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Attend the midwifery conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2010

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French mom in China is looking for a midwife for Homebirth- May 2010

I am expecting my second baby mid May and am living in the portuary town of Dalian, China (North East). The maternity care in China is impersonal, archaic and brutal, other foreign moms whove experienced the system first hand refer to the hospitals here as a "baby factories". I am a firm believer...

Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by froglegs on 03-16-2010
Re: Birth in Italy

I think that you have to contact the Italian goverment and recuire the appropriate papers to recognise your diploma. As far as the home birth conditions, they are more or less the same as here in Grece. Births are mostly performed in clinics by an obstetritian, the midwife has very little interferrence...

Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by Irene on 12-30-2009
Re: RN seeking experience in birth center/home birth setting

I have spoken to the midwife and the problem is that she is the only person in the area doing home/natural births. I also need a paycheck :( I think the doula idea is a great one, though, but a few people I talked to said that since i'm an RN to not worry about getting certified as a doula. My best...

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by zeuxia on 12-16-2009
Birth in Italy

Does anyone know if CPMs are recognised in Italy? What is the status of homebirth there? Thanks, Niki

Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by montrealdoula on 12-16-2009
Working alone at births

Hi everyone! I'm just starting out as an independent midwife in the UK where we usually have 2 midwives provided for homebirths in the nataional health service. I will be working alone, but will have a trusted doula friend with me for all births - does anyone else work like this? or purely alone...

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by evony17 on 08-01-2009
retractions and grunting

I am interested in midwives experiences with this in a newborn, what caused it, how you recognized it and how it was resolved... Thanks!

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by lesleymidwife on 07-13-2009
Is home birth still an option for me?

Hi, I am new to this site. If I have posted in the incorrect forum, please let me know. I am expecting my first child in October. I had planned a home birth for many reasons, and am a little terrified of hospital births. I have assisted about ten hospital births and know that I don't want the same...

Posted to Homebirth (Forum) by Yoly Stroeve on 06-10-2009
my exciting 3rd home waterbirth-- midwife didn't make it in time!

Copied & pasted from my blog. My home waterbirth story, Nov. 2008. I'm new to this community & hope this is the appropriate forum to post this. ************************************************* As strange as it may seem, I keep using the phrases “wild and crazy” and “an...

Posted to Waterbirth (Forum) by MrsPianoMan on 05-01-2009
Re: LLL against homebirth?

Hi all. New to this forum. I'm a LLL leader & 3x homebirther. This response sounds accurate to me-- separate hats & all. LLL officially states that unmedicated birth w/ active participation from the mother help get breastfeeding off to the best start, but at LLL functions, we are required...

Posted to Midwife Chat (Forum) by MrsPianoMan on 05-01-2009
Re: Midwives in IL

I have BCBS, it's a PPO through my employer. I've been trying to figure out if going to a hospital is worth my time, b/c I'm a little aprehensive of the stigma attached to them. If I did go to a hospital, I'd want a midwife and doula, no drugs, no intervention unless absolutely nessecary...

Posted to Legal Battles and Birth Politics (Forum) by erinstachowiak on 04-11-2009

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