AAP Endorses WHO Ten Steps
Elk Brook Village, IL, September 2009. The American Academy of Pediatrics has now officially endorsed the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. In a private letter to the heads of the World Health Organization and UNICEF dated August 25, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of AAP approved the endorsement. Read the rest of this post »
October 1, 2009
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding, WHO/UNICEF Posted in: Breastfeeding 
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Home Birth Misrepresented
The following is from the Midwives Alliance of North America:
One Voice
Open Letter to the Today Show
You were probably as outraged as we were to see the NBC’s Today Show on September 11th entitled “The Perils of Home Birth.” It was biased, inaccurate, and sensational, depicting women who choose home births as self-indulgent by likening home birth to a spa treatment. It also implied that hospitals are the safest place for all women to give birth, even low-risk women, making it clear that NBC did not do adequate research to verify its claims.
In response, the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) wrote an articulate and well-documented Open Letter to the produces of The Today Show and was joined by 45 co-signing organizations in a strong statement regarding the safety of home birth and midwifery care. You will be happy to know that the Midwives Alliance was one of the early co-signers. Read the rest of this post »
September 30, 2009
Tags: evidence-based, Homebirth Posted in: Homebirth Comments Closed
