Midwifery is an amazing profession. It doesn’t always mean that as a midwife your only job is to catch babies, but to empower women, families and other midwives is power that midwifery continually offer. According to wilsoncenter.org, midwives can provide 87 percent of sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services. They provide nearly constant care for their …
I get many questions from new homebirth practices what are exactly is needed and optional with homebirth supplies. For Certified Nurse Midwives that just left the hospital setting, they can relate to the reference of all those Labor and Delivery Unit supplies being brought with you to a client’s home. You will want routine care supplies …
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Politics has always been a potentially controversial topic to talk to especially with everyone’s different views in political matters and how it affects our daily lives. It is a dividing agent that divides those people with different opinions but potentially be an agent of unity that unifies those who shares the same ideals. When we …
How Can Midwives Make Change by Getting Involved in Politics? Read More »
Midwifery can be an all-consuming profession, and we have previously discussed how midwives need to learn to “turn it off” and engage in self-care. An aspect worthy of a deeper dive is healing from secondary trauma acquired as a result of attending traumatic births. These may be related to unexpected outcome, birth emergencies, or even loss …
Do you Want to Help Midwifery Grow? One of the best things you can do is pass on your hard-earned knowledge to the newest generation of midwives. If you have wisdom to share, the tips provided here will assist you in becoming an effective and successful preceptor thoughtfully contributing to the future of the profession. …
Twenty or so years ago, I began a midwifery practice. Working first slowly with only a few clients. I did prenatal care out of the home where the midwife who trained me lived. She too had an office there. It was an ideal situation. If I had questions, she could help me. We had a …
Birth centers are popping up all over the United States. Post Covid era has made the demands for out-of-hospital births go through the roof. Families are wanting a place that is away from hospitals where there aren’t infectious viruses, visiting restrictions, and personalized care. Pregnancy and childbirth are healthy, normal life events for most women …
