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Wisdom of the Midwives: Tear Prevention – Issue 138
Tricks of the Trade Issue 138
I graduated from Frontier Nursing School of Midwifery (1) in 1974. At the time episiotomy was widely taught and practiced in obstetrics as the healthiest delivery practice for mom and baby. But we were a midwifery school. We learned to do episiotomies only if it seemed necessary.
Read more…. Marion’s Message: Tear Prevention from a Retired Midwife
Eva Diana Iguaran—evadiana.com
Photo Album – Issue 138
Photographer and videographer: Eva Diana Iguaran—evadiana.com
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The story of a homeborn baby who dies of SIDS two months later, in a local hospital after attempts at resuscitation. The homebirth midwife shares her story.
Too few wimyn spiraling through maidenhood, motherhood, cronehood hear of the innate powerhouse of sacred feminine energy that is their very nature. Sheroic stories perk the ears of all such wimyn. I am a lover and preserver of stories.
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The thousands-of-years-old practice of acupuncture is a perfect integrative complement to midwifery care. The practice involves the insertion of fine, stainless steel, filiform needles at acupuncture points along the body.
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There are so many ways that we define birth—by what it looks like and how we navigate labor and delivery. As birthworkers and mothers, some of these are choices that we deeply desire, plan, and advocate for, and some are not.
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A midwife, a cattle-herder, a cross-country pioneer, a slave set free, a landowner in Los Angeles, a founder of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, and a wealthy woman and socially prominent philanthropist: Bridget “Biddy” Mason was all of these and much more.
Read more…. Bridget “Biddy” Mason: A Black Pioneer Midwife of Nineteenth-century Los Angeles
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I am autistic. In previous articles I have written about how masking my autism made it difficult for my midwives to give me the care I needed and about the adjustments my local midwife team made for me when we finally realised how significant my being autistic was to my access to health care. In this article I talk about my experiences after birth.
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Wisdom of the Midwives: Shoulder Dystocia – Issue 137
Tricks of the Trade – Issue 137
