Edited from article by Deb Puterbaugh, Midwifery Today Sept 2022 We have a problem! Labor induction in the United States has more than tripled since 1990. The rate of induction of labor in the US
Since 2018, unfortunate misinterpretation of the Arrive Trial has led to the routine protocol of induction of labor at 40 weeks or up to 40+5 weeks gestation, disregarding the 2 week margin of error in
Please attribute to a British midwife, whose name I no longer recall. She was writing her PhD dissertation on this topic at the time of the lecture. It was Aristotle who first said that pregnancy
Orit Wernor has a degree in Early Childhood Education, has worked with children for 15 years, been a career Nanny for 8, worked with many different parents, and cared for many babies. Parenting/caregiving is the
by Jessica Jennings Ma Yoga As a brand new prenatal yoga teacher, I knew nothing about pregnancy (except of course the basics), and all I can think of is how beautiful these women are, how full
In Midwifery Today Winter Volume 2021, Midwife Lois Wilson writes: “When I entered the world of birth and midwifery in 1985, pregnant with my first child and determined to have a natural birth, there was
It’s so exciting to me to come across new and fresh ideas after decades of teaching and working in the birth world. A recent presentation from Midwife Whapio Diane Bartlett (The Matrona) has added another
Nearly 4 million babies are born each year in the United States, with statistics showing a slight decline in births in 2021 to 3.7 million. Currently, the majority of births (98.4%) happen in hospital settings
I attended my first birth as a doula almost 27 years ago – a 16 year-old African American girl living at St. Anne’s Maternity Home. She was tough as nails, and would jump up and
Two clarifications: First, I have always been at an advantage in that my labor doula clients were my Supported Birth or Lamaze students. They had taken my class, I had provided their knowledge and preparation,