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Archive for January 2009
Getting a Partner on Board with Homebirth
January 31st, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Ana Paula Markel, ICCE, CD (DONA), Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Doula in Home Birth, Midwife Q & A ⋅ Comments »
Q: I saw the documentary and realized a lot of my instincts about becoming a mother in the future were right - and when I started trying to talk to ... Continue reading this post...
I believe we are not getting to the root of the problem
January 29th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ Comments »
I have just watched the movie of 'The Business Of Being Born' and was very moved and motivated by it. I wanted to give you a brief background and then ... Continue reading this post...
Big Push for Midwives Website
January 29th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Legislation & The Big Push ⋅ Comments »
Please check out the newly launched (just yesterday!) Big Push for Midwives Website www.TheBigPushForMidwives.org There is much more content forthcoming, but the site is up and running. Give a shout ... Continue reading this post...
Home-birth advocates press pro-midwife campaign
January 28th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Legislation & The Big Push ⋅ 1 Comment »
By DAVID CRARY NEW YORK (AP) — With health care costs high on the national agenda, advocates of home births are challenging the medical and political establishments to give midwives a ... Continue reading this post...
Survey Participants Wanted: A Mom’s Guide to Giving Birth with a Midwife
January 26th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Administrator in Amazing Midwives, Home Birth, Hospital Birth, Miscellaneous ⋅ Comments »
Dear friends, I am putting together a book proposal for a guide to choosing, working and birthing with midwives, tentatively titled as above. I’ve got an agent for this project and ... Continue reading this post...
CPMs as opposed to CNMs?
January 24th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ 1 Comment »
I saw The Business Of Being Born when I was 6 months pregnant; not only did it encourage and empower me in my desire for a natural birth, it also ... Continue reading this post...
Homebirth with Twins?
January 24th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Cara Muhlhahn, CNM in Home Birth ⋅ 3 Comments »
Q:Hello. I am having twin girls. My due date is June 8th and I am not allowed to deliver at the Austin Area Birthing Center because of the high risk ... Continue reading this post...
Report from Rio
January 21st, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Abby Epstein in C-Sections, Hospital Birth ⋅ 21 Comments »
By all outward appearances, Rio de Janeiro (and Brazil in general) is amazingly baby-friendly. At the airport, there is a special line for families with children and pregnant women, there ... Continue reading this post...
URGENT ACTION: e-mail Obama at Change.gov TODAY!
January 20th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Legislation & The Big Push ⋅ 1 Comment »
Greetings! In honor of today's Inauguration theme, "A New Birth of Freedom," we at The Big Push for Midwives are asking all of you to take a few minutes to send ... Continue reading this post...
Melanie’s Story
January 18th, 2009 ⋅ Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Stories ⋅ 4 Comments »
I wanted a midwife, because I wanted a natural birth and a more hands-on, human treatment than a hospital birth could provide. That is not what I got, and the ... Continue reading this post...