home birth
Reader diary posted by cnmellen September 1, 2009 - 6:23pm
Low-risk pregnant women who plan home births have lower rates of complications, newborn deaths (even if they require transfer to the hospital before delivery) than comparison group delivering in the hospital
-- Canada study
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 14, 2009 - 4:02pm
When some women are literally begging their midwife not to transfer them to a hospital because they can't afford to pay the costs associated with a hospital birth, or women must spend part of their pregnancy searching for ways to pay for prenatal care instead of actually getting the care they need, we're talking about a crisis of coverage in this country.
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By Leslie Ludka, American College of Nurse-Midwives October 8, 2009 - 7:00am
Whenever I think about midwifery as a career, I remember Sister Angela Murdaugh’s words: “Midwifery is a calling. If you do not believe that you were called, you should get out of midwifery.”
But, how do we know if we were called?
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By Peter Johnson, American College of Nurse-Midwives October 7, 2009 - 6:00am
It's National Midwifery Week! Today a male midwife asks how midwifery can guard against gender discrimination against male midwives while also honoring the rights of women who prefer female care providers.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor September 15, 2009 - 7:00am
The "perils of home birth"? How about "the perils of mainstream media coverage of home birth"? The Today Show mangles its portrayal of midwifery and out-of-hospital birth as excellent maternity care options.
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Melissa Cheyney is a midwife and home birth advocate who has devoted her career to bringing new life into this world and who works to improve relationships between hospital and home birth providers.
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Feministing blogger, radical doula, and RH Reality Check writer Miriam Perez and Steff Hedenkamp with The Big Push for Midwives campaign joined us for a live discussion. Read the transcript here.
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By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com March 19, 2009 - 7:00am
Upwardly-mobile moms may finally be catching on to the benefits of midwifery and homebirth, but low-income women are still firmly planted in the hospital, most often with medicalized births overseen by doctors.
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The New York Times' lengthy feature on home birth; Frank Schaeffer's open letter to Obama on how to sieze this moment to start healing deep political divisions about abortion; Feminists say the work has just begun; Migrant workers in Asia especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
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By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check July 22, 2008 - 7:00am
Recent opposition from the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists frustrates efforts of midwifery advocates to ensure safe and available home births for pregnant women who want them.
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