Finding The Right Midwife For Your Home Birth
CHOOSING YOUR MIDWIFE: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS · What is your birth philosophy? · What is your training? Are you certified? If yes, with whom and why? If no, why not?· Are you licensed in the state of...
View ArticleICAN and VBAC Ban Project – Get Involved Today
This is taken from http://yourbirthmatters.blogspot.com/ written by a fellow ICAN Board member and all around amazing woman, Gretchen H. Please read, think and get involved. The VBAC ban project is...
View ArticleChildbirth in the hospital – Navigational Tips
There are many reasons why a woman chooses to birth in the hospital. Women have the right to choose where and with whom she will birth regardless of what another would choose. Women need the tools to...
View ArticleReprinting of Open letter to ACNM
Below is a reprinting of an open letter written to ACNM after a special alert notice. Women and families no matter what insurance or lack thereof should be able to have access to any and all midwifery...
View ArticleShocking quotes regarding maternal choice to VBAC birth
Joy Szabo has been in the news lately for desiring a second VBAC for her fourth baby (vaginal birth, emergency cesarean, and vaginal birth). She has been denied locally in her area of Page, AZ to have...
View ArticleSome thoughts on birth and being a consumer.
While “teaching” childbirth class the topic of being a consumer is addressed often in a variety of ways. I have a firm belief that a woman has the ability to understand, be well educated, and make her...
View ArticleAffording the Birth You Want
Many times over I have heard something similar to “If only my insurance would cover the childbirth class, doula, that provider or birth location. Then I could have the birth I really want for me and my...
View ArticleWish List In 2011
A clean slate. A fresh start. Hope and dreams reactivated. Passions toward change are stirred. All of this by the calendar rolling over from one year to the next. It is not just anew year though, it...
View ArticleCreating a relationship 10 minutes at a time
It has occurred to me through my time with doula clients and students, that many care providers serving hospital birthing mothers do not ask any questions of their pregnant patients during the 7-10...
View ArticleWhat’s in the job?
I wonder if most of us really know what the scopes of practice are for the providers we may choose for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and for the baby. Keep reading to see if you really know...
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