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Ethics and Lessons Learned in Transport

by Sandra K. Stine Tallbear March 1, 2011

“There is more to the transport of a woman with her heart set on a natural out-of-hospital birth experience than communicating facts.” What is the midwife’s role in transport? How can she best support her client and help to facilitate communication with a hospital culture that is not always receptive to her efforts? Find out in this illuminating article from a CNM who has walked both sides.

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Breastfeeding in Public

by Megan Myers March 1, 2011

An apprentice midwife takes a critical look at our sexualized culture and defends the right to breastfeed in public. Read more…. Breastfeeding in Public

Opening the Pelvic Brim with Walcher’s Position

by Gail Tully March 1, 2011

This past year, two labors I attended benefited (meaning we avoided a cesarean each time) from a technique shared over a hundred years ago by Dr. Walcher. The first of these mothers labored for her third homebirth after four previous cesareans. She’d had a hard time getting her first baby into her pelvis (lying in bed) and was given a c-section at 3 cm and then she had three more cesareans in following years. Umm hmm. So, I was honored to help at her first homebirth, her fifth child. He also took a long time to engage. Beginning posterior, a variety of positions eventually got him through. Her second homebirth occurred after a long latent phase but before her midwife arrived.

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Hey, Miz Pinkie

by Diana Janopaul March 1, 2011

The author sits down at a diner in Cairo, Georgia with local legend and beloved midwife Pinkie Norwood, who delivered 600 babies over the course of 30 years.

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The Cultural Aspect of Birth: My Midwest Experience

by Diane Barnes March 1, 2011

The author, a former president of MANA and the first legal nurse-midwife in the state of Missouri, reflects on changes in a practice that spanned 30 years. What began with homebirths to independent-minded women in the 1970s evolved into something very different.

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Cord Burning

by Kelly Dunn March 1, 2011

The many benefits of this simple, inexpensive procedure are explored. Find out why cord burning is making a comeback!

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Marion’s message: Placenta Accreta

by Marion Toepke McLean March 1, 2011

Contributor Marion Toepke McLean offers a thoughtful overview of recent studies on the treatment of Placenta Accreta.

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Illustration by Toni Rakeshaw

Midwives: Sing the Babies Earthside

by Robin Lim December 1, 2010

A gorgeous tale from Indonesia that weaves language, music and birth. Read more…. Midwives: Sing the Babies Earthside

Like Cures Like: Homeopathy for Pregnancy and Babies

by Diane Gregg December 1, 2010

An experienced midwife shares her homeopathic knowledge for solving pregnancy and postpartum woes inexpensively and effectively with homeopathic remedies. Includes a handy chart for midwives on the go.

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By Dr. Johannes Sobotta [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A Primer on Craniosynostosis

by Melanie Roder December 1, 2010

When her daughter is born with unusual features, the author is thrown into a world she never heard of: the world of craniosynostosis. Here, she shares her knowledge with readers and offers a primer on this unusual ailment.

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Waterbirth with a Blind Mother

by Cornelia Enning December 1, 2010

That first moment of eye contact between mother and baby is critical during a waterbirth. So what happens when the mother you’re assisting as a midwife is birthing in water and is blind? Author Cornelia Enning recounts one beautiful experience.