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Oct 25, 2015 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

Clinical guidelines recommend that women should be guided by their own pushing urges during birth (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2014). However, directing women’s pushing behaviour has become a cultural norm within maternity care. Women are still told when to push, when not to push and how to push.
This article was published in The Practicing Midwife Journal in June 2015 along with ‘practice challenge’ questions for midwives (not included here).

Oct 20, 2015 |
In The News,  |
Kellie Moeller, CNM

Dear Mama –

I actually hope you don’t remember my name. I was your midwife and I’ve always thought that, if I did my job well, then you would only remember how amazing YOU were when it was time to birth your baby

Birth is hard work and I hate how our culture presents it as a nice, tidy little inconvenience.

But you went against that cultural norm and chose to birth your baby with the help of a midwife, with all of the pain, bodily fluids, doubt, and triumph that come along with choosing that path.

Oct 2, 2015 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

While medical literature has pointed to potential health benefits of circumcision, including the prevention of urinary tract infections and some sexually transmitted infections, the benefits generally don't outweigh the risks, the society said.

Sep 4, 2015 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

Do you ever stop to wonder what is in those seemingly harmless vaccines that doctors routinely shoot up your children with within their first years of life? Have you ever stopped to wonder what that clear liquid contains or how it could possibly contribute to your child’s future health problems? Do you ever wonder why the government is making it increasingly mandatory for your children to get vaccinated? Now is the time to get informed about the truth behind these vaccinations.

Sep 4, 2015 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

When Charlotte, fourth in line to the British throne, was born last spring, she dropped into the waiting arms of a midwife. Americans may find it surprising the royal family entrusted the little princess to anyone short of the best medical doctor in the realm. Charlotte’s subjects, however, barely batted an eye. After all, midwives attend most births in England.

British women are generally referred to a midwife as soon as they’re pregnant. In the United States, midwives only attend about 9 percent of births . . . . .

Sep 1, 2015 |
In The News,  |
Kellie Moeller, CNM

Donald J. Trump

Look what happened to the autism rate from 1983-2008 since one-time massive shots were given to children. This chart was given to me by a parent of two autistic children. I may not be a doctor but I have lots of common sense. Read my previous statements on autism…

Aug 20, 2015 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

Electronic fetal monitoring—which also includes external monitoring, in which an ultrasound transducer is placed on the mother's stomach—is supposed to prevent deaths by alerting the doctor to complications that would require an emergency Cesarean or vacuum extraction. Which sounds logical enough: The more you monitor the baby, the more likely you are to catch problems instantly. But study after study has proven that EFM is not logical at all, as it provides no benefit to most patients and creates more problems than it catches.

Aug 20, 2015 |
In The News,  |
Kellie Moeller, CNM

A nuchal cord (cord around the neck) is one of many things that mothers-to-be fear about childbirth. The thought of their precious baby being ‘strangled’ by their umbilical cord can cause so much worry. Luckily, unborn babies get nutrients and oxygen via the umbilical cord, not by breathing it in through their nose and mouth, which may eliminate some fear right there. They don’t need their neck to breathe.

Oct 14, 2013 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

The following is ACNM's preliminary statement in response to the recent study, Apgar score of 0 at 5 minutes and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction in relation to birth setting to be published in the October American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AJOG).

Feb 23, 2011 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

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Aug 26, 2010 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

A recent decision by a federal administrative judge ruled against birth centers in a Texas Medicaid case, stating that CMS is not required to pay any state their federal match for birth center facility fees. Without payment of the birth center facility fees, birth centers in all states could be pushed to the brink of closure.

Aug 8, 2010 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

The cesarean delivery rate in the US increased dramatically over the past four decades, from 5% in 1970 to over 31% in 2007. Before 1970, the standard practice was to perform a repeat cesarean after a prior cesarean birth. During the 1970s, as women achieved successful VBACs, it became viewed as a reasonable option for some women. Over time, the VBAC rate increased from just over 5% in 1985 to 28% by 1996, but then began a steady decline. By 2006, the VBAC rate fell to 8.5%, a decrease that reflects the restrictions that some hospitals and insurers placed on trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) as well as decisions by patients when presented with the risks and benefits.

Jul 1, 2009 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

OBJECTIVE: To examine the outcomes of neonates born by elective repeat cesarean delivery compared with vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in women with one prior cesarean delivery and to evaluate the cost differences between elective repeat cesarean and VBAC.

Apr 22, 2009 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

The largest UK study of its kind has found that for low-risk women, giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife. UK obstetricians welcomed the study - published in the journal BJOG - but said it may not apply universally. Louise Silverton, deputy general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said, the study was "a major step forward in showing that home is as safe as hospital, for low risk women giving birth when support services are in place.

Mar 15, 2009 |
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Kellie Moeller, CNM

Houston, TX, is among a growing number of cities that has forgon hospitals to deliver babies in home-like settings, attended by certified nurse-midwives and registered nurses.