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Prenatal testing: Beyond Ultrasound
Most pregnant women in the United States are subjected to a multitude of tests that may or may not be truly medically necessary.
read moreA new podcast!
A few weeks ago Adriana Lozada, of Birthful, interviewed me for a Podcast on Nutrition during Pregnancy. The Podcast is up! You can find it here: http://www.birthful.com/podcast-pregnancy-nutrition/
read morePregnancy Nutrition and Our Children’s Future
Pregnancy Nutrition and Our Children’s Future By Amy V. Haas, BCCE We hear all about eating a good diet during pregnancy to help yourself be healthier, and have better outcomes, but apparently, what we eat during pregnancy can also affect our children’s future health. Proper pregnancy nutrition can affect children in multiple ways, most specifically by helping to prevent: Prematurity, Birth defects, Diabetes, Multiple sclerosis, Behavioral problems, Poor cognitive performance, and depression. Since premature babies can potentially have...
read morePregnancy Cravings
“Cravings for certain foods are common in pregnancy. In theory, this can indicate a need or deficit in a diet. Cravings for healthy foods can be indulged, but cravings for non-food substances (Pica), such as clay or laundry starch can be harmful, and should be reported to your care provider If you crave things like ice cream you can indulge yourself, to a point. Ice cream has calcium and protein in it, but it also has a great deal of sugar. Indulging on occasion is not a problem. Eating it every day could put you at risk for...
read moreDiet du Jour! Pregnancy & Popular Diets
[As seen in issue #111 of Midwifery Today] Diet du Jour! Pregnancy and Popular Diets by Amy V. Haas Popular diets are as prevalent during pregnancy as they are in everyday life. Every five years or so a new diet pattern pops up and is touted as the best way to eat. However, during pregnancy if we want to have a better chance at preventing problems such as prematurity, we really need to take a step back, look at the big picture, and use some common sense [Katz 2014]. The latest of these are gluten-free diets and the Paleo diet. There...
read moreWorking with Athletic Pregnant women
When assessing the dietary needs of any pregnant women, you must analyze each woman individually. However, I have discovered along the way that very athletic pregnant women have different needs than the average active person. Healthy, slim, athletes have very efficient metabolisms, especially runners. They can eat quite a bit of food and not gain any weight due to their activity level. So while we have been advising all pregnant women to eat a whole, healthy, higher protein diet, this advice may not be enough for athletic women. Very...
read moreBirth is a Journey! Start by Choosing a birth place:
Birth is a Journey! Start by choosing a birth place that is right for you!
read moreAn Interview with Dr. Tom Brewer
FindArticles / Health / Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients / Nov, 2004 Preventing eclampsia : an interview with Tom Brewer, MD by CJ Puotinen Comments Despite a century of research, American medicine offers as little today for the prevention and treatment of eclampsia (traditionally called toxemia) as it did a hundred years ago. This progressive and potentially fatal condition remains a leading cause of miscarriage, premature birth, and infant mortality in the United States and around the world. An estimated 50,000 women die...
read moreBradley Method® Natural Childbirth Classes
Bradley® classes are a comprehensive 25 hr. course that covers pregnancy nutrition, exercises, how to stay healthy and low risk, relaxation techniques, deep abdominal breathing, natural labor/comfort techniques, pros and cons of medical interventions, emergency situations, breastfeeding, newborn care, postpartum, and more. Families who choose the Bradley Method usually desire to have a loved one/husband/partner/friend trained as their primary labor assistant, or at least thoroughly educated so they know what to expect, what is normal, what...
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