Paula Greer

During pregnancy the key focus should be on having a healthy mom. Healthy moms grow healthy babies. Part of a healthy lifestyle is getting good nutrition with appropriate portion control, adequate sleep and rest, the right amount of exercise geared to the pregnancy, decreased stress with good support

...  Full Post

During your pregnancy you should avoid or limit caffeine.

It goes without saying that you should avoid all alcohol and recreational drugs during the entire pregnancy.

While you are expecting you need to be aware of coldcuts, deli meats and soft cheeses that may contain a harmful bacteria called l

...  Full Post

Using target exercise to strengthen the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor muscles can actually stabilize the body's core and help with the strain on mom-to-be's spine and nerves that contribute to many of the common discomforts and aches and pains of pregnancy like lower back pain, pain in the buttock

...  Full Post

Pregnancy exercise can be done with no monetary investment or equipment. Most of us have things around the home we can use like the back of a chair, the carpeted floor, the step on a kitchen stool etc. A simple can of food can even be used as hand weights.

If you have already been exercising at home

...  Full Post

The mission of Centering Health Care is to change the paradigm of health care services to a group care model in order to improve the overall health outcomes of mothers, babies, new families, and all individuals across the life cycle.

 Full Post

If you have no medical complications of pregnancy and have been cleared for appropriate pregnancy exercise there are 3 main ways you can monitor your level of exertion or intensity while exercising.

1. You can monitor your pulse. Remember your heart is working harder while you are pregnant so its already

...  Full Post

It is important to remember that a pregnant woman has the BEST interest of her baby at heart, and she will be careful about recording her weight and blood pressure. To help her be as accurate as possible she will have someone to assist her, an easy to read scale, and an automatic blood pressure cuff.

...  Full Post

Group care is an option or choice of care. Women deciding that this model of care offers them a model with better outcomes and increased patient satisfaction. They will sign a confidentiality agreement. It is emphasized that a persons particular concerns should never be broached outside of the group

...  Full Post

Physical assessment is a component of the centering model. This qualifies centering to be billed in the same way that your insurance would regularly be billed for a prenatal visit. You will be receiving 10 centering visits and your insurance will be billed by the center providing your care.

 Full Post

This is usually not a concern for women/couples after they understand how the assessment portion of the group will work. Most of the group time is spent in discussion, sharing and learning, with each woman/couple having only 3-5 minutes privately with the health care provider. The individual assessment

...  Full Post

This model of care uses a facilitative leadership style from the health care provider that honors the basic principles of adult education. It is not a didactic class and the leader is not viewed as a teacher or childbirth educator. Women/couples learn as much from the other members of the group and...  Full Post

Information about starting the Centering Model of Care in your community or learning about credentialed sites offering this model of care near you can be found at www.centeringhealthcare.org. Pregnancy Centering has been recognized by the March of Dimes as an alternative way of delivering prenatal

...  Full Post

Pregnancy Centering is a health care redesign that changes the traditional model of the patient and health care provider in an exam room to a group setting which allows for care based on support and continuous healing relationships. This care is customized to the members of the group and their needs

...  Full Post

Sometimes the baby is in the sunny side up or posterior position when mom enters labor. This means her baby is facing up towards the abdomen/ceiling and the head is pressing on her spine and tailbone. When she has a contraction the head presses down on her coccyx/tailbone and causes her to feel pain

...  Full Post

When you are a first time mom you may be scared about the impending birth. It is normal to wonder if you will be able to cope with the pain and be afraid that you may need a cesarean section. You will have highs and lows. One minute you will be experiencing what I call "TOP" disease (tired of pre

...  Full Post