Theme: Labor
“Birth” is the theme of Issue 127 of Midwifery Today. This magazine will take you through many aspects of birth, from the amazing action and interaction of different body parts, to the role of fathers, to how doulas help military families giving birth away from friends and family. you can also read more in our continuing series “The Portable Midwife” by Regina Willette and midwives in history by Jane Beal, as well as birth stories, clinical information, and stories from midwives on the front lines of birth.
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Elizabeth Davis shares more on the interconnection between birth, orgasm and the sexual nature of women.
Dr. Odent argues that rather than relying on so much unfiltered information related to birth, women focus on what nature intended.
Photo by Simon Bardet
When first I met Te Kaha, he arrived on a typically busy day at Bumi Sehat. Acupuncture clinicians, allopathic nurses, and doctors were working together to give optimal free care to many dozens of sick and injured people. Two pairs of mothers and fathers were laboring, and three newborn mothers/babies/families were resting in the postpartum rooms, breastfeeding and bonding. Midwife Ibu Dewa Rutini and I had just finished teaching a class of over 40 young midwives from Kalimantan about gentle birth. The entryway of Bumi Sehat was chock-a-block full of slippers and shoes when this complete stranger appeared, looking completely strange! Read more…. Father Birthkeepers
Photo by Andressa Voltolini
Marion’s Message Read more…. Birth and the Fetus Ejection Reflex
Tricks of the trade.
The most important event in many women’s lives is giving birth. It is so pivotal that most moms can remember it in great detail their entire life. I met a woman in Japan who was in her 80s and could recount every detail of her birth. Her father-in-law had been her support person. Read more…. Advocating for Birth Change
Poetry by Stacy Vandenput
Read more…. celebration of fluid state: the birth of jade, august 1995
