autonomy in birth

On Claiming the Title of Midwife

My understanding is that radical (as in "root") traditional midwifery is part of the scope of practice of wise women healers who have been a

When Home Birth is Preferred to Facility Birth, a Critique of a Qualitative Study in Rural Tanzania

In modern western society, choosing to give birth at home is an act of counter-culture. In general, for more than a century, birth has...

Getting Your Baby Out: Physiological Pushing X Coached Pushing

...it is still relevant to clarify the differences between these two forms of "getting a baby out" of a vagina...

Undisturbed X Unassisted Birth

I believe there was an extreme need to bring a term such as "undisturbed" to the realm of birth.

Clarity and Honesty about the Term BirthKeeper

If you are an unlicensed midwife ..., then maybe calling yourself a birthkeeper ... seems safer. But it brings about a lot of confusion...

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