Research Update on Healthy Birth Practice #1: Let Labor Begin on its Own (2025 CE Subscription)
Is routine induction at 39 weeks a "done deal"? In this session, Debby will discuss guidelines and recent research from around the world about the optimal time for routine labor induction. She will also discuss the factors that childbirth education students should consider when making an informed decision about elective labor induction.
Participants may earn .75 Lamaze contact hours.
Debby Amis, BSN, former RN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Debby Amis’s career in childbirth education spans 40 years. She has taught childbirth education classes, trained new childbirth educators and doulas, and updated educators at international conferences and specialty workshops. A long-time volunteer with Lamaze International, Debby has served as President of Lamaze, Education Council Chair, and on the Certification Council. Debby and her business partner, Jeanne Green, authored the popular childbirth education handbook, Prepared Childbirth – The Family Way, which has sold almost 3 million copies. Debby and her husband, Steve, also a past Lamaze Board Member, live in Houston, Texas.