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Our Moment of Truth
 

New Survey Shows Women Settling for Less; Major Issues Being Skipped in Conversa...

9/24/2012 10:22 AM EST  -   American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Nurse-Midwives Launches Our Moment of Truth™ to Improve Maternity Care Conversations, Women’s Health Outcomes
SILVER SPRING, MD, Sept. 24, 2012 – Conversations about pregnancy and birth are happening virtually everywhere – mommy blogs, social media, television shows – but new data show that when women visit their health care providers, many important conversations simply aren’t...

Simple test to predict if pregnant women will give birth prematurely

8/16/2012 7:01 AM EST  -   Sahlgrenska akademin vid Göteborgs universitet
Babies born early run a greater risk of serious complications. The researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy have now developed a method to predict if pregnant women with preterm contractions will give birth within seven days. The method offers new possibilities to delay delivery and prepare care for the premature baby.
Delivery before 37 full weeks, so-called premature birth, is the biggest problem in perinatal...
Cindy Gainsforth
 

Meet a Scientologist—One Mother’s Battle with the Unexpected Consequences of Pre...

10/26/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   Church of Scientology International
November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Scientologist Cindy Gainsforth knew nothing about the issue until she had to live with the consequences herself, following the premature birth of her son Orion in 2009.
Scientologist Cindy Gainsforth learned about the problems of premature birth the hard way.

“It was Saturday, September 5, 2009, at 6:05 p.m.,” she recalls.  “When my water broke, I was 35 1/2 weeks...
Anna Koska - Mother, Artist, Humanitarian
 

Meet a Scientologist: Anna Koska—Scientology Mother, Illustrator, Humanitarian

11/24/2010 12:46 PM EST  -   CSI
Anna Koska, full-time mother, accomplished illustrator and activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS, relates how Scientology gives her tools to excel in every aspect of her life—part of a series of “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website.
In a video filmed in her studio at home in Sussex, England, Anna Koska, who calls herself “a full-time mum and a part-time illustrator,” talks about...