https://www.healthline.com/health/betty-ann-daviss-midwife-breech-births Betty-Anne Daviss travels the world training healthcare providers in vaginal breech birth, which often isn’t attempted when a baby is breech, or feetfirst. In the 40 years since she attended her first birth in Central America, Daviss has traveled all over the world — from the Northwest Territories in Canada to Germany to AfghanistanContinueContinue reading “This Midwife Is Fighting to Make Vaginal Breech Births a Thing Again”
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Avoiding These 4 Things May Help You Have the Birth You Want
http://www.mothering.com/articles/researcher-advises-stop-thinking-avoid-4-ls/ (click link above to read on Mothering.com) For those of you who don’t know, Michel Odent is a world-famous researcher and obstetrician who ran a maternity unit in France for, I think, 86 years. Yeah, he’s that good. He is recognized for his extensive research concerning how we are born. All the stuff that midwivesContinueContinue reading “Avoiding These 4 Things May Help You Have the Birth You Want”
I had a home birth and I’m not stupid. Or brave.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/04/07/i-had-a-home-birth-and-im-not-stupid-or-brave/ One Friday morning five years ago, I peed on a stick and a pink plus sign appeared. I didn’t know anything about babies, pregnancy or giving birth, but finding a respectable doctor and a good hospital seemed the most appropriate course of action. If someone had ever suggested having a home birth toContinueContinue reading “I had a home birth and I’m not stupid. Or brave.”
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