All, Taken During Pregnancy May Raise Birth Defect RiskBut a broad new analysis from the CDC came to a fairly measured conclusion when comparing pregnant women who took SSRIs -- a class of antidepressants -- to women who...CommonHealthJul 8, 2015Having A Baby? Big Differences In Hospital Quality Across MassachusettsData we've collected from Massachusetts hospitals on C-section rates and four other childbirth quality measures show there are big differences in hospital quality across the state. PlayCommonHealth04:06Jul 2, 2015Having A Baby? Compare Childbirth At Mass. HospitalsUse this interactive map to compare Massachusetts hospitals that perform deliveries on five childbirth quality measures. CommonHealthJul 2, 2015OB Talks About Home Birth, Midwives And Re-Engineering U.S. Maternity CareDr. Neel Shah: "In low-risk women, the number one reason to do a c-section on someone who’s started in labor is something we call failure to progress. It’s a very...CommonHealthJun 18, 2015Why A U.S. Obstetrician Says Some Women May Be Better Off Having Baby In U.K.At its core, this debate is not about the superiority of midwives over doctors or hospitals over homes. It is about treatment intensity and when enough is enough. CommonHealthJun 5, 2015Opinion: Why Gut A Program That Truly Helps New Mothers?When mothers feel supported and listened to, extraordinary thing happen: they share experiences not only about the lack of sleep and ability to take a shower, but also fears, anxieties,...CommonHealthMay 8, 2015Wide Hips? Take Heart: Study Finds You Can Run Just As EfficientlyA new study finds that, contrary to popular beliefs that wide hips can be an athletic liability, wider-hipped runners move just as efficiently as their narrower-hipped peers. CommonHealthApr 15, 2015Viewpoint: Doctors Respond To Home Births That End Up In HospitalChildbirth always brings with it an element of danger. While everything usually goes right, when it goes wrong it usually does so quickly and seriously.CommonHealthMar 31, 2015What To Expect When You're Birthing At Home: A Hospital C-Section (Possibly)The term “homebirth cesarean” didn’t exist before 2011 when Oregon mother and student midwife Courtney Jarecki coined it. But now a Google search returns almost 2,000 entries on the topic.CommonHealthMar 20, 2015Falling Into The Postpartum Mood Disorder Abyss: A Personal StoryMy family and I hope that by telling my sister’s story we can raise awareness, reduce stigma and help others who are struggling with postpartum mood disorders or who have...CommonHealthJun 17, 2014Next Page
A Death, And A 'Changed Life': Traumatic Births Take Toll On Health Workers TooIn a study, more than one third of the midwives and obstetricians surveyed said that they always would feel some sort of guilt when reflecting on a traumatic birth.CommonHealthApr 22, 2016
Ballot Initiative Seeks To Limit Cost Ranges For Medical Care At Mass. HospitalsIt can cost you or your insurance company two or three times more to deliver a baby at one of the big Boston teaching hospitals than at smaller facilities outside...PlayCommonHealth05:31Mar 9, 2016
Midwives Handle 16 Percent Of Mass. Births, And There's A Wide Range Among HospitalsAt the Cambridge Birth Center (pictured), 100 percent of babies are delivered with midwives’ assistance. At other hospitals in Massachusetts, it's 0 percent. CommonHealthMar 3, 2016
Investigating High C-Section Rates, Researchers To Examine Floor PlansDr. Neel Shah will study how the design of a maternity ward affects C-section rates at 12 hospitals around the country.CommonHealthFeb 1, 2016
Panel Recommends Depression Screening For Women During And After PregnancyThe task force recommends that all adults older than 18 be "routinely screened for depression," including pregnant women and new mothers.CommonHealthJan 26, 2016
Commentary: When Sexual Violence Survivors Give Birth, Here's What You Should KnowOne survivor said that during labor and delivery it would be painful for health care providers to say things like, “you’re doing a good job, honey” or “just relax” because...CommonHealthJan 21, 2016
Childbirth As An Extreme Sport — And Why Its Injuries Can Take So Long To HealAmong the women in a study "one-quarter of them showed fluid in the pubic bone marrow or sustained fractures similar to a sports-related stress fracture, and two-thirds showed excess fluid...CommonHealthDec 4, 2015
Study Suggests 19 Percent Could Be Benchmark C-Section RateThe study found no benefit in preventing death for the mother or infant when C-section rates rise above approximately 19 percent.CommonHealthDec 1, 2015
App-Assisted Labor: Smartphones During Childbirth Are All The Rage, But Do They Help?We already date, order takeout, and document supremely intimate moments on our phones. So it's no surprise that smartphones have also permeated the realm of childbirth.CommonHealthSep 18, 2015
Where Does Life Begin, And Other Tough Abortion Questions For Doctors In Training"I lose sleep over lots of things, but with abortion we have a choice -- we can either opt in or opt out. We can’t opt in or out of...CommonHealthAug 18, 2015
CDC: Certain Antidepressants, But Not All, Taken During Pregnancy May Raise Birth Defect RiskBut a broad new analysis from the CDC came to a fairly measured conclusion when comparing pregnant women who took SSRIs -- a class of antidepressants -- to women who...CommonHealthJul 8, 2015
Having A Baby? Big Differences In Hospital Quality Across MassachusettsData we've collected from Massachusetts hospitals on C-section rates and four other childbirth quality measures show there are big differences in hospital quality across the state. PlayCommonHealth04:06Jul 2, 2015
Having A Baby? Compare Childbirth At Mass. HospitalsUse this interactive map to compare Massachusetts hospitals that perform deliveries on five childbirth quality measures. CommonHealthJul 2, 2015
OB Talks About Home Birth, Midwives And Re-Engineering U.S. Maternity CareDr. Neel Shah: "In low-risk women, the number one reason to do a c-section on someone who’s started in labor is something we call failure to progress. It’s a very...CommonHealthJun 18, 2015
Why A U.S. Obstetrician Says Some Women May Be Better Off Having Baby In U.K.At its core, this debate is not about the superiority of midwives over doctors or hospitals over homes. It is about treatment intensity and when enough is enough. CommonHealthJun 5, 2015
Opinion: Why Gut A Program That Truly Helps New Mothers?When mothers feel supported and listened to, extraordinary thing happen: they share experiences not only about the lack of sleep and ability to take a shower, but also fears, anxieties,...CommonHealthMay 8, 2015
Wide Hips? Take Heart: Study Finds You Can Run Just As EfficientlyA new study finds that, contrary to popular beliefs that wide hips can be an athletic liability, wider-hipped runners move just as efficiently as their narrower-hipped peers. CommonHealthApr 15, 2015
Viewpoint: Doctors Respond To Home Births That End Up In HospitalChildbirth always brings with it an element of danger. While everything usually goes right, when it goes wrong it usually does so quickly and seriously.CommonHealthMar 31, 2015
What To Expect When You're Birthing At Home: A Hospital C-Section (Possibly)The term “homebirth cesarean” didn’t exist before 2011 when Oregon mother and student midwife Courtney Jarecki coined it. But now a Google search returns almost 2,000 entries on the topic.CommonHealthMar 20, 2015
Falling Into The Postpartum Mood Disorder Abyss: A Personal StoryMy family and I hope that by telling my sister’s story we can raise awareness, reduce stigma and help others who are struggling with postpartum mood disorders or who have...CommonHealthJun 17, 2014
