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Using a real-life example and sharing a recipe for kefir, this midwife shares the facts on probiotics.
Read more…. Probiotics: A Better Way to Treat Infections during Pregnancy
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The author shares her experience with the transition from midwife to midwifery consultant in the UK.
Read more…. Developing a Freelance Midwifery Consultancy Business
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We live next to a marsh, which is surrounded by the Quinnipiac River, and the river rises and falls with the tides of the Long Island Sound. In October the grasses of the marsh paled from emerald to one hundred experiments in gold, and I spent most of my pregnant quiet time looking to the marsh, searching for signs. The fall migration brought three great blue herons to the threshold of our home, Hemingway Creek—a ribbon of silver water that separates us from and ties us to the marsh; it is where the domain of the birds begins. Morning and evening they were there, stalking, staring, watching. Years ago my husband, Adam, and I agreed that our first daughter would be named Heron. For the first time during my pregnancy, the great blues offered a silent suggestion that the person waiting patiently inside me was a girl-child.
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One woman’s opinion on mandatory licensing of midwives.
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This article addresses the cultural aspects of midwifery in modern Sweden, as well as providing insight to midwives contemplating working there.
Read more…. “Let’s Fika First!” A Look at Swedish Midwifery from a Cultural Perspective
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This article provides a brief overview of the history of birth in Greece, as well as the current situation.
Read more…. Getting Back to Nature: Non-Medical Birth Options in Athens, Greece
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Michigan School of Traditional Midwifery (MSTM), an alternative on the route to midwifery, is the topic of this article.
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These three authors recount their experiences during a trip to Senegal to volunteer in the maternity clinic.
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Teacher Amanda Hamilton savors the moments she has with her night owl daughter in a touching vignette.
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The Sally Stockley Maternity Project and its work in Uganda is the subject of this article. The author, a volunteer midwife, shares with us the conditions of life there and what we can do to help improve it.
Birthkeepers of the world are divided on whether pain does or does not have to exist in birth; each of us is firm in our stance that our belief is right. For many the notion of comfortable or even joyful birthing still remains just outside of our grasp. Read more…. HypnoBirthing: Instinctive Birthing through Relaxation
After advocating VBACs for years, ACOG in 1999 flip-flopped and issued guidelines restricting them. Barbara lists a number of ways to fight a such a denial and win. Read more…. 50 Ways to Protest a VBAC Denial
