ARCHIVED ISSUE March Issue 3How sound is ultrasound?Ultrasound can seem reassuring but what are the real risks?A CBE asks Ideas evaluating how effective your classes are in meeting client expectations A Doula asksHow do you turn those initial meetings into client bookings?Great web designDon't know your ISP from your URL? Learn the lingo and get that website up and running!Culture VultureLearn more about how different cultures treat the placentaThe Bottom LineWhat's new in research and news?
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BELLY UP Newsletter
Belly Up covers current
ARCHIVED topics related to
pregnancy, birth and parenting, exploring some of the more
controversial issues.
How sound is ultrasound?
Ultrasound testing - a wonderful diagnostic tool and an aid to bonding with your unborn baby or yet another unsafe, untested piece of technology in the barrage of interventions faced by pregnant women today?
Ultrasound screening is not without controversy. Both the safety of the ultrasound technology itself, as well as the usefulness of the information gleaned from it, continue to be the subject of heated debate. In this article we explore some of the current issues regarding the routine use of ultrasound during pregnancy and ask what you, as doulas and childbirth educators, can do to help your clients find their way through this technological maze.
Learn more about
ultrasound, the risks and the emotional costs.
Other Articles
The Bottom Line
French courts investigate pharmaceutical giants to court for
manslaughter. How much risk are newborns truly at in
contracting Hepatitis B? How long does the vaccine offer
protection? What are the real risks of the vaccine?
Childbirth International looks at some of the issues
regarding this case. CBI's look at
Hepatitis B
Great Web Design
Don't know your ISP from your URL? Learn the lingo and get that website up and running! This issue we will take a look at the commonly used terms.
More on great web design
Culture Vulture
Western culture tends to see the placenta as a waste product to be disposed of after the birth. How do other cultures treat the
placenta?
Discover Culture Vulture
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Ultrasound testing - a wonderful diagnostic tool and an aid to bonding with your unborn baby or yet another unsafe, untested piece of technology in the barrage of interventions faced by pregnant women today?
