WHAT EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW
In spite of technology and medical science's ability to manage complex health problems, the
current maternity care environment has increased risks for healthy women and their babies.
It comes as a surprise to most women that standard maternity care does not reflect best
scientific evidence. In CWHAD, evidence-based maternity care practices are discussed with
an emphasis on the practices that increase safety for mother and baby, and what pregnant
women need to know in order to have safe, healthy births is described.
Keywords: evidence-based maternity care, childbirth education, safe birth, healthy birth,

healthy birth practices, induction, cesarean, movement in labor, labor support, routine

interventions, epidural, episiotomy, intravenous in labor, nutrition during labor, maternal-

infant interaction, breastfeeding, birth positions, normal birth, electronic fetal monitoring,

informed decision making, choice in childbirth.

Every pregnant woman needs to know that birth is intended to happen simply and easily and
that six key birth practices make birth safer for mothers and babies. Every pregnant woman also
needs to know that the standard maternity care is not evidence-based and, therefore, the
health-care provider and place of birth will influence the care that she receives in powerful ways.
Childbirth education can help women simplify pregnancy and birth and be a resource for
understanding how decisions about maternity care influence the health and safety of mothers

and babies.

OUR TEAM: CWAHD works with a multidisciplinary team of health, social science, arts, research and legal professionals to foster the attainment of its mission. The Center is led by its Executive Director Mrs. Helen Odega, a board of trustees and works with associates, staff and volunteers

WHO WE ARE: Centre for women's health and Adolescents Development (CWAHD) is a youth-led nongovernmental organization established in 2012.

OUR MISSION: To promote women's health and mentor adolescents towards a healthy transition to
adulthood, through capacity building, research and service delivery in sexual and reproductive health.

OUR VISION: To become the foremost organization in the nation championing the course of health promotion for women and adolescents.

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