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Lynsey Stone—dfwbirthphotographer.com
This is an article that teaches classic midwifery, bringing back some sadly forgotten tricks for the midwife’s tool kit.
Read more…. Rings, Lines, Folds, and Other Old-time Tools to Assess Dilation
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I don’t heal babies. They heal themselves. My midwifery experience compels me to carefully consider what exactly is needed in each situation. I always ask, ‘What would happen if I do less?’ My goal is to offer the smallest intervention necessary to stimulate the body to find balance. That is all it takes.
Read more…. Twenty-plus Years of Infant Craniosacral Therapy Practice
Emily Robinson—emilyrobinsonphotoblog.com
Midwife Mary Cooper shares some of her most memorable stories of newborns from the births she has attended.
Emily Robinson—emilyrobinsonphotoblog.com
A great discussion surrounding the use of infants’ cord blood. Midwife Robin Lim primarily works in Indonesia where many women suffer from postpartum hemorrhage. As a preventive measure, she teaches people to wait an extended amount of time before severing the umbilical cord.
Midwife Marion discusses the special role a mother plays in the life of a growing baby.
Melissa Cate—www.melissacatephotography.com
Midwife MorningStar shares the beauty of waterbirth in her usual hypnotic and beautiful way. Read this article and learn about birth from one of the greats in modern-day midwifery.
Read more…. As Natural as Water Waterbirth and Instinctual Birth
Synthenia Rosa — synethiarosa.com
The maternal mortality rate in the United States is rising. What does that mean to those of us who live in this country?
Photo by Jenny Everett King
Midwife Mary Cooper has a wonderful way of sharing her wisdom with the readers of Midwifery Today. In this article, she highlights waterbirth.
Photos by Fernando Molina
Midwifery Today conference teacher Fernando Molina shares some of his waterbirth experience from when he assisted births in Venezuela.
Read more…. Waterbirth Anecdotes from Puerto Ardaz, Venezuela (1996-2013)
Tammy Bradshaw—tammybradshawphoto.com
Let’s talk about those sweet babies who decide to present posterior in the uterus and then go on to either change position in labor or be born in a posterior position. I believe it is normal in a baby’s gestational life to be in transverse, breech, posterior, LOA and ROA positions. (There are even other positions our little darlings can get into.)
The blood in the heart and blood vessels must remain in a liquid form to maintain life. To achieve this, there is a balance between various elements, some that cause the blood to clot and others that allow it to flow freely.
Tanya Villano—tanyavillanophotography.com
A woman’s subjective experience of her pregnancy is important to the midwife. With so many negative birth stories and comments bombarding mothers today, the last thing a midwife wants is for the pregnant mother in her care to be stressed by negative talk during a prenatal.
