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The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project
Did you know that no improvement has been made since 1982 in reducing the maternal mortality rate in the United States? In fact, since the 1930s there was a steady reduction…
Michel Odent, Primal Health, and the Scientification of Love
Does it really matter how we are born and what happens to us around the time of birth? Coming from me or any midwife, this is of course a rhetorical…
What Makes Midwives Different
The Art of Doing "Nothing" Well: What Makes Midwives Different. Results of a Delphi study by Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNMIn the January/February 2000 Journal of Midwifery and Women's…
Negotiating the Emotional and Psychological Terrain of Prenatal Diagnostic Testing
The pregnancy test is just the first in a long line of tests that inhabit the world of pregnancy. (more…)
Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice
In 2003, I had the privilege of attending the Cochrane Colloquium in Lyon, France. This is the annual meeting of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international, non-profit organization which makes available…
What is the optimal maternal position in the second stage of labor?
Upright labor positions deliver better outcomes. (more…)
Results of a Symposium on the Nature and Management of Labor Pain
A woman's confidence in her ability to cope appears to influence her experience of labor pain more than any other factor. Published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology,…
Sucrose as a Pain Reliever for Newborn Procedures
Can sucking on a sugar solution ease your baby's pain during painful procedures? When I read that sucrose could be an effective pain reliever for newborns undergoing painful procedures, I…
Herbs in Pregnancy
A good general rule during pregnancy is not to use anything other than simple foods and nutritive herbs unless the action of the substance on the uterus and fetus is known. (more…)
Pharmaceuticals
You're pregnant, so you think twice about what you put into your body; after all, there are two of you to think about. {mosimage}Pregnant woman have many concerns about both…