B.C. Home birth study, August 31 2009
Giving birth at home with a registered midwife can be as safe as a hospital birth for the infant and the mom, according to a Canadian study released Monday.
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Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth

 
Resources
Alberta Breastfeeding Resources
Online Resources

La Leche League Canada - Alberta/NWT

La Leche League Canada promotes a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby, and through education, information, encouragement and mother-to-mother support, helps mothers nation-wide to breastfeed.

 
How these websites are chosen
Online Resources

These days everybody knows how to use Google to get excellent information about alternative childbirth related topics.   It can still be tricky, however, to find local organizations and services.   These online resources are intended to provide ASAC members and friends with a useful list of local services, businesses, resources and organizations that provide information and services connected to ASAC's goals primarily to ASAC members and friends in Alberta.  Although some commercial enterprises may be represented, this list has a primarily informational and not advertising purpose.   For pure advertising, see the Birth Issues advertising information.

Note to organizations, services, businesses, etc. of interest to ASAC members and friends:  If you feel a link to your website is harmonious with the informational spirit of this section and would provide important alternative childbirth, pregnancy, breastfeeding, parenting etc. information or support to visitors, please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a link.   

 

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Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia
Research
February 2002: Canadian Medical Association Journal: Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia
Patricia A. Janssen, Shoo K. Lee, Elizabeth M. Ryan, Duncan J. Etches, Duncan F. Farquharson, Donlim Peacock, Michael C. Klein CMAJ 2002;166(3):315-23
Summary: There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.
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About these research articles
Research
There are plenty of online resources for collecting references to research articles about midwifery and related topics (check these sites, to start, as well as this comprehensive research bibliography), so this list will be focused toward those resources that seem more relevant than most to the situation in Alberta and Canada.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 02 January 2009 13:29 )
 
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