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Molly J. Smith/InvestigateWestOregon promised better access to doulas, lactation care. Birth workers say they still can’t get paidA new law is aimed at supporting doula and lactation workers, but many say the success of those reforms depends on whether the state can fix persistent payment problems -
Cory Turner/NPRA new state program offers any family with a new baby a no-cost visit at home with a trained nurse. It’s Oregon’s response to the country’s dismal infant and maternal mortality rates.
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Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units, and the number keeps dropping. -
Giving birth at an out-of-hospital birth center is rarely covered by insurance plans. If it is, coverage is usually minimal. A bill under consideration by the Oregon legislature would increase access to birth options and midwifery care. -
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The news of a couple of weeks ago only confirmed the continuation of a trend: fewer American women are having babies. In fact, the most recent figures… -
In other parts of the developed world, midwives deliver a lot of babies... like in England, where half the births involve midwives. Here, not so much.… -
The medical process of giving birth has really changed. Some people alive today were born in sterile (in every sense) hospital rooms while their mothers… -
To drug or not to drug? It's a tough question for the woman about to give birth. Natural childbirth is a great concept, but it is a pain-filled experience… -
A woman who just had a baby may decide that's it; no more kids, at least for a while. But the most reliable methods of birth control, intrauterine device…
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Giving birth is as natural as… well, having a baby. Making connections to all the people who can help a mother give birth… that can be trickier. Is your…
