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Midwives from Mother Health International are still assisting earthquake victims in Haiti. In this moving tale, the author helps a young teenage mother who is alone, afraid and in labor.
The adverse affects of birth trauma on infants are explored, along with preventative practices and suggestions to help both midwives and parents heal birth trauma.
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In the first part of this two-part series on homeopathy, midwife Diane Gregg advises other birth practitioners on using homeopathic remedies during labor and birth, citing case studies from her own practice. Included in this article are handy, homeopathic remedy charts perfect for clipping out, laminating and sticking in your birth kit.
Veteran midwife Carol Gautschi shares her insights on the first stage of labor and offers practical advise to midwives.
Read more…. Before the First Wave: Midwife Carol Gautschi Shares Her Views on First Stage
A father details the birth of his daughter, who entered the world surrounded by loved ones, in her mother’s childhood home near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A group of Hawaiian certified nurse-midwives share their thoughts on midwives’ intuition and spirituality in childbirth.
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Scarred by a negative birth experiences, a mother finds redemption in a natural, midwife-assisted birth.
A midwife draws on her art history knowledge, visualizing and contemplating “the truest blue ever painted on canvas,” as she births her second child, Azure, at home.
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Looking forward to her planned homebirth, a mother finds that her fourth birth experience brings all the joy, love and happiness she expected, as well as something she didn’t anticipate—her longest first stage of labor yet!
Read more…. Ordinary Miracle: The Homebirth of Ava Christine
In this thoroughly researched article, author Verna Oberg explores amniotomy’s role as a ritual for birth attendants and discusses its possible psychological effects on the baby.
Read more…. The Amniotomy Question: Examining the Pros and Cons of Rupturing Membranes
More than 20 years of efforts by maternal child health care workers has paid off with the news that pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths worldwide have decreased substantially since the Safe Motherhood Initiative began more than 20 years ago. This information comes from an in-depth study led by researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle and published in The Lancet (1) earlier this year. Generous funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation allowed them to search out and include in their analysis data that had not been used in previous maternal mortality estimates, achieving more complete and accurate results.
Gigliola, a veteran midwife now in her 80s shares stories with author Lindy Joy Cummings about her long midwifery career in Papua New Guinea and other remote parts of the world.
Read more…. One Midwife’s Journey: Stories from Papua New Guinea and Beyond
