In an effort to curb healthcare costs and increase quality, providers, payers, and policymakers are looking toward alternative payment models that realize a more effective and efficient healthcare delivery system. Lamaze is making sure that maternity payment models include childbirth education.... Read More

The advance publication of an analysis of United States maternal mortality data back in August created a stir that has been reverberating through the internet ever since, spurred on by the publication of other relevant studies and a report during the same time period.... Read More

One month from today, October 20, 2016, childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, doctors, L&D nurses, lactation consultants and informed consumers will be heading to the southeast and meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida for the Lamaze International 2013 Annual Conference, “Lamaze...Is.”... Read More

Educators often find themselves in the awkward position of having a wealth of information to share with expectant families. The bulk of what you teach will be about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, you may have the opportunity to incorporate some key messages about keeping those new babies safe.... Read More