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It is more and more common, in the framework of modern obstetrics, to shorten the duration of pregnancy through such interventions as labor inductions (and pre-labor cesareans). This is the reason we will summarize the conclusions of recent studies suggesting that the importance of the short phase of “physiological birth preparation” is underestimated (Odent 2019).

 Read more…. Understanding the Phase of Human Birth Preparation

Here is an interview with Gail Hart on Induction, Why? Why Not? Learning from the wisdom she shares.

 Read more…. A Short Interview on Induction With Gail Hart

Maternal mortality prevention has been a world health goal ever since the conception of the Safe Motherhood Initiative in 1985. Maternal death occurs in pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum time.

 Read more…. Too Little Too Late or Too Much Too Soon? How About Just Right?

Wisdom of the Midwives: What are the advantages of medical care for birth? – Issue 142

 Read more…. Wisdom of the Midwives: Medical Care for Birth

Tricks of the Trade – Issue 142 – Asynclitic Presentation, Prolonged Labor, Using the Placenta for Hemorrhage, Helpful Herbal Recipes

 Read more…. Tricks of the Trade – Issue 142

Midwifery and Childbirth News – Issue 142

 Read more…. Midwifery and Childbirth News – Issue 142

In the UK, in 1960, the Peel Report suggested a goal of 100% hospital deliveries, without any evidence whatsoever that this would improve outcomes.

 Read more…. Midwifery—An Existential Crisis

Read about Gentle Birth Education Centre in Nigeria and their work with homebirth.

 Read more…. Homebirth in Nigeria: Obstacles and Prospects

I had been warned of the “empty nest syndrome” that happens when a couple’s youngest child is old enough to leave the nest. No one ever warned me that at least 15 years before that, I would be devastated by the “empty breast syndrome.”

 Read more…. The Empty Breast Syndrome

Midwifery today readers must realize that we are at the dawn of a radically new understanding of human evolution and human nature. The main reason is that we are now in a position to consider the evolution of Homo and the evolution of our planet—particularly the enormous fluctuations of sea levels—as two inseparable topics. Furthermore, we are currently giving increased importance to fast-developing disciplines such as genetics and virology. My objective is to popularize the “marine chimpanzee concept” and to classify “the aquatic ape theory” in the framework of the history of sciences.

 Read more…. Are Midwifery Today Readers Marine Chimps or Aquatic Apes?

Will there be birth beyond medicalization? If so, for whom?

 Read more…. Birth Beyond Medicalization