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The story of hospital birth, done her way.
Marion critiques the outcome of the NIH’s recent conference on “Cesarean on Maternal Request.”
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How use of amnioscopy, an inexpensive and simple technique, can be used to evaluate condition of the amniotic fluid prior to and during labor
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Excerpted from Amazing Birth Stories, midwife Diane shares her experience with various homeopathics and herbs for birth.
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Having babies had a positive effect on the author’s relationship with her body.
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Frequent MT writer Judy Slome Cohain provides some personal insights about relationships with mothers and long, dysfunctional labors.
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This homebirth midwife shares her experience in successfully handling babies who pass meconium prior to birth.
The author discusses the issue of meconium and the link between meconium aspiration syndrome and induction of labor.
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An unusual story about a baby who passed meconium long before birth.
The author explains how believing that something is possible can cause it to happen, and how this concept relates to natural birth.
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The other day I was kneeling by the single bed where I check pregnant women. A woman lay on the bed, her shirt up to reveal her six-month-pregnant belly. As I approached her with the measuring tape to check fundal height she looked at me, puzzled.
Read more…. “Hands-off” Care and Birth as an Out-of-body Experience
An article defining and discussing hyperbilirubinemia, or jaundice, in newborns and recent guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
