Send More Belly Mapping Workbooks!
I love the sound of this:“…need more The Belly Mapping Workbooks.Sold the last one I had this morning” Writing connects many members of a community. I wrote to pregnant women and their doulas, and yes, to the young midwife. Our community is much broader! Certainly, educators, caregivers and grandmothers, yes; but also book sellers, photographers, […]
Breech Birth Comparison
Rae Davies sent along a breech birth link of a clinic birth shown on a NYtimes.com clip. She says about the Frank Breech Birth clip I posted in June, “Thank you for sharing this – it’s refreshing to see after I just watched a film by renowned NY Times Journalist and author of “Half the […]
Walcher’s on Tv!
I was tucking my 85 year old Mama in and she had her tv on. A Hallmark channel movie had a midwife leaving a pregnant woman’s house while young “Doc Owen,” rode up on her horse. Suddenly a man galloped up and said his wife was in labor and it wasn’t going well. As the […]
Now, Why Do We Want to Mainstream Homebirth?
First we’re asked, “Is homebirth safe? Is it as safe as hospital birth?” (Then we’re asked, who’ll clean the mess, and yes, midwives help with that!) To be current- The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has come out with a slanted “mega-analysis” claiming triple the death rate for homebirth. The experts of normal birth, […]
Frank Breech Home Birth
I’ve just been given permission to post this lovely breech home birth video. This is a third baby, her second natural (vaginal) birth and first home birth for this family. The baby was small and full term. Apgar Scores were 10 and 10. You also see the first 30 seconds after the birth. The t-shirt […]
Breech Sifting
Ok, I haven’t been blogging for a while. Two breech labors lately. Were still waiting for footage from the first to be edited and in the second family the poor little breech guy couldn’t line up on the pelvis so thankfully the warm folks at Hudson, WI welcomed the family in for care and ultimately […]
Natural Birth Is Economically Necessary
Natural birth practices are less expensive as well as better for healthy women and their healthy babies. Even high risk mothers have better health outcomes when lower tech methods and locations are generally used (Margaret Tew). The key is knowing how to combine healthy holistic practices with the rare need for medical technology and intervention. […]
Birth in MN Newspaper!
The Star and Tribune has run three articles lately all favorable to midwifery and childbirth. You wouldn’t think anyone would be opposed to childbirth, would you? Anyway, these articles were glowing. Thank you to reporters Chen May Yee and Josephine Marcotty! Where C-sections are few highlights the work of midwives and physicians at St. Joseph’s […]
Friends in the News
Here are a couple cool articles about this “natural birth trend” and they are about friends of mine.Our local Paula Bernini Fiegal’s Birth Center was in the news again with luscious photos of her St. Louis Park mama’s at her new Birth Center on Excelsior Blvd. Read the Star and Trib article.And Orgasmic Birth Website […]
Doulas Reform Health Care for 1.5 Million
Another sample of real Health Reform! Thank you, Illinois Senator Durbin!! He worked hard, with others, I’m sure, to get federal monies for community doulas. “Research shows women who use doulas have a significantly lower risk of cesarean, use of medication and other interventions, which helps to reduce rates of maternal and infant morbidity and […]
Minnesota Passes Birth Center Law
“Time to celebrate! “The governor signed the birth center bill into law this morning, May 21, 2010! You can see for your self at: https://www.governor.state.mn.us/priorities/legislation/index.htm “What an incredible day for birth centers, midwives, and childbearing women! We are the first state to have equal reimbursement for CPMs written into law. Women on medicaid now have […]
A Beautiful Controversy on Breast Feeding
THE PROBLEM WITH BREASTFEEDING The Breast Way’s interview with James Akre. Read a perspective that will take you deeper than the jingle. A symphony beyond our time, but one that will be playing soon upon the hearts of mothers and the lips of babes: “Removing this inert pediatric fast-food from the kitchen pantry and returning […]
