BirthNetwork of Northwest Arkansas Blog
The Birth Center of NWA
December 3, 2012
Our Thanksgiving cheer has been extended this year: the day after the holiday, we received confirmation that Northwest Arkansas will have a birth center next year! Dr. Cara Osborne, CNM, MSN, SD, and assistant professor at the U of A School of Nursing; and Shannon Bedore, MBA, are the founders of the Birth Center of [...]
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Featuring New Member Dr. Meghann Sherman, DC
January 22, 2012
Welcome to our newest professional member, Dr. Meghann Sherman of New Hope Functional Chiropractic! Dr. Meghann was born and raised “up north” in Ludington, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutritional Sciences. Following graduation she relocated to Austin, Texas, where she worked as a [...]
Gestational Diabetes: A Sampling of the Research
December 10, 2011
Are you concerned about gestational diabetes (GD) or the glucose tolerance test (GTT) used to screen for GD? There are a couple of paths you can follow in the research on this subject. We hope this post will help you get started. One research path looks at lab results and suggests that the standard method [...]
Arklahoma Birth Community
July 3, 2011
Announcing a new birth community nearby! Straight from the founder’s pen: Hi ladies! Your neighbors to the south have some very exciting news! We would like to announce the founding of the Arklahoma Birth Community. This network is a resource and a place of support for pregnant, nursing, and interested moms in Fort Smith and [...]
NWA Hospitals Adopt New VBAC Policies
February 17, 2011
Press Release: NWA Hospitals Adopt New VBAC Policies Once a cesarean—next time a normal delivery Northwest Arkansas—Following new guidelines released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in July 2010, the Northwest Medical system has begun supporting the option of vaginal delivery for women who have had a previous cesarean section (known as [...]
For Profit Hospitals Are Performing More C-Sections
September 23, 2010
An interesting new study has found that “for-profit hospitals in California are performing cesarean sections at higher rates than nonprofit hospitals. A database compiled from state birthing records revealed that, all factors considered, women are at least 17 percent more likely to have a cesarean section at a for-profit hospital than at one that operates [...]
Siblings at Births
May 14, 2010
May’s Pickles & Ice Cream Circle was last week and was all about siblings at births: whether to include them, how to include them, why to include them. We started out with a panel of moms and experts, but with several moms in the audience who also had great experiences to share, we dispensed completely [...]
