Valley Birth Network

For years, consumers have enthusiastically shared online reviews of movies, restaurants, products and services, but readily available information about maternity care services was nearly unattainable—but no longer. The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) has developed www.TheBirthSurvey.com, a consumer feedback website where women provide information about the maternity care they received from specific doctors, midwives, hospitals, and birth centers. Families choosing where and with whom to birth can utilize this consumer feedback, along with data on hospital and birth center standard practices and intervention rates, to make more informed health care choices.

Have You Given Birth in the Last Three Years?

If so, take The Birth Survey and provide feedback on your doctor, midwife, birth center or hospital at www.TheBirthSurvey.com.

Breastfeeding expert Dr. Hale is conducting a survey on mothers of infants ages 0-12 months on their sleep and fatigue along with aspects of the birth and method of feeding. From the flyer:

We are pleased to announce our new
online survey of mothers’ sleep and
fatigue. Please tell mothers you work
with about our study. The more
mothers we can get to participate,
the more valid our findings.
This study is open to all mothers
with babies 0-12 months old. We
would like to include breastfeeding
and non-breastfeeding women, and
women of all ethnicities and income
levels.
We hope to document:
• Where and how much do babies sleep?
• Are mothers who breastfeed and co-sleep more or less tired than
mothers who don’t?
• Are mothers telling their friends, relatives and health care providers
where their babies sleep?
• Are there ethnic group differences in where babies sleep?
• What is the role of depression, psychological trauma and difficult birth
in mothers’ ongoing daytime fatigue?
The questionnaire takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete
and is confidential. It has been approved by the Institutional
Review Board at Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center, Amarillo, Texas.

Follow this link if you are eligible to participate in the survey.

Where: BirthWise Health & Birth Center, 1703 S. Oneida St. Suite C., Appleton, WI 54915

Prospective and current members are invited to join us for our monthly business meeting. Please RSVP to Bekah via email or the Contact Us page.