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Helping a Mother with Twins: Choose Your Words Wisely

by Mary L. Cooper June 1, 2014

We all grew up learning about the power of words, but sometimes in adulthood we forget this wisdom. Midwife Mary Cooper reminds us that it is even more important to stay away from negative words when working with a woman pregnant with twins.

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Twin Birth in Rural Nevada

by Margie Dacko June 1, 2014

I am a midwife in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since Nevada is a very rural state, it is not unusual for women to come to me from locations many hours away. About 15 years ago I had a client from Tonapah…

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Hallie Dedrick—milkandhoneymom.com

The Voice of Reason

by Sister MorningStar June 1, 2014

The medical world has developed its own reason based on managing birth, but midwife Sister MorningStar suggests that midwives need to be the voice of another reason—the kind of reason that honors the birthing mother.

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The Wonderful World of Twin Birth

by Diane Goslin June 1, 2014

From her many years of experience, midwife Diane Goslin shares her wisdom of twin birth in all its varying possibilities from Rh-negative to surprise twins to twins born four days apart.

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Anne Hurlbut—annostudios.com

Why All the Fuss about Twins?

by Michel Odent June 1, 2014

I want to suggest that, in the case of twins, trying to give birth vaginally in an inappropriate environment (e.g., in the presence of a scared doctor or a scared midwife) is a recipe for disaster. We must adapt to our cultural lack of understanding of birth physiology.

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Leilani Rogers—photosbylei.com

Coming to Twins

by Cynthia Caillagh June 1, 2014

Forty-four years ago my calling to midwifery was initiated through women who had been abused, the extent of which created a need for individual birth plans. As a traditional homebirth midwife by training and practice, I have gone on to serve every type of community, focusing primarily on college-educated, back-to-the-land families, as well as Plain and farming communities. While the childbearing landscape has changed over the 3400 births I have witnessed, my devotion to individualized care has never faltered.

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A Midwife between Worlds

by Aubre Tompkins March 1, 2014

Midwife Aubre Tompkins shares her experience of being a CNM who works at a free-standing birth center.

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Research on Placenta Encapsulation

by Jodi Selander March 1, 2014

Author Jodi Selander is currently working with UNLV on placenta research. This article discusses their work.

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Sophia Williams—sophiabirth.com

Placentophagy

by Michel Odent March 1, 2014

Natural childbirth advocate and obstetrician Michel Odent speaks of placentophagy as a ubiquitous behavior amongst mammals and primates even though it has never been an instinctively human behavior.