ACNM Annual Meeting Awards: Every year ACNM gives out awards to outstanding midwives. This year we had several award winners from California:
Outstanding Preceptor Award:
Vanessa Wright, CNM, Naval Medical Center, San Diego
Ana Delgado, CNM, UCSF/SFGH midwifery program
Excellence in Teaching Award:
Rebekah Kaplan, CNM, UCSF School of Women's Health Care Nursing
JMWH Mary Ann Shaw New Author Award:
Jyesha Wren Serbin, CNM, Kaiser Redwood City / Alameda Health Care System
Congratulations to all of them!!
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Longer breast-feeding tied to reduced post-cesearean chronic painChronic pain after cesearean deliveries was less likely among mothers who breast-fed longer, according to a 185-woman study in Spain to be presented at the Euroanaesthesia Congress. Of participants who breast-fed for two months or less, 23% reported chronic pain after four months, compared to 8% of those who breast-fed longer. HealthDay News (6/3)
Study shows benefits of mindfulness-based childbirth educationPregnant women who attended mindfulness-based childbirth education classes said they were better able to cope with childbirth, experienced improved mental well-being and had fewer depression symptoms, compared with women who participated in standard childbirth education, researchers reported in the journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. The narcotic use rate during labor was 62% for women in the standard group, compared with 31% for women in the mindfulness group. United Press International (5/24)
Sleep apnea tied to higher risk of complications during pregnancyData on more than 1.5 million pregnant women found those with sleep apnea had a higher risk of prepregnancy and pregnancy complications, including heart failure, hysterectomy, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, compared with those who did not have sleep apnea. Researchers told the American Thoracic Society's annual meeting that pregnant women with sleep apnea also were more likely to have longer hospital stays and admission to the ICU. HealthDay News (5/22)
Study: Women who breast-feed may have lower cancer riskAn analysis of 17 studies found women who had breast-fed their children had a 11% lower risk of endometrial cancer, compared with women who had not breast-fed, according to a study in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers said longer breast-feeding, up to 6 months to 9 months, was associated with even lower risks. Reuters (6/1)
Mothers with HIV benefit from postpartum antiretroviral therapyA study involving 1,652 women in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, China, Haiti, Peru, Thailand and the US suggests that postpartum antiretroviral treatment is beneficial to mothers with early-stage HIV, according to a study in the journal PLOS ONE. The study found that those who continued ART after giving birth experienced a 50% reduction stage II and III clinical events. MD Magazine online (5/22)
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