Issue 1

Winter 1987

Premier Issue

As Brianna Skolnik was born, her mother, Barbara, reached down to receive her. The many hands in this picture seem an appropriate symbol of midwifery: mother, father, and midwife blending as one to welcome the baby. Photographer Deborah Wells shot the birth on 400 ASA, shutter speed 125, at noon under a skylight.

Print issue out of stock.

Columns

• Marion’s Message
  Midwives’ sexuality
• The Childbirth Educator
  Six steps to certification
• In My Opinion
  Midwives must be professional

Departments

• From the Editor
• Letters
• Networking
• Tricks of the Trade
• Laughing Matters
• Staccato Briefs
  Timely, condensed technical information
• Media Reviews
• Test Yourself
• Working in a Large Practice
• Question of the Quarter
• Working Abroad

Features

• Rhogam at 28 Weeks
  A comparison of risks and benefits: antenatal administration is not without controversy
• Cigarettes and Breastfeeding
  Startling effects on the nursing couple
• Reaching for Compromise
  Can birth practitioners from several professions get along

People

• • Meet the Practitioner
    Childhood wonder pays off
  • Herstory
    Standing up for motherhood
  • Super Midwife
    Hey, Mom!

Art

• Poetry
• Birth Art Gallery
• Photo Album

Information

• Journal and Abstracts
• Midwifery & the Law
  Malpractice & Midwifery
• News
• Calendar

Your Practice

• The Formulary
  Practical recipes for remedies and nutrition
• Birth Critiques
  Experience with Herpes gestations
• Improving Your Practice
  You are a counselor