Category Archives: Childbirth Education
Help – it Hurts! … Get Me The Complementary Therapies!
by Andrea Robertson Why does pain in labour scare us so much? Everywhere a pregnant...
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Feb
Watch your Language
by Andrea Robertson Pregnant women are some of the most sensitive people you will ever...
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Feb
Prenatal education … time to lift our game
by Andrea Robertson The most effective education occurs when people take an active part in...
Feb
Working with the Young and Pregnant
by Andrea Robertson Providing prenatal education programs for young women can be very rewarding. Many...
Feb
Getting What YOU Want From Prenatal Education …
by Andrea Robertson Over the past six months, as you have been reading these columns...
Feb
Evaluating Your Prenatal Programs
by Andrea Robertson Evaluation is an essential part of any educational program. It is important...
Feb
Pregnancy and Birth are Sexy? You bet!
by Andrea Robertson Pregnancy and birth are very “sexy” topics. A pregnancy is a very obvious...
Feb
Education for Informed Choice
by Andrea Robertson “Informed Choice” – the buzz words of the moment in maternity care...
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Feb
Video Time!
by Andrea Robertson When this article was written videos were still being widely used. These...
Feb
When You’ve Got a Problem …
by Andrea Robertson Many years ago (mid 1980s) a Ministerial Review of the Maternity Services...
Feb
Obstetric Interventions Explained
by Andrea Robertson One of the most important functions fulfilled by prenatal education programs is...
Feb
The Power of the Group
by Andrea Robertson For many couples today, having a baby can be a lonely experience....
Feb
Get the Fathers Involved
by Andrea Robertson Many midwives complain that fathers are “useless” in the labour ward –...
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Feb
“Just listen to your body …”
by Andrea Robertson How many times have you heard this said (or said it yourself)...
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Feb
Making it Real
Childbirth educators should be realistic about what might happen during labour. One of the reasons...
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Feb
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