The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 15:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AB: (fwd) Study: U.S. girls begin puberty earlier (fwd)UPI Science News
CHICAGO, April 7 (UPI) -- A study says U.S. girls are showing signs of puberty at a younger age, a finding that could raise questions about when to start sex education.
The study based on data from 17,000 children found pubescent development in 6.7 percent of white girls and 27.2 percent of black girls between 7 and 8 years old. Between ages 8 and 9, signs were evident in 14.7 percent of whites and 48.3 percent of blacks.
A common medical view is that less than 1 percent of girls under 8 enter puberty.
The study was conducted by 225 pediatricians nationwide for the research arm of the American Academy of Pediatrics, based in suburban Elk Grove Village. Data came from the girls' doctor visits.
The findings were outlined Monday in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics.
The doctors wrote, "Our study found that girls seen in pediatric office practices are developing pubertal characteristics at younger ages than suggested in standard pediatric textbooks."
Pubertal characteristics include pubic hair and breasts. The study does not question the age at which menstruation begins -- 12.5 years -- which has held steady among U.S. girls for 40 years.
The authors said the new data could prompt schools to consider offering
sex education in lower grades and could signal a need for pediatricians
to consider race when treating young girls.
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