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The Mindfulness of Midwifery: Creating a Practice with Intent

by Jodilyn Owen December 1, 2010

How can we help ourselves and other midwives not burn out from the time-consuming, all-encompassing work that is midwifery? In this article, author Jodilyn Owen offers some sound advice based on her own past struggles with time management and burnout.

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Alicia Kaye and new baby girl, Delilah Alexandra Pearl Kaye, relax with dad, Benjamin Kaye, and big brother, Calvin LaVere Kaye

The “Miracle” of Induction

by Alicia Kaye June 1, 2010

After watching her mother grapple through a Pitocin/Cytotec induced birth, the author starts her quest to find a better, more natural, way of birthing.

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The Dangers of Planned Hospital Births

by Judy Slome Cohain June 1, 2010

Midwife and researcher Judy Slome Cohain dissects currently available published research and finds that hospital birth is never safer than a planned, attended homebirth for low-risk women.

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An Afternoon with Marsden

by Sheryl Rivett June 1, 2010

An intimate portrait of a legend in the birth field, Dr. Marsden Wagner.

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Learning to Listen

by Sandra K. Stine Tallbear June 1, 2010

Women are being undermined in subtle, yet important ways inside the typical American labor and delivery ward, concludes certified nurse-midwife Sandra Stine Tallbear in this succinct essay about learning to truly listen to a mother’s needs.

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Hirsch’s Silent Birth

by Tammi L. McKinley September 1, 2011

A nice couple, organic farmers whom I had met the previous year, were pregnant and seeing my friend Lori,for their care as they planned their homebirth. This very healthy Jewish couple was looking forward to the birth of their first baby.
Sadly, when the mom was 34 weeks and four days, the mother felt that something was not right. Lori stopped by their home to listen and could not hear the baby’s heartbeat. She called me from the road as she drove to the hospital, ultimately for confirmation of the baby’s death.

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From the Roddom to the Black Sea: My Experiences in Russia

by Miriam Medicine Prayer September 1, 2011

A traditional midwife recounts her journeys to a newly post-soviet Russia, taking us on a tour of a changing birth culture, from the Roddoms of the cold war era to pioneering birth camps at the Black Sea.

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Birth and Freedom

by Terri LaPoint June 1, 2011

A student midwife takes on state governments’ encroachment of women’s rights to birth where and how they choose.

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Misoprostol: More on the dangers of Cytotec

by Marsden Wagner September 1, 1999

Of 170 women given misoprostol (Cytotec) for induction with VBAC, eight have lost their uterus and two lost a baby as well, according to the combined data of two articles published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more…. Misoprostol: More on the dangers of Cytotec

Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Labor Induction: A Cautionary Tale

by Marsden Wagner March 1, 1999

The experimental use of misoprostol (Cytotec) to induce labor is putting an increasing number of pregnant women at risk without their knowledge or consent. Cytotec, a cheap prescription drug for ulcers, is not FDA approved for labor induction and has been linked to uterine rupture and fetal tachycardia. Read more…. Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Labor Induction: A Cautionary Tale

Adverse Events Following Misoprostol Induction of Labor

by Marsden Wagner September 1, 2004

Off-label use of misoprostol (Cytotec) for labor induction has been steadily increasing for 10 years, even though this use is approved neither by the U.S. [FDA], other national drug regulatory agencies, the pharmaceutical industry, the Cochrane Library nor a number of national obstetric organizations Read more…. Adverse Events Following Misoprostol Induction of Labor

Mortalidad materna: La Maternidad Segura se encuentra en el Protagonismo de las Mujeres mismas

by Marie Lynne Tyndall April 26, 2012

La maternidad segura toma en cuenta los derechos humanos de las mujeres, el derecho a decidir sobre sus vidas reproductivas; éste incluye los derechos en el parto, en especial el derecho a la información precisa sobre los riesgos y beneficios de los procedimientos en el parto. La institucionalización del parto es, en Costa Rica, una regla que habrá que revisar para tomar como punto de partida lo más importante: los sentimientos, necesidades y opiniones de las mujeres. Read more…. Mortalidad materna: La Maternidad Segura se encuentra en el Protagonismo de las Mujeres mismas