Got Milk

According to the April issue of Spiritutality & Health magazine, monks at moasteries in Brittany who play music to the animals in their care have found that cows serenaded with Mozart Music produce the most milk.

Next time you have a friend or family memeber who has given birth, remember to buy them a serene CD that they can play during breastfeeding or pumping.

Music Heals in Colorado Hospital

The April 2005 edition of Spirituality & Health magazine is full of postive news. According to this issue, Exempla Good Samaritin Medical Center in Lafayette, Colorado, is programmed with 9000 musical selections designed to promote healing and recovery. The music played in the maternity ward is instrumental world lullabies.

It also mentions that monks at monasteries in Brittany who play music to the animals in their care have found that cows serenaded with Mozart music produce the most milk. Next time you have a friend or family memeber who has given birth, remember to buy them a serene CD that they can play during breastfeeding or pumping.

Australia offers publicly-funded home births

By ANNA PATTY, State Political Reporter
March 3, 2005

A Sydney hospital will become the first in the state to offer publicly-funded home births when it starts taking bookings from May this year.

If successful, the project at St. George hospital in Kogarah will be extended to Sutherland hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women.

The Australian Medical Association yesterday questioned the safety of the proposal announced by the State Government yesterday.

NSW Health Minister Morris Iemma said the home birth model had been developed in consultation with doctors, midwives and the community.

"This is a first for NSW," Mr. Iemma said.
See more at
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1258&storyid=2750430

Doulas at Presbyterian Hospital in New Mexico

Janet Field of New Mexico was very pleased to see that the Presbyterian Hospital doula program was the first good news!! Janet started that program 2 1/2 years ago.

She presented the first evening of training, and brought in Penny Simkin (childbirth expert and best-selling author) to do the rest of the training. It has become a well-respected program, and it has transformed that community's healthcare providers into believers in the value of doulas.

Thanks for the news, Janet!

Janet Field, CHt, HCHI, CD, B.S. Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor
Certified Doula
B.S. Early Childhood Development
5527 Edie, NWAlbuquerque, NM, 87114
(505) 797-5935

Alaskan Army Base Listens to Mothers

Bassett Army Hospital (Ft. Wainwright) in Fairbanks, Alaska, is awsome.

They offer birth balls of varying sizes and shapes, they allow water births, and the nurses have asked my clients if they have birth plans. They employ 2 midwives, one military and one civilian.

Thank you Georganne Hampton for your contribution!

Episiotomies decrease!

According to Dr. Christiane Northrup's new book, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, the number of episiotomies have decreased from nearly 70% in 1983 to 20% in 2000.