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Marion’s Message: Shoulder Dystocia: Midwifery Care

by Marion Toepke McLean March 18, 2021

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a complication that is rare, hard to predict, and potentially fatal to the birthing baby. Baby and mother can sustain lasting damage. No wonder it is commonly feared by birth practitioners.

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Photo Album – Issue 137

by Editorial March 18, 2021

Photo Album — Issue 137

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PostPartum Care in the Context of a Developing Country

by Vicki Penwell February 22, 2021

In past articles I wrote in this series, I mentioned that while visiting Thailand years ago, I found that they have a charming expression that translates in English to “same same but different” (vendors in the market will say this to you repeatedly as they show you different products in the same basic grouping).

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Comment Jerez Les Hémorragies

by Francoise “Mamacita” Souverville February 14, 2021

Tout d’abord c’est la sagefemme qui suis les couples enceintes, enseignant la propre nourriture et exercice pour prévenir une hémorragie. Mais de fois ça arrive qu’ont ce rencontre les dernières semaines avant l’accouchement. Comme je ne refuse jamais une femme qui veut vraiment accoucher dans l’eau et personne d’autre veut l’assister, j’ai quelque fois vue des hémorragies.

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A Unique Midwifery Pathway

by Lisa Goldstein February 5, 2021

When I was 12 years old, I lived in Naples, Italy. My dad was in the Navy, and we were stationed there for a few years. I grew up with my mother telling stories about birth as a terrible thing to go through. One day the oldest kid of a family living down the hall knocked at our apartment door. I followed him down the hall, at his request.

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Uniqueness

by Sister MorningStar January 21, 2021

There is not another like you. You are more complex and unique than a snowflake. If you are pregnant, there are at least two of you spinning in a universe of uniqueness.

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Shoulder Dystocia in the Realm of Mysteries

by Michel Odent January 14, 2021

I find it mysterious that in some midwifery circles there are endless and passionate discussions about shoulder dystocia, while among other groups there is no interest in this topic.

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Reasonable Adjustments Returned My Joy in Pregnancy

by Joanna Grace January 14, 2021

I am autistic. I did not think being autistic would make much difference on my experience of being pregnant. I was humbled to learn otherwise. I am fairly typical of a generation of women who are being diagnosed as autistic in adulthood. Of course, autism is a spectrum, so everyone’s experience will be slightly different.

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Wisdom of the Midwives – Homebirth

by Editorial December 11, 2020

Wisdom of the Midwives – Issue 136

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Homebirth: Living a Life-transforming Experience beyond Fear

by Fernando Molina December 10, 2020

Fear during labor and birth at home must be addressed with a different scope than what the literature reviews tell us. Let’s go beyond what mind-body medicine has taught us. Now is time for the soul-heart-mind-body connection and the well-known generational transmission of stress response with which, according to midwife Anita Rojas, we now can change the message by transforming the energy of our “mamas” during prenatals or labor.

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Tricks of the Trade – Issue 136

by Editorial December 10, 2020

Tricks of the Trade – Issue 136

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Marion’s Message: A Birth Where I Learned a Lot

by Marion Toepke McLean December 10, 2020

It was a normal birth in a large room in a small house in a city neighborhood. The modern hospital where I had midwifery privileges was just blocks away. I could transfer care easily and quickly if needed.