慈濟醫院母乳哺育特別門診

花蓮慈濟醫院婦產部於東部醫療院所首設「哺乳特別門診」，97年1月3日下午正式揭牌。由國內唯一護理人員通過國際泌乳顧問認證委員會考核的王淑芳護理師，針對準爸媽和新手父母提供專業哺乳協助，不但落實母嬰親善推廣哺餵母乳，更讓爸媽和寶寶不會手忙腳亂，一起享受哺乳的好處和快樂。其實哺餵母奶是私密而無可替代的生命經驗，但是在遇到一些小困難時，若有專業的幫助，可以讓父母更容易建立信心，所以「哺乳特別門診」並沒有限定女性，只要是有興趣的準父母、或是新手父母都可以來掛號諮詢，讓專業人員提供技術和設備上的協助，門診後再進行家訪，實際的找出問題和困難，讓所有的媽媽都能享受母嬰親善的益處以及哺餵母乳的成就和快樂。花蓮慈院「哺乳特別門診」限人工電話預約，掛號專線03-8560779。詳細新聞請見下列網址:

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值得推薦給母乳媽媽的乳房外科醫師

台北市 立聯合醫院婦幼院
陳火木醫師

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the exchange student- Brazilian

willy is cute and willing to learning..

NEW LOOK, NEW MOOD

Too many things to be done.

I though I could, I AM SUFFERING,

However, I believe that I can made it, because I got you-my LORD.

About USA Maternity Care

USA Maternity Care emphasis on:
Experienced Midwives (LDM & CNM)
Prenatal, birth and post-partum care in
one package.(about ＄4000)
Specializing in breech reposition, water birth and
VBAC
Most insurance accepted
Play groups, mommy-baby yoga, and more
Birth plan
NB name
Verbal Complement: to breathe your baby down, good job, you are strong, let your body works, go baby go, it’s temporary, can’t last forever, you open and bloom as a rose, milt as a candle.
Visualized labor pain, and NB
Applying coconut oil into birth
channel for yeast inf., oil onto perineum to prevent laceration, papaya enzyme to improve hurt burn.
Circumcisions

About Birth center (The differences and similarity between Birth center and Hospital)
1.Differences:
Personal Vs In personal; Family-centered Vs Patient-centered.
Listen to mother (conditions, questions, worries, feeling, others families’ situations…)
No drug, just homeopathic remedy, Naturopathic Medicine, Acupuncture, Yoga…
The Reposition of Mal-position (Breech, Transverse...)
Lying on the side for checking FHB
2. Similarity:
Follow the protocol of ACOG: once a month before 32 weeks, every two weeks between 33-36weeks, and then every week after that.
3.Query:
The need of putting gloves on during the water birth.
The rule of making sure the car seat has been placed when discharge.
The longer waiting DAYS for rupture of membranes.
The need of Doula for Birth Center/ Midwives care model

The Days in ALMA Birth Center

The Days in ALMA Birth Center: two afternoons of 8th and 10th Aug.
http://www.almamidwifery.com/
I met Barbara two years ago, when she was first teaching “Doula Training” in Taiwan. Few months later, she came to Taiwan again for “Gentle Birth” training. We get along well for a four-day period in Hualien. Barbara obviously impacts the birth practice on the hospital what I work. The changes have made right after her visiting Tzu-Chi College of Technology, 8th Dec, 2006. We keep in contact through the Skype, once she knew that I planed a short-term oversea learning project, she kindly offers her place for me staying in Oregon since 19th July and arranges the visiting for both birth centers and hospitals, Portland, Oregon.
Alma Birth Center is one of them. It is a homelike facility, existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the family-centered care and wellness model of pregnancy and birth. It is guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness. There are three pair-teams in this birth center which are: Laura Erickson, CPM LDM; Pamela Echeverio, CPM LDM and Kate Howe, CPM LDM. Those two afternoons, I followed the antenatal visits of Pamela and Kate. They believe in nurturing strong emotional and physical connections between the infant and its parents.
＊Certified Professional Midwife(CPM)
＊Licensed Direct Entry Midwife (LDM)
Pregnancy and birth as a sacred passage - a fundamentally healthy process - not an institutional medical event. Turn the medicalized birthing practices into “Gentle Birth story”. Remember…
＊To help women claim trust in their body's ability to safely and dependably give birth while promoting wellness and positive attitudes about birth and parenting.
＊To nurture a woman's sense of personal strength and self-confidence, so that she may realize birth as an empowering experience.
＊ To help women experience birth's transforming power with respect and dignity, in safety, support and confidence.

"Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness that can never be anticipated, with a power that can never be controlled, but with an exquisite mystery to be appreciated" .....Elizabeth Noble

Gentle Birth World Congress & FREE Baby Expo

“Gentle Birth World Congress & FREE Baby Expo”
Are pregnancy and birth the part of medical conditions? Or are hospitals the safest places for giving birth? Without “professional setting”, can women give birth in a natural circumstances? Are there other options for pregnant family except hospital-based services?
One particular reason for me to come to USA is WaterBirth International, funded by Barbara Harper. This non-profit organization aims to promote water birth to any place in the world. According to their website, the benefits of waterbirth and water labor includes:
*Speeds up labor
*Reduces blood pressure
*Gives mother more feelings of control
*Provides significant pain relief
*Promotes relaxation
*Enables the mother to assume any position which is comfortable for labor and birth
*Conserves her energy
*Reduces the need for drugs and interventions
*Gives mother a private protected space
*Reduces perineal trauma and eliminates episiotomies
*Reduces cesarean section rates
Is highly rated by mothers - typically stating they would consider giving birth in water again
Is highly rated by experienced providers
Encourages an easier birth for mother and a gentler welcome for baby
Waterbirth: Easier for Moms ~ Better for Babies!
http://www.waterbirth.org/mc/page.do

About the fonder: Barbara, she is sexy, energetic and full of life person. She is the person who married to her faiths, waterbirth promotion and God. She is working the “Gentle Birth World Congress” hold on 27-30th Sep, 2007, CONVENTION CENTER, Portland, Oregon. If you are also interested in these areas, you should never miss this congress. Check their websites for details.
http://www.gentlebirthworld.com/mc/page.do