Posted by: drbretthill in Pregnancy and birth, Eat on
Jul 27, 2010
Dr Brett Says: I am a massive advocate of mothers breast feeding and my practice proudly displays the sticker of the Australian Breast Feeding Association declaring that 'breast feeding is welcome here'. The positive impact it has on your babies health is often not fully understood and our society does not do enough to improve our breast feeding rates. This study though surprises even me. Remember that this study only talks about costs related to 3 specific diseases and in the US alone, imagine if the full cost was tallied!
From pediatrics.aappublications.org
The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States: A Pediatric Cost Analysis
Melissa Bartick, MD, MSca, Arnold Reinhold, MBAb
Posted by: drbretthill in Pregnancy and birth on
Jun 15, 2010
Dr Brett Says: This is good advice that I give to all the pregnant ladies in the practice. High heels are not great at any time but partucularly not for expecting mums. They dramatically change the biomechanics of the whole lower limb, pelvis, lower back, in fact the whole spine. They create lots of pressure which is exactly what a pregnant mum doesn't need. Now can someone please tell this to my pregnant wife!
From ninemsn
Pregnant women who want to emulate celebrities by wearing high heels are putting their feet at risk, an expert warns.
Dr Brett Says: Great article here. We see lots of pregnant mums, recently birthed mums and babies in our practice for exactly these reasons.
From Herald Sun
PREGNANT women are increasingly turning to chiropractors to treat sore backs and help them prepare for childbirth.
Dr Brett Says: There is so much evidence now to support breast feeding but it is worth reminding just how good it is.
From Google.com
CHICAGO - The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies breast milk only for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.
Dr Brett Says: It is outrageous that some women wanting to birth at home will now be forced to 'go it alone' rather than have the support of a trusted, learned midwife. These mums are making informed decisions about their health and the health of their babies but are being overruled by blokes that think they know better than mother nature.
From Manly Daily
LEGISLATION requiring midwives to collaborate with doctors, who would have the final say on whether a homebirth could go ahead, has passed through the Senate.
Dr Brett Says: This is certainly something chiropractors have been aware of clinically but it is great to see the research backing it up. Jeanne does fantastic work worldwide both in researching and in sharing the information.
From The Coffs Coast Advocate
PREGNANT women may reduce the potential for a caesarean delivery with pre-natal chiropractic care, visiting paediatric chiropractic expert and home birth advocate, Dr Jeanne Ohm, told a Coffs Harbour community forum yesterday.
Dr Brett Says: The right to a natural safe healthy birth in the sanctity of your own home should be a given. Given that home birth has been shown to be as safe as hospital births in all but the most high risk cases and also to have much lower intervention rates, allowing mums to stay at home for a low risk birth should be a no brainer.
From news.com.au
HOME births would be driven underground by new maternity laws, a Senate committee has admitted.
Dr Brett Says: We keep getting told that our health problems are due to bad luck, bad germs or bad genes but time and again studies are coming out and saying that our lifestyles play a much larger role. These people only gave up 2 stimulants and made a massive 32% difference to their fertility. Imagine if they ate, exercised and thought in a healthy way in all aspects of their life!
From Adelaide Now
WOMEN wanting to become pregnant are as likely to succeed by giving up alcohol and caffeine as by attending a fertility clinic, a UK nutrition specialist claims.
Posted by: drbretthill in Pregnancy and birth, Eat on
Apr 22, 2009
Women who breastfeed their babies may be lowering their own risk of a heart attack, heart disease or stroke, research suggests.
Dr Brett Says: Like we needed more reasons to beast feed. Being a father of a breastfeeding infant it is just so obvious how natural and healthy it is for both mum and baby.
A US study found women who breastfed for more than a year were 10% less likely to develop the conditions than those who never breastfed.
Posted by: drbretthill in Pregnancy and birth on
Apr 17, 2009
From The SMH
HOME birth assisted by a trained midwife is just as safe for low-risk mothers and their babies as a delivery led by a midwife in hospital, a study of more than half a million women has found.
Dr Brett Says: Good to finally hear some evidence based research on this rather that the ridiculous scare mongering that has been coming from the medical community of late. Just as safe, less interventions and better satisfaction, sounds pretty good to me!
