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Motherbaby Press Books

Brought to Earth by Birth
This stunning collection of black and white photographs by Harriette Hartigan, one of the world’s master birth photographers, celebrates giving birth and being born.
See sample photos or order here.
Survivor Moms
Survivor Moms-Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing after Sexual Abuse was written to help break down the isolation pregnant women and their caregivers often feel--as though they were the only ones having to cope with these challenges.
Learn more or order here.

Midwifery Today Books

Prolonged Labor Handbook
This book discusses the benefits of positioning, trusting birth, and the political ramifications of time assessment and responsibility. You'll learn ways to prevent prolonged labor, including herbal remedies.
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Sharing Midwifery Knowledge
Open this book to discover a helpful blend of long articles and short tricks that will help you help babies and mothers at the births you attend.
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Welcome to the Midwifery Today Community Web Site!

We hope you will find this site an exciting way to connect with others who are interested in birth. The forums are the heart of the site they are where you will meet to discuss your problems, ideas, hopes and dreams. As time goes by, you will also find a few blogs written by Midwifery Today staff members and special friends, as well as other goodies.

Our calling has always been to bring together people who are interested in birth. It happens at conferences, in the pages of Midwifery Today magazine, in E-News and on our Web site. Now it can happen, to an even greater extent, in this new birth community.

Again: Welcome and enjoy!

Jan Tritten (jan@midwiferytoday.com)
President, Founder and Mother of Midwifery Today

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  • Please fill out my quick Questionnaire... I will thank you in chocolate!

    Hi everyone... my name is Katie and i'm currently studying Human Nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University. I'm doing my dissertation on midwives and the fetal origins of adult disease and am very interested in responses from student midwives and registered midwives. I would be so so so grateful if you could take the time to fill out my...
    Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by kat1elb on 03-13-2010

  • Re: TTC/ Expecting in 2010

    Hello to everyone!! I had another visit with my midwife today I'm still measuring a bit small but had some growth, baby is wiggly (understatement!!), and heart tones are great so my midwife wasn't concerned . I did lose 3lbs because of all the illness but I figured that was the case. I'm having a hard time eating very much due to feeling...
    Posted to Well-Woman Care (Forum) by childrenrtreasures on 03-12-2010

  • Re: Travelling Midwifery

    Hello there! Is there anyone interested in traveling to Bolivia to attend a birth in June? I have a client who is moving there in April and she is a candidate for a lovely home birth, but lacking a midwife. Anyone interested, please contact me! Also feel free to contact me if you know someone, there or who would travel. :)
    Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by midwifem on 03-10-2010

  • Re: Back on the forum - Looking for a CNM in NC

    Hopefully it will happen, keep your fingers crossed that this is the year all midwifery becomes legal in nc!
    Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by preciouspkgs on 03-10-2010

  • Re: Just have to tell someone!

    Thanks! I'm waiting on one more letter from one other school and hoping to have a final decision made by the end of the month. You are correct in that I have a bachelors degree in a non-medical field and (in either school) will take the accelerated RN program and then track into the MSN in midwifery. I honestly couldn't tell you what specifically...
    Posted to Aspiring - Student - Apprentice Midwife Chat (Forum) by dancindoula on 03-10-2010
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