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Monet Moutrie—monetnicole.com
Midwife Beverly Beech discusses the importance of human rights in maternity care.
Midwife Sister Morningstar discusses Basic Disaster Birth Support, which is training for global citizens to respond to the unexpected birth of a baby in the midst of disaster circumstances.
Lynsey Stone—dfwbirthphotographer.com
International midwife Vicki Penwell teaches a structured approach for reflecting on the work of a group and identifying strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement.
Read more…. After Action Review: A Guide for Midwifery Students and Preceptors
Obstetrician and natural childbirth advocate Michel Odent discusses the future of birth and the two scenarios he sees that are most plausible based on our current situation.
Lynsey Stone—dfwbirthphotographer.com
A wonderful discussion about the art of midwifery and the science of midwifery—how each is important and has its place at birth.
Midwife Marion Toepke McLean discusses the most essential midwifery skill of them all: to be able to recognize and support normal birth and to keep it normal.
Monet Moutrie—monetnicole.com
Back in 1970, if you wanted to be a midwife, there were very few options for training. There were two nurse-midwifery education programs then, but since I didn’t live in New York City or Jackson, Mississippi, I had no way of knowing about them. I just knew that I wanted to be a midwife. I was lucky to have the opportunity to witness the most gorgeous birth anyone could possibly have, and that birth launched my quest to become a midwife.
Read more…. How Being a Homebirth Midwife Enabled Me to Learn about Shoulder Dystocia
Many people have noticed that some portion of waterborn babies seem a bit slow to come around. They aren’t stressed and they seem well-enough oxygenated, but still their transition to breathing air sometimes seems a little slower. They may be alert, have good tone and a strong heart rate (or maybe it is a bit slow as well) or sometimes they almost seem to be asleep, and they just don’t seem interested in breathing for a while.
Natasha Hance—birthunscripted.com
A female doctor with a shaven head and beautiful eyes stood between Lily’s legs, studying the monitor. We all heard the slow thudding. In an even tone, a Mary Poppins-like midwife said, “Get peds.” A pediatrician and a gaggle of pediatric residents entered the room as if they’d been standing at the door waiting for an invitation. The doctor picked up the vacuum and quietly announced that the time had come to use extra force. “The baby is so close,” she told us as she readied her equipment.
Read more…. Delayed Cord Clamping Requires a New Table for Stressed Newborns
Photo by Alex Kahler
Even before conception, and during their life in the womb and the first year of extra-uterine life, all babies experience the feeling of being desired and loved, which is the source of all aspects of life, where there are no opposites, no judgments, no criticism, no condemnation, no discrimination; it is just pure love and surrender during the first phases of consciousness. …
Photograph—iStockphoto.com/botamochi
The use of essential oils for nausea and fatigue during labor is just the crowning head to an incredible body of possible uses throughout the childbearing year. Yet, starting with essential oil uses for digestion is a good idea for midwives and moms-to-be to begin to integrate this powerful natural health modality into practice. …
Read more…. Essential Oils for Prenatal Nausea and Digestion
Leilani Rogers—photosbylei.com
Long before anyone had thought to coin the term tandem nursing, I was doing it. Back when I started having kids in 1971, breastfeeding was at an all-time low in our country, and so was homebirth. …
