Special prices on Midwifery Today magazine! Act fast! This offer expires May 31 (postmark or fax by the expiration date). VIEW SPECIAL OFFER…

Read an excerpt of the article, “The Call to Midwifery” by Diana Janopaul. “Sometimes, I think my call to midwifery came to me before I even knew what a midwife was. It probably came way back when, as I crowded my way into our tiny back bathroom to help one of our many cats birth her kittens. Or perhaps it came long before that, before my birth—a little egg awaiting its destiny in my mother’s ovary, with the midwifery gene already programmed in.” READ MORE…

Review by Michele Klein. “Call the Midwife reveals a district midwife’s training by Anglican nuns, her spiritual journey and a gripping eye-opener on the challenges of midwifery among the urban poor, without running water or electricity.” READ MORE…

Plan to attend the “Natural Birth: Skills, Science and Traditions” conference June 25–29 in Moscow, Russia. You will meet amazing and informative teachers from around the world, including Carol Gautschi, Elizabeth Davis, Gail Hart, Sister Morningstar and Beverley Lawrence Beech. Planned classes include Spinning Babies Workshop, Birth Trauma and Baby Health, Mexican Traditions and Techniques, and Fear: How It Affects Labor. [ PHOTO BY PHILIP PERKHOV ] LEARN MORE…

“Whether a mother is left to care for herself and her new baby during the postpartum time or is working to recover from her loss, she is in almost all cases expected to “bounce back on her feet” in a few days. Is our approach to postpartum falling short?” [ PHOTO BY CAROLINE E. BROWN ] READ MORE…

Read this editorial by Jan Tritten from Midwifery Today Issue 105. “The most important thing I can say about hemorrhage is, “Don’t cause one.” If the body is well fed and mom is low on stress and feels loved, motherbaby and their process of labor and birth work well. Our first and most important job is to facilitate what is already a beautiful process.” READ MORE…

Review by Kelly Moyer. “With more than 45 years experience in maternity care, Perez has been writing about doula issues since the word first popped up in the US birth scene in the mid-1980s and is a recipient of the Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association Lifetime Achievement Award.” READ MORE…

Review by Toni Rakestraw. “Harmon gives us a look into the early days of the homebirth movement in the 1970s through tales of her apprenticeship in Texas and midwifing births in West Virginia. She also describes her hospital training and work towards earning her CNM. Told in simple remembrances and stories, she shares how her life changed as her family grew up.” READ MORE…

When you watch Harriette Hartigan’s More than Food DVD slide show you’ll be reminded that a breastfed child is, indeed, receiving more than food. If you are a childbirth educator, lactation consultant or educator, doula, midwife or nurse, you will find this beautiful DVD a useful tool to share with your clients. VIEW PRODUCT…

…and keep birth information coming to your house all year round! This is just one of the special offers on our Spring into Savings page. You’ll also find coupons for other Midwifery Today products as well as special offers from other birth-related businesses. Check them out and start saving today. LEARN MORE…

Are you an aspiring midwife who’s looking for the right school? Are you a practicing midwife who would like to learn more? Visit our Education Opportunities page to discover ways to start or continue your education. LEARN MORE…

We've had a lot of success in our practice using breastfeeding itself as an antidepressant, with supporting herbs and very good nutrition to help manage overwhelm/fatigue/blues. We have used sedating teas: catnip, skullcap, licorice. We have used mood and hormone stabilizers in tincture form as needed: motherwort, dong kwai, lemon balm. We have used Bach Flower Remedies as needed: olive and Rescue Remedy. Many mothers who previously used psych meds are skilled at determining when the herbs are not enough for them.

I stay quiet, do a good job, focus on the need that is there and try to meet it, and thus become so entrenched in the community that the community then becomes my support.