Emotional Impact of Cesareans
Every 30 seconds in the US, a cesarean is performed.(1) This overuse of cesarean surgery puts moms and babies at risk – not just physically, but emotionally. Read more…. Emotional Impact of Cesareans
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Unveiling Ritual Mutilation
One day the phone rang at my house. “Do you know anything about female circumcision?” asked Lisa, a midwife friend. No, I thought, but I had a feeling I was about to learn. Read more…. Unveiling Ritual Mutilation
Using Homeopathy to Turn Babies
The science of homeopathy is a perfect complement to the midwife’s art. Symptoms, in any part of the mind or body, are seen as part of a symptom-picture involving the whole person. Read more…. Using Homeopathy to Turn Babies
Love that Protects
As childbirth attendants, we must vigorously protect the birthing woman and her baby against wrong information, overly interventive technology, a convoluted system of law and medical ignorance that fuel interventive technology, and individuals who do not have her best interests at heart. Read more…. Love that Protects
Giving Voice to Wisdom
The orthodoxy of today’s technological birth procedures is built on false foundations masquerading in the name of science, but whose master is often fear of malpractice. Read more…. Giving Voice to Wisdom
The Homebirth Choice
The authors discuss the why’s and how’s of homebirth, including a brief history of midwifery, considerations to weigh in deciding on types of midwives and tips on how to choose a midwife. …Anyone considering the profession of midwifery will also find this useful as a general overview of what a midwife does. Read more…. The Homebirth Choice
Birth Works!
Le probleme avec la formation traditionnelle a la naissance est qu’elle ne vise pas assez haut. Read more…. Birth Works!
To Learn to Grow
Feeding the heart of midwifery through support, good counsel, and continuing education has always been the end goal of our efforts at Midwifery Today. Read more…. To Learn to Grow
Making the New Way
Learn what led Jan Tritten (Mother of Midwifery Today) into midwifery. Read more…. Making the New Way
Protocols: Standards Meeting Needs
As I define them, protocols are a set of guidelines drawn up by an individual or group which outlines a standard of practice. In my practice as a lay midwife, my protocols are flexible enough to accommodate each situation I meet. Read more…. Protocols: Standards Meeting Needs
Toward Equilibrium
Do midwives have a responsibility to functional family life? Can we help teach mothers both the significance of their new role, and the skills that will be required of them? Read more…. Toward Equilibrium
Pedestals
Being adored is one of the delights of the profession and simultaneously, one of its hazards, for adoration must be dealt with. We are with a woman during the most significant rite of passage in her life; it is natural for her to love us and to invest us with power far beyond what we deserve. Read more…. Pedestals
