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Jennifer Mason—jennifermasonphotography.com

Holding Space: With Women in the Labyrinth

by Erica Andrews March 1, 2017

By likening the birth experience to a labyrinth, where each woman, with each birth, must make a new journey, one can begin to envision the depth of the voyage a woman makes during labor and birth. The deep twists and stark turns, the dark and the light, the opening and the closing.

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Lacey Barratt—laceybarratt.com.au

A Turning Point in the History of Mothering

by Michel Odent March 1, 2017

Today, we have at our disposal a standardized and simple way to introduce a great variety of topics. We just need to explain why we are “at a turning point.”

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Elizabeth Nihiser—elizabethnihiser.com

Male Mutedness in Childbirth

by Erica Andrews December 1, 2016

“How does a man feel during the birth of his child?”

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Monet Moutrie—monetnicole.com

The Cost of Caring: Midwifery and Traumatic Stress

by Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg December 1, 2016

In this article, midwife Bonnie U. Gruenberg raises awareness around the issue of mental health stresses associated with the profession of midwifery.

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Rachel Baransi

Microbiome and Midwives: A Look at Culture

by Vicki Penwell December 1, 2016

International midwife Vicki Penwell discusses the culture of homebirth in America to see what might be done to improve the life-long health of the baby.

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Your Mother Will Help

by Susun Weed December 1, 2016

A wonderful article on the benefits of motherwort for pregnant and lactating mothers.

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Homebirth vs. Hospital Birth, The Bacteriological Perspective

by Michel Odent December 1, 2016

Today, it is commonplace to present Homo sapiens as an ecosystem with a symbiotic interaction between the trillions of cells that are the products of our genes (the “host”) and the hundreds of trillions of microorganisms that colonize the body (the “microbiome”).

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Paige Driscoll—antacruzbirthphotographer.com

Micromanaging the Microbiota

by Sister MorningStar December 1, 2016

Sometimes it is easier to trust the innate intelligence in natural processes when science discovers or confirms through scientific studies the validity of something that is believed to be true, like upright positioning for birth, or something previously unknown, like the benefits of the human microbiota. Most recent is a growing respect of the microbiota at birth and its effect on long-term health.

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Jennifer Mason—jennifermasonphotography.com

Surrounded by Love and Support

by Monet Moutrie December 1, 2016

As a birth photographer, I’ve captured over 125 births since having my first daughter. Each story I documented was as unique as the woman I worked with; the myriad of birth stories I saw reminded me that life is full of both unforeseen turns and unimaginable beauty. I sat beside many of my clients as they saw their birth plans change drastically, and I witnessed the strength that women possess when they’re asked to do something that perhaps they had previously thought impossible. After I sent off an edited gallery of images or when I met with a client for the very first time, I found myself thinking how blessed I was to have found a calling that demonstrated the immense power of womanhood and sisterhood again and again.

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Human Rights in Childbirth: A Basket of Stories

by Robin Lim September 1, 2016

Mothers worldwide are crying out for respectful, gentle maternal health services. The nightmare of “prenatal scare” instead of prenatal care has mothers-to-be crying after visits with the Ob/Gyn. Clearly, it is time for an awakening in birth. This is what so many of us birthkeepers are holding in our hearts. We devote our days and nights to supporting individual women to have choices in childbirth, while working on the broader, global front of human rights in childbirth.

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Raspberry Leaf—Wonderful or Wacky?

by Susun Weed September 1, 2016

A helpful article by herbalist Susun S. Weed on the benefits of raspberry leaf, particularly in tea form, during pregnancy.

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Leilani Rogers—photosbylei.com

A Hard Day’s Night: Midwives and Sleep Deprivation

by Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg September 1, 2016

Author Bonnie U. Gruenberg touches on a subject many birthworkers are unfortunately all too familiar with: sleep deprivation.

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