Issue 31

• LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Jeanne Ohm, DC

• THE CONSCIOUS PATH | Seeking Wellness and Wisdom with Worldview Literacy, Part 2 of 2

• FEATURE | INA MAY GASKIN: There From the Start

• CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE | Epidurals: Facts, Implications and Alternatives

• MIND-BODY-SPIRIT | Morning Wellness

• PREGNANCY | The Missing Piece: Consciousness and the Mother Baby Bond

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

• BIRTH | In Honor of Midwifery

• INFORMED CHOICE | Circumcision: Medically Unnecessary

• THE OUTER WOMB | Co-sleeping as Nighttime Bonding

• PARENTING | Wholeness, Not Perfectionism

• FAMILY LIVING | Romancing the Mom

• WELLNESS LIFESTYLE | Eye on the Ball: Why We Need to Fix Youth Sports

• A MOMENT OF TRUTH | Too Many Things

• TOUCH THE FUTURE | Creating Learning Communities

• COMMUNITY | Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature

• NUTRITION | Resolving Food Sensitivities with Good Taste

• GREENER PERSPECTIVES | Fence Rows and Gut Health

• HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE | Finding Stillness to Cure the Illness

• NEW EDGE SCIENCE | Understanding Why We Change

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Letter from the Editor

Jeanne Ohm, DC

• Editorials

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

Lisa Reagan

• Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, of IONS, Audio Interview with Pathways to Family Wellness: youtube.com/watch?v=V2SvwS4945s
• Pathways Connect: www.youtube.com/PathwaysConnect
• IONS Institute of Noetic Sciences: www.noetic.org
• “The Worldview Literacy Project,” www.noetic.org/education/worldview/overview
• “Shift Issue 14 – The 2007 Shift Report,” www.noetic.org/library/magazines/shift-issue-14

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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:

• Ina May Gaskin on Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHW17Dx8ajY
• Ina May Gaskin and Karen Brody on Birth, the Play and the Movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMDbLy6EqLs
• Ina May Gaskinn on the Human Impact of High Tech Birth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVYjcr4wrg
• Ina May Gaskin – Pleasure Bonding in Birth for Couples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACVU6ZYaGcQ

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Epidurals: Facts, Implications and Alternatives

Kate Engelhardt, D.C., DACCP

• Balaskas, Janet. Active Birth. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1992
• DONA International: www.dona.org
• England, Pam, CNM. Birthing From Within. Albuquerque: Partera Press, 1998.
• Gaskin, Ina May. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. New York: Bantam Books, 2008.
• Goer, Henci. Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
• Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
• Poggi, S. et al, “Effect of Epidural Anesthesia on Clinician-Applied Force During Vaginal Delivery,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vol 191 (2004): 903-906
• Simkin, P. and A. Bolding, “Update on Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Relieve Labor Pain and Prevent Suffering,” Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Vol 49(6) (2004): 489-504.

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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.

• Chad, A., et al., “Oxytocin Exposure during Labor among Women with Postpartum Hemorrhage Secondary to Uterine Atony,” American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 204(1) (2011): 56.e1-56.e6.
• Chang, J., et al., “Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States,” Journal Obstetric Gynecology. 101(2) (2003): 289-96.
• Gaskin, Ina May, “Maternal Death in the United States: A Problem Solved or a Problem Ignored?”  Journal of Perinatal Education 17(2) (2008): 9–13.
• “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 47(34) (1998):705-707.
• 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.

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In Honor of Midwifery

Frankie Condon, Ph.D.

• Citizens for Midwifery: www.cfmidwifery.org/index.aspx
• The Bradley Method: www.bradleybirth.com

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Circumcision: Medically Unnecessary

Georganne Chapin

• Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC): www.arclaw.org
• Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC): www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
• Intact America: intactamerica.org
• Jews Against Circumcision: jewsagainstcircumcision.org
• Jewish Circumcision Resource Center: jewishcircumcision.org
• National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC):  www.nocirc.org
• National Organization of Restoring Men: www.norm.org
• National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM): www.noharmm.org
• Nurses for the Rights of the Child (NRC): www.nurses.cirp.org

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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,” www.cosleeping.nd.edu/assets/31970/mckenna_why_babies_should_n.pdf

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Wholeness, Not Perfectionism

Chris White, M.D.

(No References)

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Romancing the Mom

Christine Dubois

(No References)

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

Bob Bigelow

• National Alliance for Youth Sports: www.nays.org/index.cfm

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Too Many Things

Madisyn Taylor

(No References)

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Creating Learning Communities

Anna Jahns

• Ellis, William. Community Life-Long Learning Centres.
• Miller, Ron. Creating Learning Communities. Resource Center for Redesigning, 2000.
• Mintz, Jerry. Homeschool Support Groups and Resource Centres.
• Priesnitz, Wendy. Challenging Assumptions in Education. Alternate Pr, 2000.
• “When the School Doors Close: A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” www.parentatthehelm.com/5647/when-the-school-doors-close-a-midsummer-nights-dream

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Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature

Osprey Orielle Lake, M.A.

(No References)

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Resolving Food Sensitivities with Good Taste

Debbie Johnson

(No References)

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Fence Rows and Gut Health

Edwin Shank

(No References)

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Finding Stillness to Cure the Illness

Leo Babauta

(No References)

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Understanding Why We Change

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

(No References)