Of woman born: ... labyrinth of contraception, pregnancy, birth - and politics.
SEVEN months pregnant with my first child, I was standing in line at a pharmacy when an old woman sitting on a nearby chair called out to me. `First baby, is it?' I barely had time to reply when she went off into a reverie: ...

Catholics should fight for universal parental leave.
"And what kind of a maternity policy does your company have for pregnancy and child-birth?" a woman in the human-resources department of a Catholic organization in Ohio was asked. The woman didn't hesitate; her answer was short and to the point: "We don't have any. We don't encourage that sort...

From the Desk of ... Karen Pestlin.
ALACE Director of Teacher Training, CCE Working through the Childbirth Education Training Modules: Tips For those of you who are in the training stage of becoming a Childbirth Educator, working through the modules can be a mixed bag. You may find the material interesting, maybe...

Teacher Training Tips.
Betsy Rourke, a teacher trainee from Seattle, WA, writes, "When organizing my pregnancy and birth books onto their own shelves in my `study nook,' I also thought of it as the beginning of my lending library. I included an herbal encyclopedia, books of herbs for pregnancy, an herbal and...

Calendars, Clocks, and Choices.
The Post-term Baby When the parents anxiously ask, "When will our baby be born?" I usually quip, "On its birthday!" Although this answer usually elicits a giggle, I am usually quite serious in my reply. When do we become concerned that the baby has not arrived at...

MaterCare: preferential option or mothers.
Bringing a Catholic presences maternal health care. Dr. Robert Walley, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, is medical director of MaterCare International (MCI). Established in 1996, MaterCare is an association of Catholic health care professionals who are guided by the principles...

A HEPATITIS B VACCINATION OUTREACH PROJECT FOR STREET YOUTH IN MONTREAL.
ABSTRACT: Urban street youth are thought to be at particular risk of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) because of high risk sexual behaviour and injection drug as well as frequent body piercing and tatooing. This paper describes an HBV vaccination outreach project for street youth that sought to...

Vision for the Year 2000.
The year 2000 is only a few months away and there are steps we can take toward that year that will benefit all families in our areas. This article will provide an awareness and an evaluation to lead you toward creating a strategy plan for providing care during the...

Handout.
Breathing During Labor and Delivery Breathing during labor helps the mother to relax and to focus on her contractions, as resisting contractions will only bring on more pain. Breathing should be done as slow as possible. Slow breathing leaves the mother more relaxed and more...

Facts of life - and death.
Population paradoxes At the end of 1997 there were nearly 6 billion people in the world. Global population is currently growing at the rate of about 80 million people each year (down from the early 1990s when the figure was 85 million). The UN's medium projection for...