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Can You Trust the Information You Read on MidwifeInsight?
From How good is the information that you see on this webpage? For that matter, how good is the information that you get on any webpage, or in the media…
Why Are Some Innovative Ideas in Maternity Care Embraced While Others Are Ignored?
In a New Yorker article (July 2013) titled Slow Ideas, the surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande asks why some innovative ideas in medicine are adopted so quickly, while others are…
If You Exercise During Pregnancy, Will Your Baby Be Smarter? Could Be!
In an article in the New York Times (Nov 20, 2013), Gretchen Reynolds notes that"if a woman is physically active during pregnancy, she may boost the development of her unborn…
Should India Reconsider the Role of Traditional Midwives?
Men carrying woman in obstructed labor to hospital Does India need to train traditional midwives in modern childbirth practices and equip them to handle complications? A 2013 Unicef-funded study in…
Grab a Handful of Nuts and Treat Your Baby!
Worried about the increase in severe peanut and tree nut allergies in children, many prospective moms have avoided eating nuts during pregnancy. However, contrary to what might seem to be…
French Midwives: “The Medical Value of our Profession Has Never Been Recognized”
A front-page story by Phillippe Euzen in LeMonde on December 16 follows the saga of French midwives as they demand a change in the way their profession is defined in…
A Short History of Midwifery
Midwives Attending Delivery Highlights in the history of a very old profession, with references for more information elsewhere. "Well-behaved women rarely make history." (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich) (more…)
What is the Definition of a “Term Pregnancy?”
For years, obstetric opinion (shared by nurse-midwives) has been that "term" pregnancy refers to one at from 37 to 42 weeks completed gestation, starting with the date of the last…
Should You Be Using Plastic Baby Bottles? It’s Up to You….
All things considered, it would probably be wise for parents to use glass bottles for formula and for storage of breast milk. There are glass bottles now on the market,…
He’s Your Doula?
Doula David, Bellingham, Washington "Doula," like "midwife" is a word that connotes a female person. "Doula" is from the Greek for "a woman who serves" and "midwife" is middle English…