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Photo by Jonathan Borba
Wisdom of the Midwives: Interventions
Photo by Danijel Durkovic
I step into Katie’s warm kitchen. She’s asked me over to check on her since she had already suffered one miscarriage, to make sure of all her “pills.” I sit down at her neatly set lunch table for two; the warm cookstove beside us comforts me on my busy day.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest regional maternal mortality rate. I am currently working with African partners in Soroti, Uganda—located in that region—on research to learn why these deaths occur.
Read more…. Marion’s Message: Intervention to Prevent Maternal Mortality
Photo by Jason Leung
Media Reviews – Issue 140
“Planet Ocean: Our Mysterious Connections to Water,” by Michel Odent
“Birthing a Movement: Midwives, Law, and the Politics of Reproductive Care,” by Renée Ann Cramer
Read more…. Media Reviews
Photo by Bank Phrom
Midwifery and Childbirth News – Issue 140 Read more…. Midwifery and Childbirth News – Issue 140
Photo by Julie Ricard
Our Range Rover ambulance arrived in the village of Okidi in Atiak, northern Uganda, with three midwives. We had received an urgent call that an Acholi woman was in labor there and wanted to be brought to our birth center, which is near the village of Parawaca, to have the assistance of midwives during her labor and delivery. When we arrived, the woman, wearing a lovely red dress, was dancing about in active labor near two other village women.
Read more…. Saw-Grass: A Traditional Intervention Used in Midwifery Practice in Northern Uganda
Use of the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) being used to treat shock after a postpartum hemorrhage.
Photos by Ian Penwell
Speaking figuratively, a double-edged sword refers to something that has both positive and negative consequences. It will either hurt you or have a harmful cost, or it will help you and be good for you.
Photo by Kelly Sikkema
“Hello, this is Joy Marker.” The young voice spoke over the phone.
“Yes, Ms. Marker, how can I help you? You’ve reached the afterhours nurse.” It was Sunday morning around 5:30 am.
Zoie Wilson—zoiewilson.com
Photo Album – Issue 140
Baby’s Name: Tekum Hatuey
Parents: Seymar and Francisco
Fort Pierce, Florida, USA • December 2018 • 8:12 am
Photos provided by author
“The altars have images of all the Marys and one small icon of Jesus (with a cloth well covering his naked body) because I never know which Mary one of my mothers might need to pray to,” explained Doña Gloria as we enjoyed a tour of her new birthing room.
Photo by Marcelo Matarazzo
For compassionate, informed, powerful midwifery to continue evolving to its fullest potential in the twenty-first century, we need to expand our scope of guiding practices and principles beyond a single paradigm of any one system. Read more…. Five Essential Guiding Lights for Birth: Illuminating the Future of Midwifery
Photo by Dakota Corbin
Midwives the world over provide women with health care antenatally, during birth, postpartum, and when breastfeeding and raising young children. They provide education in all of these fields, as well as in family spacing, and also provide care in women’s general health. Midwives in different countries will have different regulations and rules for what care they can give, but all assist women during these transitional times of their lives. Read more…. Mothers’ Voices: Midwifery Care Makes the Difference
