Issue 31 - Fall 2011 - Article References

Issue 31 - Fall 2011 - Article References

Letter from the Editor

Jeanne Ohm, DC

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Seeking Wellness and Wisdom with Worldview Literacy, Part 2 of 2

Lisa Reagan

  • Listen and download Lisa’s full hour-long interview with Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, PhD, president and CEO of the Institute for Noetic Sciences at: youtube.com/watch?v=V2SvwS4945s

INA MAY GASKIN: There From the Start

Lisa Reagan

Pathways and Ina May

Ina May was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening of the new Museum of Motherhood in New York City in September 2011. Pathways was a Gold Sponsor of the event, which included a live webcast performance of the play Birth, and featured the cover of the Pathways September issue among its birth exhibits. View photos of Ina May at Pathways at the event here: facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2250928546983.128848.1061321878

Pathways Connect Videos:

Epidurals: Facts, Implications and Alternatives

Kate Engelhardt, D.C., DACCP

  1. Effect of Epidural Anesthesia on Clinician-Applied Force During Vaginal Delivery, Poggi SH et al, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 2004, Vol 191, pp. 903-906
  2. www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/msm_96_24/msm_96_24_chpter2Part2.en.html
  3. Goer, Henci. Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
  4. Balaskas, Janet. Active Birth. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1992
  5. England, Pam, CNM. Birthing From Within . Albuquerque:  Partera Press, 1998.
  6. Update on Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Relieve Labor Pain and Prevent Suffering, Simkin, P and Bolding, A, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 2004, Vol 49(6): 489-504
  7. Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
  8. www.dona.org
  9. Gaskin, Ina May. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. New York: Bantam Books, 2008.

Morning Wellness

Patrick M. Houser

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The Missing Piece: Consciousness and the MotherBaby Bond

Tracy Wilson Peters, CCCE, C.L.D. and Laurel Wilson, IBCLC, CCCE

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“If I Were at Home, I Would Have Died.”

Erin Ellis, C.P.M., L.M.

  1. Gaskin IM. 2008. Maternal Death in the United States: A Problem Solved or a Problem Ignored?  Journal of Perinatal Education. Lamaze. Spring; 17(2): 9–13.
  2. CJ, Chang J, Callaghan WM, Whitehead SJ. 2003. Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States. 200. Journal Obstetric Gynecology. Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 101(2): 289-96.
  3. Chad AG, Paglia MJ, Johnson LNC, Thames B, James AH. 2011. Oxytocin exposure during labor among women with postpartum hemorrhage secondary to uterine atony. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 204(1): 56.e1-56.e6.
  4. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.  1998. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  47(34):705-7.
  5. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank. 2010. Trends in maternal mortality 1990-2008: estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank. Geneva: World Health Organization.

In Honor of Midwifery

Frankie Condon, Ph.D.

Circumcision: Medically Unnecessary

Georganne Chapin

  • Intact America works to protect babies and children from circumcision and all other forms of medically unnecessary genital alteration, whether carried out for cultural conformity or profit, in medical or non-medical settings. We seek to achieve our goals through education, advocacy, public policy reform, and the empowerment of our supporters, partners, and volunteers. intactamerica.org
  • National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, NOCIRC, was founded by healthcare professionals to provide information to expectant parents, healthcare professionals, educators, lawyers, ethicists, and concerned individuals about circumcision and genital cutting of male, female, and intersex infants and children, genital integrity, and human rights. nocirc.org
  • National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM), Information and Support Group on Foreskin Restoration: norm.org
  • National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM), Activist Organization for Men: noharmm.org
  • Nurses for the Rights of the Child (NRC), Conscientious Objector Information for Nurses: nurses.cirp.org
  • Doctors Opposing Circumcision, DOC, Physician Information and Networking: doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
  • Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC): arclaw.org
  • Jewish Circumcision Resource Center: jewishcircumcision.org
  • Jews Against Circumcision: jewsagainstcircumcision.org

Co-sleeping as Nighttime Bonding

Pinky McKay, IBCLC

  • Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding. James J. McKenna* and Thomas McDade. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, IN 46556, USA

Wholeness, Not Perfectionism

Chris White, M.D.

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Romancing the Mom

Christine Dubois

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Eye on the Ball: Why We Need to Fix Youth Sports

Bob Bigelow

Youth sports participation statistics according to the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

Too Many Things

Madisyn Taylor

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Creating Learning Communities

Anna Jahns

  • Challenging Assumptions in Education by Wendy Priesnitz.
  • Creating Life-Long Learning Communities by the Coalition for Self Learning; online book and resources freely available for viewing and discussion at www.creatinglearningcommunities.org
  • For a clever, totally credible vision of how learning could involve the whole community, see When the School Doors Close: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Linda Dobson, chapter 2.
  1. CLC services lists resources for worldwide self-learning models, from programs like MAX, to Road Scholars' real life expeditions that include academic studies while on the road, to the Internet Global Learning Village, to Transitions which supports self-learners to immerse themselves in cultures and learning experiences abroad, etc.
  2. Homeschool Support Groups and Resource Centres by Jerry Mintz, Chapter 20.
  3. Community Life-Long Learning Centres by William. N. Ellis.

Published in byronchild/Kindred issue 11, September 2004

Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature

Osprey Orielle Lake, M.A.

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Resolving Food Sensitivities with Good Taste

Debbie Johnson

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Fence Rows and Gut Health

Edwin Shank

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Finding Stillness to Cure the Illness

Leo Babauta

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Understanding Why We Change

Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D., Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., and Tina Amorok, Psy.D.

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