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One of the biggest causes of maternal mortality is postpartum hemorrhage. Interestingly, animals very rarely hemorrhage after giving birth. Are you wondering what the difference is between human birth and other mammalian births? Using the placenta! Animals innately consume their placenta after they give birth making postpartum hemorrhage a rare occurrence.   Nature equips us […]

Premature babies often have trouble digesting food due to their ill-prepared gut.  About 10% of preemie babies will develop necrotizing enterocolitis, an inflammation that can lead to death of the tissue in the intestine causing infection.  While breastmilk can reduce the risk of the condition, many babies will require surgery to remove the dead tissue. […]

A study found that the presence of the hormone, adrenomedullin, is crucial for a mom to avoid getting preeclampsia. The hormone, emitted by the developing fetus into the placenta, allows the mother’s blood vessels to dilate so that the increased blood flow can reach the fetus.  Without adrenomedullin, the vessels in the placenta can not […]

Anette Gettinger, has been involved in the birthing community as a Labor & Delivery nurse since 1998.  Fortunately, Anette has been blessed with the ability to work in a natural birth-friendly atmosphere that empowers mothers to birth their way. Anette is the mother of 6 and is now enjoying being a grandmother. “I can see […]

The PBi Network of Specialists would like to welcome Odile Penet, serving Baltimore and surrounding counties.  Odile, a native of France, serves the women in Baltimore as a birth and postpartum doula and Lamaze Childbirth instructor.   Odile has been working with expecting families for the past 10-years and decided to become a part of […]