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Michigan School of Traditional Midwifery (MSTM), an alternative on the route to midwifery, is the topic of this article.
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These three authors recount their experiences during a trip to Senegal to volunteer in the maternity clinic.
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Teacher Amanda Hamilton savors the moments she has with her night owl daughter in a touching vignette.
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The Sally Stockley Maternity Project and its work in Uganda is the subject of this article. The author, a volunteer midwife, shares with us the conditions of life there and what we can do to help improve it.
The Divine has created perfection in human birth. The Divine entrusts and guides midwives to protect what has been created and what is normal. Women possess innate wisdom of the Divine, and the Divine guides them through the process of pregnancy, labor and birth.
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This article discusses what she views as the essentials for a successful apprenticeship.
A contributing editor comments on the Jennifer Williams trial in Indiana, where a homebirth midwife was arrested and charged with practicing medicine and midwifery without a license.
A thought-provoking essay on how we characterize birth and midwifery.
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This is an interview with Diane Smith, who wrote Birthing with Dignity: a training manual for village midwives and healthworkers. Diane worked in India for JAGORI, educating village midwives in rural India and developed the book based on these experiences.
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The author, who is married to a Tanzanian man, discusses childbirth traditions in that country from a personal perspective and reminds us that, as mothers, we need to stand up for our choices.
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Voices of Maya Midwives author writes of another revered Mexican midwife and how she practices her art.
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Like many parts of the world, birth has become medicalized in Croatia. Two midwives write of their efforts to provide women with safe and meaningful births.
