No need for women to fast in labour

NEW YORK (Reuters Health, Megan Brooks) - There is no reason why pregnant women at low risk for complications during delivery should be denied fluids and food during labor, a new Cochrane research review concludes. (January 20, 2010)
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Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth

 
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Back issues of Birth Issues are available here.  Birth Issues is published quarterly, mailed directly to ASAC members, and distributed to many locations around northern Alberta.  In Edmonton, Birth Issues can be found at National Distribution stands in grocery stores and drug stores throughout Edmonton and surrounding communities, parents' places, children's clothing, toy stores, libraries, etc. for several weeks following publication.
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Fall 2008
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Education

  • A winter birth story
  • Caraway
  • Our Waldorf experience
  • Why homeschool? Why not!

Featured photographer: Bird's Eye Studio

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 February 2009 09:55 )
 
Summer 2008
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 Birth Issues Summer 2008

Breastfeeding and postpartum

  • Journey through postpartum depression
  • Breastfeeding your baby
  • Group B Streptococcus sreening
  • Midwifery in Alberta -- health workforce action plan

Featured photographer: Little Bums, Fingers and Toes

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 February 2009 13:18 )
 
Spring 2008
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Birth

  • Medicine, midwifery and miracles
  • Make the most of your hospital birth
  • 9 tips for new moms
  • Letter from SOGC to Alberta Health and Wellness

Featured photographer: Blue Frame Photographics

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 February 2009 13:22 )
 
Winter 2008
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Pregnancy

  • Unplanned pregnancy
  • Abortion: an unspoken experience
  • Make your own belly cast
  • Consumer involvement

Featured photographer: Photography by Kristie Tourangeau

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Fall 2007
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Friendship

  • Making mother friends
  • Friendship from a misfit's perspective
  • Induction
  • Confessions of a vitamin D delinquent

Featured photographer: Real Moments Photography

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Summer 2007
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Solo Parenting

  • Solo parenting tips
  • Baby belly dance
  • Fertility awareness methods
  • The purpose and value of labour support
Featured photographer: Little Sproutz

 


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Spring 2007
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 Risk

  • Choosing risks
  • Informed choice -- use your B.R.A.I.N.
  • Post-partum depression
  • Birthing free
  • The IUD
Featured photographer: Little Bums, Fingers and Toes

 

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 March 2009 14:43 )
 
Winter 2007
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Loving guidance and gentle discipline

  • Shared Care Maternity Program update
  • Four birth stories
  • Attachment parenting, behavior, and the older child
  • Nurturing the alpha child
  • Post-partum Fringe blues

Featured photographer: Artistic Edge Photography

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Fall 2006
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Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding
  • Why La Leche League
  • When breastfeeding replaces
    the birth experience
  • Breastfeeding and guilt
  • Three birth stories
  • Elimination communication
  • Hypnosis in birth

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Summer 2006
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Lifelong learning

  • Options for our children
    • Caraway
    • Indigo Sudbury
    • Homeschooling
    • Unschooling
  • Information for parents
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Post partum depression
  • Inspiring birth stories
  • Gifts of the third stage
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 February 2010 22:40 )
 
Spring 2006
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Outdoor living

  • Children and the great outdoors
  • Family camping
  • Healing garden
  • Ultrasound
  • Birth Stories: unattended, at home, at Westview
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 February 2010 20:19 )
 
Winter 2006
Birth Issues Magazine - Birth Issues Online
 

Lifelong learning

  • Options for our children: Caraway, Indigo Sudbury, Homeschooling, Unschooling
  • Information for parents
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Post partum depression
  • Inspiring birth stories
  • Gifts of the third stage
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 February 2010 20:20 )
 
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