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A Unique Midwifery Pathway

by Lisa Goldstein February 5, 2021

When I was 12 years old, I lived in Naples, Italy. My dad was in the Navy, and we were stationed there for a few years. I grew up with my mother telling stories about birth as a terrible thing to go through. One day the oldest kid of a family living down the hall knocked at our apartment door. I followed him down the hall, at his request.

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Uniqueness

by Sister MorningStar January 21, 2021

There is not another like you. You are more complex and unique than a snowflake. If you are pregnant, there are at least two of you spinning in a universe of uniqueness.

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Shoulder Dystocia in the Realm of Mysteries

by Michel Odent January 14, 2021

I find it mysterious that in some midwifery circles there are endless and passionate discussions about shoulder dystocia, while among other groups there is no interest in this topic.

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Reasonable Adjustments Returned My Joy in Pregnancy

by Joanna Grace January 14, 2021

I am autistic. I did not think being autistic would make much difference on my experience of being pregnant. I was humbled to learn otherwise. I am fairly typical of a generation of women who are being diagnosed as autistic in adulthood. Of course, autism is a spectrum, so everyone’s experience will be slightly different.

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Homebirth Changed My Life

by Jan Tritten December 11, 2020

Having my second baby at home truly changed the trajectory of my life. I had had an traumatic hospital birth the first time and was totally traumatized and guilt-ridden by it. I was planning to have a much better, un-interfered-with birth in the hospital when I met Dr. Tom Duncan. He talked me into having a homebirth. Imagine a doctor talking you into having a homebirth! It was providential. He ultimately did only three homebirths in Eugene, my hometown. It proved to be too far for him to travel, at about an hour-and-a-half. Read more…. Homebirth Changed My Life

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Media Reviews – Issue 136

by Johara Bellali, Dianne Garland and Cheryl K. Smith December 11, 2020

Media Reviews – Issue 136 | The Future of Homo?, by Michel Odent, Birthing your baby—the second stage of labour, by Nadine Pillay Edwards Read more…. Media Reviews – Issue 136

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Wisdom of the Midwives – Homebirth

by Editorial December 11, 2020

Wisdom of the Midwives – Issue 136

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Midwifery and Childbirth News – Issue 136

by Editorial December 11, 2020

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Homebirth: Living a Life-transforming Experience beyond Fear

by Fernando Molina December 10, 2020

Fear during labor and birth at home must be addressed with a different scope than what the literature reviews tell us. Let’s go beyond what mind-body medicine has taught us. Now is time for the soul-heart-mind-body connection and the well-known generational transmission of stress response with which, according to midwife Anita Rojas, we now can change the message by transforming the energy of our “mamas” during prenatals or labor.

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Tricks of the Trade – Issue 136

by Editorial December 10, 2020

Tricks of the Trade – Issue 136

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Marion’s Message: A Birth Where I Learned a Lot

by Marion Toepke McLean December 10, 2020

It was a normal birth in a large room in a small house in a city neighborhood. The modern hospital where I had midwifery privileges was just blocks away. I could transfer care easily and quickly if needed.

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Reclaiming Tradition: Legacy Power Voice

by Jamarah Amani December 10, 2020

In March of 2020, as the brutality of two pandemics, Covid-19 and police violence, were devastating Black communities across America, I thought about how midwifery models of care offer deep mother wit and wisdom to answer the problems facing society. Read more…. Reclaiming Tradition: Legacy Power Voice