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Second Stage Evolution

by Elizabeth Allemann June 1, 2011

Physician Elizabeth Allemann’s training in the medical-model of care taught her to fear second stage. What happened when the research lead her to the midwifery model? Find out in an illuminating story that is sure to remind you how doctors and midwives can work together for the best health of mother and baby.

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Prenatal Vitamins: Helpful or Harmful?

by DJ Nelson June 1, 2011

Are prenatal vitamins necessary, or are there other, healthier ways for women to get the vitamins and minerals they need during pregnancy? DJ Nelson considers the question.

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A VBAC in the Kitchen

by Jennifer Woodmansee June 1, 2011

A midwife recounts one clients empowering decision to birth at home after a previous cesarean birth.

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Allowing Birth to be Birth: Re-mystifying Second Stage

by Kristi Zittle June 1, 2011

As she recounts the difficult birth experience that helped lead her to birth work, Zittle reconsiders the delineation of labor into stages and calls for a return to a more holistic assessment of the labor process.

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Midwifing Second Stage

by Sister MorningStar June 1, 2011

“Is the head out?! Oh, MorningStar, is the head out? It has to be out because I feel it out!”

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Transitional Phase of a New Childbirth Paradigm: Slovenia on the Crossroads

by Zalka Drglin June 1, 2011

Researcher and birth activist Zalka Drglin takes you inside Slovenia for a first-hand look at a country very much at the crossroad. Read more…. Transitional Phase of a New Childbirth Paradigm: Slovenia on the Crossroads

Working Internationally: How to Identify (and Avoid) Cultural Imperialism

by Marion Toepke McLean June 1, 2011

Cultural imperialism can have a pervasive, sometimes subtle influence on the work of a midwife. Marion Topeke McLean discusses how to detect imperialistic attitudes and practices, and ways to nurture cultural sensitivity. Read more…. Working Internationally: How to Identify (and Avoid) Cultural Imperialism

Midwifery and Women’s Health in Peru: Visions and Dreams

by Cynthia Ingar March 31, 2011

Many rural women in the Andes that used to give birth…based in their ancestral midwifery knowledge are now being forced to give birth at public health centers. Most of them have hospitalized births now, in cold environments and with routine practices that do not respect the natural process of birth. Read more…. Midwifery and Women’s Health in Peru: Visions and Dreams

Birth with the Amish: A Unique Experience

by Ireena Keeslar March 1, 2011

A Michigan midwife shares her experiences attending an Old Order Amish community who have no cars and no electricity but an abundance of faith and family support.

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Culture within Culture

by Sister MorningStar March 1, 2011

It is easier to see how a woman’s culture affects her than to face how our culture affects us in relating to her. What if our cultures have moral differences? What if we identify with a birth culture that saves mothers and babies? Read more…. Culture within Culture

Celebrity Births: The Good, The Bad, The Influence

by Debra Flashenberg March 1, 2011

Homebirths and scheduled c-sections are all the rage in Hollywood, but how do celebrity birth practices affect pregnant women?

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Birth the Filipino Way

by Denie Heppner March 1, 2011

The author, who served as a missionary midwife among the urban poor of metro Manila for 20 years, recounts the highs and lows of working in a matriarchal society rife with superstitions and radically different standards of care for the rich and the poor. Read more…. Birth the Filipino Way