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Midwives are great bridge builders. There are so many gaps to bridge! Some are just shallow potholes, little bumps in pregnancy’s road—nausea, backache, heartburn, insomnia. We offer solace and suggest remedies, kindly ministrations to fill in and smooth out ruts in the prenatal path. Read more…. Bridging the Gap: Cracks & Chasms
For the past few years I have listened with dismay to direct-entry midwives criticizing nurse-midwives as “medwives”… and to nurse-midwives talking about professional direct-entry midwives as if they don’t know very much, and working in some states to pass exclusionary laws. Read more…. Some Thoughts on Bridging the Gap Between Nurse- and Direct Entry Midwives
Direct entry to what? A path to where? What is it that we are entering, and where is it we are going? A midwife is, like everything else in this world, very much in the eye of the beholder. Read more…. Daughters of Time
For centuries, the Maya of Central America have treated women’s reproductive ailments with a combination of uterine massage and realignment techniques, herbal preparations and prayer. Dr. Rosita Arvigo has begun to bring this technique to North America in the hopes that more women can benefit from these techniques. Read more…. Uterine Massage: A New Profession?
Tom Chamberlain—thomaschamberlain.com
I elected to spend some of my 1998 conference budget to attend the American College of Nurse Midwives’ (ACNM) annual meeting in San Francisco. One of the reasons I chose this particular conference is that I have become increasingly concerned about the divisions emerging among midwives in the United States. Read more…. Build Bridges, Not Walls
Human mothers are the only mammals who have a choice about whether or not to give their own milk to their infants. Read more…. Breastfeeding Nemesis
Les journaux medicaux publient periodiquement des etudes prospectives, randomisees et controlees sur la troisieme phase du travail. Read more…. Profil bas pendant la troisième phase de l’accouchement
The first key to preventing postpartum hemorrhage is good prenatal nutrition and supplements as needed. Read Margarett Scott’s article to learn more.
Read more…. Three Keys to Avoiding Postpartum Hemorrhage
During the months of pregnancy, every system of a woman’s body changes. The blood and circulatory system expand and work for two. The basis of this expansion is nutritional. Read more…. Keeping Childbearing Normal Through Nutrition
In looking at white, middle class women, the problem isn’t so much what normal birth is, but why this particular group of women doesn’t question what it is more carefully. Read more…. Middle Class Beliefs
The empirical midwife movement in the United States is one of those few islands where technology, money and brainwashing haven’t taken over common sense, evidence, and woman centeredness. Read more…. Freedom
During kangaroo care, a premature baby’s overall growth rate increases. This is in part due to the baby’s ability to sleep, thus conserving energy and putting caloric expenditure toward growth. Read more…. Kangaroo Care: Why Does It Work?
