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Midwife-led Continuity of Care

by | Oct 7, 2016 | Midwifery

This study did not include homebirths though it did focus on the model of care that almost every homebirth midwife follows–continuity of care. The benefits are clear: less pain medications, more spontaneous vaginal deliveries (meaning fewer births assisted by...

Building Bridges

by | Jan 5, 2015 | Midwifery Care Blog

The city street just outside my neighborhood has been under construction for 2 years now. The street used to be a quiet two-lane road leading to the highway that leads to the interstate. This street was very hilly with tall peaks and low dips—there aren’t many roads...

Safe Cesarean Prevention

by | Mar 3, 2014 | Midwifery

My introduction to midwifery began, first, with my own natural deliveries with midwives, and then with my enthusiastic immersion into all things birth. During my second pregnancy I was asked to speak to a group that, at the time, was called Cesarean Prevention...

A Year that Asks

by | Dec 31, 2013 | Musings

I’ve had this quote on my refrigerator for many years. The author wrote one of my favorite books.               This year asked A LOT of questions.  It is a year that I’m glad is over. It was cloudy and wet with rain & with tears. There were tough decisions and...

2012 Stats

by | Jan 5, 2013 | Midwifery

Happy New Year! 2012 was full of joyous births, healthy babies and happy mamas. I don’t consider myself a numbers person. Math and I don’t get along. I’m embarrassed to admit I sometimes have to count on my fingers. However, I do find numerology...