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Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (1921–1996)
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 02, 2017
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia studied fetal health in Uruguay during the second half of the twentieth century. Caldeyro-Barcia developed Montevideo units,…
Fetal MonitoringMonitoring, FetalChildbirthDelivery (Obstetrics)Fetal heart rate monitoring
Intrauterine Pressure Catheter
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
An intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) is a device placed inside a pregnant woman’s uterus to monitor uterine contractions during labor. During…
TechnologyObstetricsChildbirthLabor (Obstetrics)Delivery (Obstetrics)
DONA International (1992– )
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Jun 25, 2018
In 1992, five maternal-infant health researchers founded Doulas of North America, later renamed DONA International to train certified birth…
OrganizationChildbirthObstetricsDelivery (Obstetrics)Natural childbirth
Twilight Sleep
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: May 16, 2018
Twilight Sleep (Dammerschlaf) was a form of childbirth first used in the early twentieth century in Germany in which drugs caused women in labor to…
ObstetricsDelivery (Obstetrics)Labor (Obstetrics)ChildbirthScopolamine
The Business of Being Born (2008)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jun 09, 2018
In 2008, Barranca Productions released a documentary called The Business of Being Born, detailing the topic of childbirth. Ricki Lake and Abby…
LiteratureChildbirthObstetricsParturitionDelivery (Obstetrics)