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Media Reviews – Issue 145 – Rebel Mama: Breaking Free from Motherhood Norms and Parenting from Within, A Journey into Being Knowing and Nurturing our Children as Spirit, 2nd ed, WOMB TO THRIVE The Missing Keys to Heal Yourself, Your Family and the Planet, Complementary Therapies for Postdates Pregnancy, and Birth Days: Inspiring Stories in Healing and Transformation in Childbirth Read more…. Media Reviews – Issue 145

Lois founded Sophia’s Way, School of Traditional Midwifery. She advocates a woman-centered teaching method that avoids technology, when possible–using traditional ways. Read more…. Traditional Midwifery, The Traditional Way

This article first summarizes some of the history of how midwifery has been taught and advocates for individualized, personalized instruction and some expected conflicts with the current system and how it is still evolving Read more…. Midwifery Education: A Brief History and Thoughts for the Future

This 17-year-old doula from Colorado shares her experience and insights from spending a summer working in the public hospital system in Sydney, Australia, where a public homebirth program is currently available to expecting mothers. Read more…. A Midwifery Success: Homebirth in the Australian Public Hospital System

It is astounding how much midwives and doulas love and appreciate the placenta, while the general public treats it with an “eewww” attitude. We think of it as an incredible though short-lived organ that through it produces a beautiful baby. Most of us teach our families the beauty and function of the placenta. Before or after we have checked it for missing Read more…. Jan’s Corner: The Gorgeous Placenta

All my life I had been interested in psychology because I wanted to know what made me suffer, what makes people in general suffer, and how suffering can be alleviated or even healed. Finally, I discovered the new field of prenatal psychology. “The secret life of the unborn child,” as Professor Thomas Verny so brilliantly described, offered satisfying answers to my manifold questions that any other school of psychology had not been able to so far. Read more…. Bonding Analysis: Bonding-related Support in Pregnancy to Promote Prenatal Bonding

Mother’s bodies are generally made to birth their babies. And babies come in all sizes—the same as pelvises. Mostly, the baby and the pelvis fit well together, so during contractions in active labor we see a progressive, smooth, and gentle birth process. Every woman takes time to birth her baby, connecting to her strength, reinforcing her inner power, and learning to dive into her path toward motherhood.  Read more…. Opening the Pelvic Outlet in Labor

We focus on two reasons why the human placenta is special. First, it is highly effective at transferring maternal antibodies toward the fetal bloodstream. Second, it is not eaten by the mother. Read more…. Two Particularities of the Human Placenta