A Midwife’s Perspective: Labor and Birth in the Water
Misunderstandings abound about the use of water in birth, learn about the positive effects. Read more…. A Midwife’s Perspective: Labor and Birth in the Water
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How to Build a Birth Network
This article is a blueprint for a program of birth activism that can be set up in any community to stimulate better birth practices, political activism, and media savvy for the birth community. Two successful birth networks, one in Nashville and the other in Philadelphia were started by the authors. Read more…. How to Build a Birth Network
Guatemala Journey: Partnering with Traditional Midwives
In August 1999 I spent eight days in Guatemala, where I visited the town of Concepción Chiquirichapa, in the western highlands outside of Quetzaltenango.” Read more…. Guatemala Journey: Partnering with Traditional Midwives
Make Room at the Table
Make room at the table. In order for any type of community to grow, there must be a welcoming presence in that community. Read more…. Make Room at the Table
Birth Communities
Each one of us belongs to many communities, including many separate birth communities. Read more…. Birth Communities
Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm
Cesarean section can save the life of the mother or her baby. Cesarean section can also kill a mother or her baby. How can this be? Read more…. Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm
Déclaration d’Aix-la-Chapelle
Declaration de Aix-la-Chapelle – Europeen des sages-femmes. Read more…. Déclaration d’Aix-la-Chapelle
Don’t Sell Your Sisters Down the River
As midwives, aren’t we capable of something different and more feminine than thinking in a Western, hierarchical, patriarchal manner-the ‘we are in, you are out’ thought style? Read more…. Don’t Sell Your Sisters Down the River
Family Planning: A Reality Check for Global Midwives
Working overseas presents multi-layered challenges to those of us devoted to healing birth. In the precious postpartum time couples would ask me, “What about family planning?” and it was then that I fell down. Read more…. Family Planning: A Reality Check for Global Midwives
Pushing for First-Time Moms
The expulsion of a first baby from a woman’s body is a space in time for much mischief and mishap to occur. Read more…. Pushing for First-Time Moms
La poussée pour les mères primipares
L’expulsion d’un premier bebe du corps d’une femme est un moment critique ou plusieurs torts et contretemps peuvent survenir. Read more…. La poussée pour les mères primipares
El Pujo en las Primerizas
La expulsión del primer bebé de la mujer es un espacio en tiempo pora que ocurran muchas travesuras y averías. Es además un espacio en tiempo cuando su futuro obstetrico frecuentemente es decido, y dónde ella puede ser bien atendida por una partera paciente y descansada. Read more…. El Pujo en las Primerizas
