In an excellent article by Rachel Reed in the Autumn 2011 issue of Midwifery Today, Sharing Stories, Reclaiming Birth Knowledge, she makes this important point: “Women not only learn practical information about pregnancy, birth, and motherhood through exchanging stories, but also gain emotional and social support…Through sharing stories, women created a sense of connection to [...]
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I am a Midwife Campaign
Posted in Activism, babies, birth, birth education, Maternal health, maternity care, midwifery, mothers, Neat stuff, Resources, women on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
MANA has a great educational campaign going on right now called I am a Midwife. The campaign involves a series of short videos released once a week about a variety of topics. More than just a general education campaign, each video includes a variety of different women–midwives, mothers, public health activists, maternity care activists, authors—speaking [...]
Is there really even such a thing as second stage?
Posted in active birth, birth, Birth Thoughts, maternity care, midwifery, natural birth, Neat stuff, quotes on April 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Is there a second stage in labor? Who says so? Who thought it up and why? How did they decide what it would be and when it would start? How it would be measured? When it would end? Is there really even such a thing as second stage? If there isn’t, might it not be [...]
The Midwife’s Role
Posted in birth, Birth Thoughts, giving birth, maternity care, midwifery on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From midwife Elizabeth Davis’ non-midwifery-oriented book, The Women’s Wheel of Life she explores the archetype of the Midwife and shares this story: I recently prepared a panel presentation on the topic of “Keeping Birth Normal” for a midwifery convention, and it dawned on me how insidiously the quest for standardization has permeated this sacred blood [...]
Book Review: Into These Hands
Posted in Activism, maternity care, midwifery, Resources, reviews, women on April 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Into These Hands: Wisdom from Midwives Geradine Simkins Paperback, 300 pages Published by Spirituality & Health Publisher, 2011 ISBN: 9780981870854 Wisdom from Midwives Reviewed by Molly Remer, Talk Birth Into These Hands is an amazing anthology of midwives’ retrospectives about their careers and midwifery journey. You won’t find birth stories here–this is book about women’s [...]
Midwifery & Feminism
Posted in feminism, maternity care, midwifery, mothers, quotes, women on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Midwifery work is feminist work. That is to say, midwives recognize that women’s health care has been subordinated to men’s care by a historically male, physician-dominated medical industry. Midwifery values woman-centered care and puts mothers’ needs first. Though not all midwives embrace the word feminism (the term admittedly carries some baggage), I maintain that providing [...]
The Grassroots of Safer Birth: Get Karen There
Posted in Activism, birth, blog carnivals, Maternal health, maternity care, midwifery, mothers, women on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Midwives speak the same language, regardless of politics: women come first.” –Palestinian Midwife (quoted by COHI) I have found that it is easy to get so caught up in local or national birth activism that I forget to even consider the birth climate and concerns of other regions of the planet. Why should we care? [...]
Giveaway: Arms Wide Open: A Midwife’s Journey
Posted in birth, giveaways, midwifery, Neat stuff, reviews on December 11, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Giveaway is now closed! Jen Chendea is the winner! I’m happy to host a holiday giveaway of Patsy Harman’s book, Arms Wide Open. To enter, just leave a comment sharing what giving birth taught you about yourself! I will draw the winner randomly on January 1. An excerpt from my review of the book: Harman’s [...]
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