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What No One Would Admit To Me About Breastfeeding

Parenting.com | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents
Read More: Breast Milk, Lactation Failure, Breast-Hypoplasia, Breastfeeding, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Lactation, Natural Childbirth, Midwife, Parents News
Parenting.com

Five days after the birth of my first daughter, I held her in my arms as my husband held me. My head was bent against his shoulder and I was sobbing so heavily that I shook. I could barely breathe, but I pushed out the words: "I. Just. Want. To. Feed. My. Baby."

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Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin's Legacy Among Doulas in L.A.

Antonia Blumberg | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Read More: Birth, Reproduction, Women, Yoga, The Farm, Midwife, Pregnancy, Steve Gaskin, Midwifery, C-Section, Cesarian, Sexuality, Wellness, Shodhini, Prenatal, Acupuncture, Sex, Reproductive Health, Pediactrics, Documentary, Ina May Gaskin, Placenta, Birth Story, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Doula, Parents News
Antonia Blumberg

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives recounts the history of the natural birth movement in the United States. It is the story of a revolution, initiated in the least likely place imaginable.

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Global Motherhood: Birth Freedom or Birth Totalitarianism?

Ina May Gaskin | Posted 07.23.2012 | Impact
Read More: Global Motherhood, Midwife Laws, Midwives, Midwifery, Midwifery Regulations, Midwife, Midwives Home Birth, Maternal Health, Impact News
Ina May Gaskin

A recent trip to Fort Worth and Dallas showed me a range of choices that I wish was available to every pregnant woman in the U.S.

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Agnes Gereb and the Case for Human Rights in Childbirth

Toni Harman | Posted 07.24.2012 | World
Read More: Birth, Maternity, Agnes Gereb, Midwife, Pregnancy, Midwifery, Politics of Birth, Doula, Childbirth, Michel Odent, Anna Ternovsky, Ina May Gaskin, Sheila-Kitzinger, One World Birth, European Court of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Echr, Human Rights, World News
Toni Harman

Earlier this month we filmed an interview with Dr Agnes Gereb, the Hungarian obstetrician and midwife who was imprisoned and is currently under house arrest for supporting women giving birth at home. The filming was for our ONE WORLD BIRTH new documentary film which will be released this summer.

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Mom Used Makeup Mirror To Deliver Her Own Baby

Posted 12.29.2011 | Parents
Read More: Makeup Mirror Delivery, Claire Clarke Wood, Special Delivery, Midwife, Midwife Makeup Mirror, Midwifery, Makeup-Mirror, Childbirth, Parents News

Midwife Claire Clarke-Wood has delivered plenty of babies throughout the years, but she never expected to deliver her own child using only a makeup mi...

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Birth Rights: Helping Expectant Mothers Survive In Indonesia

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Birthing, Health Clinics, Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Mother Robin, Indonesia, Giving Birth, Reproductive Rights, Midwife, Robin Lim, Pregnancy, Healthy Mother Earth Foundation, Bumi Sehat, CNN Heroes, Infant Mortality, Women's Rights, Maternal Mortality, Video, Impact News

Robin Lim wanted to reinvent herself. After suffering the loss of both her sister and her best friend in the same year, she and her husband moved to...

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In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Birth, Molar Preganancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Midwives, Hospital, Pregnancy, Obstetrician, Midwifery, Chorio-Carcinoma, Trophoblastic Disease, Hydatidiform Mole, Baby, Midwife, Childbirth, Miscarriage, Home News
Nancy Cronk

To the thousands of midwives who hold hands, comfort hearts, wipe tears, share smiles, and grow families, you have my undying respect and appreciation forever.

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Why Home Births Are Worth Considering

Melissa Cheyney | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Parenting, Homebirth, Midwives, Natural Childbirth, Giving Birth, Midwife, Hospital Birth, Out-of-Hospital Birth, Home Birth, Midwifery, Childbirth, Healthy Living News
Melissa Cheyney

If doctors and midwives could be willing to learn from and respect one another, women and babies in our country would benefit.

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Making Every Mother and Child Count: Protecting the Medically Vulnerable

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Maternal Death, Tibetan Women, Qinghai, Tibet, Midwife, Tibetan Healing Fund, Pregnancy, Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, Tibetan Birth Center, China Tibet, Maternity Danger, Tibetan Children, Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Public Health, Malnutrition, Child Malnutrition, World Health Organization, Impact News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

Dr. Kunchok's project serves as a model that can be replicated in regions all over the world where there are medically under-served populations, especially in areas where there are high rates of maternal and infant deaths.

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Help Send 120,000 Solar Lights to Health Teams in Haiti

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: How to Help Haiti, Haiti Emergency, BoGo Lights, Midwife, Women?S Health, SunNight Solar, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haitian Ministry of Health, Help Haiti Earthquake, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Donate to Haiti Earthquake, Infant Mortality, Partners in Heath, Haiti Donations, Solar Light, Light Haiti, Help Haiti, Midwives, Buy One Give One, Haiti Relief, Support Haiti, Solar Powered, Accompagnateur, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, Paul Farmer, Johns Hopkins, Disaster in Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Community Health, Healthcare, Jhpiego, Impact News
Anne Dilenschneider

Two of the most highly regarded health care nonprofits in Haiti are making an urgent plea for 120,000 lights to assist them in giving medical attention to those dispersed in the rural areas.

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Afghan Midwives Step Up To Fight One Of World's Worst Maternal Mortality Rates

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Maternal Death, Midwives, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Midwife, Afghan Midwife, Child Birth Rate, Afghan Women, Maternal Health, Afghan Women's Rights, Child Birth, Afghan Midwives, Health, Maternal Mortality, Advocacy, Women's Rights, World News

The war in Afghanistan may no longer be forgotten but the true victims always are. Women and children in the landlocked Asian country have continuous...

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How To Save Our Nation's Budget and Start Nurturing American Families

Shaana Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Children, Health, Midwife, Hospitals, Childbirth-Death, Childrens Health, Babies, Maternal Health, Health Care, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Healthy Living News
Shaana Keller

In the United States today, more than 95% of our pregnant moms deliver in a hospital setting. Yet, for normal pregnancies, science has proven that it is safer to use a midwifery model of care.

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YouTube Stands In For The Midwife, Assists With Deliveries

nytimes.com | Malia Wollan | Posted 12.07.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women, Pregancy, Women's Health, Health, Midwife, Youtube, Global Motherhood, Babies, Childbirth, Healthy Living News

By her eighth month of pregnancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist living in Mountain View, Calif., had read the what-to-expect books, taken the...

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