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Attend the midwifery conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2010

Conference Program Now Available Online

Re: Doula-ing for teens

I guess its the just the way that I get teen clients or the demographics of the teens I get, but I hate it! I don't mean to be discouraging or even sound unsupportive/uncaring, but teens have burned me out. I am employed in a hospital based doula program. Were on call in 12 hours shifts. The moms...

Posted to Doula and Childbirth Educator Chat (Forum) by mommyndoula on 03-01-2009
Re: Membrane Sweep

http://womens-health.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/710/1?q=etoc_jwwomenbe No Need to Sweep Whether or not women underwent membrane sweeping, overall rates of induction, postmaturity, and prelabor membrane rupture were similar. Membrane sweeping to move the membranes off the lower pole of the uterus...

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by GloriaLemay on 02-25-2009
Birthlove

Some of you may remember the Birthlove website. It was a huge resource in the early 2000s. There was a lot of collaboration between Birthlove and Midwifery Today. The site went down and has now been put back up. There are no forums or interactions but the information is a treasure. Go to: http://birthlove...

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by GloriaLemay on 02-19-2009
Midwifery Today Covers - A Slide Show

Here is a lovely slide show of some of the more recent covers of Midwifery Today magazine. Jan

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-03-2009
Midwifery in Uganda - Report from Marion Toepke McLean

Marion, who you read about in my previous blog post , has shared this little picture of Uganda with us and also a lovely birth story. Midwifery Today sent Marion with a Doppler which was the piece of equipment the midwives wanted most. -Jan I'm greeting you from Soroti, Uganda, here on the high savannah...

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-31-2009
Hope, Dream and Do - Are You Called to Midwifery?

A new year is the perfect time to take stock of your life. Are you headed in the direction you want for your life? We as birth practitioners and activists are called to help motherbaby have the best birth possible. There are many callings within that theme. You may have a dream to be a doula or a midwife...

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-02-2009
Three Cups of Tea

I recently read the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time , by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin. This is an unusual book for me to review in that it isn’t about midwifery or birth. It’s about a subject that I encourage people about as often as I can...

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-17-2008
Fighting Infection in Birth

Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is another good reason to have your baby at home. It is rampant in hospitals. Our local newspaper reported recently that 90,000 Americans are sickened by this infection each year and almost 19,000 are killed by it. This is more people than are killed by AIDS...

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-08-2008
Jan is blogging at Midwifery Today

Hi, I am trying really hard to understand all of this technology so I can blog with all of my birth friends. This is, of course, all to the point of trying to change birth ways for the better for mothers and babies and to make us better practitioners.

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-11-2008

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