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Birth in Nepal: Maternity Care

Dear All, You might be interested to know the childbirth practices in different parts of the world. So, I'm sharing here with you childbirth practices and custom surrounding births and menstruation especially in the western part of Nepal. Here is link "Birth in Nepal" http://english.aljazeera...

Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by Laxmi on 08-05-2011
Birth in Nepal and Chaupadi: A Sexist Custom

Dear All, You might be interested to know the childbirth practices in different parts of the world. So, I'm sharing here with you childbirth practices and custom surrounding births and menstruation especially in the western part of Nepal. Here is link "Birth in Nepal" http://english.aljazeera...

Posted to International Midwifery (Forum) by Laxmi on 08-05-2011
College Paper - Midwifery Care in the United States

I wrote this paper for my English course and now I have to publish it! I thought no better than this forum, where the members can appreciate it! I hope you enjoy! Aubrey Hatch English 122 Professor Ross Lambert July 27, 2007 Obstetric and Midwifery Care During Labor in the United States. An analysis...

Posted to Homebirth (Forum) by Aubrey H. on 08-09-2010
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
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
Role of Doulas

Having both a midwife and a doula in a homebirth is nice. My midwife mentor and one of the column writers for Midwifery Today , Marion Toepke McLean, cautioned us early on that when midwives do too much labor support, our judgment of what is going on may be clouded. Sometimes labor is very long but very...

Posted to Jan Tritten's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-09-2008
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

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