/tags/childbirth childbirth en-US Copyright Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:32:00 GMT /npr-news/2024-07-23/babies-dont-come-with-instructions-but-in-oregon-they-now-come-with-a-nurse A 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. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:32:00 GMT /npr-news/2024-07-23/babies-dont-come-with-instructions-but-in-oregon-they-now-come-with-a-nurse Cory Turner /health-and-medicine/2023-09-18/maternity-wards-are-closing-in-oregon-and-at-rural-hospitals-across-the-country Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units, and the number keeps dropping. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:25:22 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-09-18/maternity-wards-are-closing-in-oregon-and-at-rural-hospitals-across-the-country Claire Rush / Associated Press/Report For America, Laura Ungar/Associated Press /health-and-medicine/2021-02-07/oregon-bill-seeks-insurance-coverage-for-out-of-hospital-childbirth 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. Sun, 07 Feb 2021 23:01:34 GMT /health-and-medicine/2021-02-07/oregon-bill-seeks-insurance-coverage-for-out-of-hospital-childbirth /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-13/exchange-exemplar-how-we-figured-out-where-babies-come-from There's little evidence that humans actually believed that babies were delivered by storks. But what people DID believe about human procreation is a very… Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:20:57 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-13/exchange-exemplar-how-we-figured-out-where-babies-come-from The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-10/settling-down-and-not-raising-a-family 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… Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:11:48 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-10/settling-down-and-not-raising-a-family The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-09/it-really-helps-call-the-midwife 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.… Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:27:01 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-09/it-really-helps-call-the-midwife Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-09-30/hospitals-embrace-midwifery 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… Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:09:43 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-09-30/hospitals-embrace-midwifery Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-02-25/natural-childbirth-tough-club-to-join 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… Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:47:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-02-25/natural-childbirth-tough-club-to-join Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-20/getting-the-iud-with-the-baby 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… Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:47:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-20/getting-the-iud-with-the-baby Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-10-10/delivering-information-and-babies-in-southern-oregon 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… Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-10-10/delivering-information-and-babies-in-southern-oregon Geoffrey Riley