Belly Up Volume 2 Number 1 March 2009THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER FROM CHILDBIRTH INTERNATIONAL
Belly Up covers current topics related to pregnancy, birth and parenting, exploring some of the more controversial issues.
Welcome to Belly Up!
Cover Story How sound is ultrasound? Ultrasound can seem reassuring but what are the real risks?
Featured Articles Great web design Don't know your ISP from your URL? Learn the lingo and get that website up and running! Culture Vulture Learn more about how different cultures treat the placenta.
Regulars A CBE asks Ideas evaluating how effective your classes are in meeting client expectations. A Doula asks How do you turn those initial meetings into client bookings? The Bottom Line What's new in research and news? CBI News What's happening at Childbirth International?
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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? 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.

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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.
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?

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