Sentences with phrase «as a midwife in»

Their level of education and training must be brought up to the same level as midwives in every other first world country.

In California's Central Valley, Colleen developed a county - wide educational track for nurses to train as midwives in order to help reduce high pre-term birth and teen pregnancy rates in Kern County, and provided well woman and prenatal care in a community health center primarily serving migrant farm workers.

But when I am not at home being busy with kids, I work as a midwife in a hospital setting.

Kathy has worked as a midwife in a wide variety of settings, including inner city, high - risk hospitals, neighborhood health clinics, and community hospitals.

She has attended births as a midwife in many settings, including birth centers, homes and hospitals.

On the basis that the context of practice in BC would be important in relation to the challenges that midwives would experience and the strategies that they would use, midwives with at least 5 years» experience as a midwife in BC were selected from a list of registered midwives, to reflect possible variations in experiences between midwives working in urban and rural locations across BC (lower mainland, Vancouver Island, the interior and Northern BC), and between those working as solo, midwifery group and collaborative practitioners (midwives and family doctors sharing a caseload).

She qualified as a midwife in 2011 and a babywearing consultant in 2012 and is currently working for One to One Midwives.

Joanna began her career as a nurse in Montreal in the early 70's, and qualified as a midwife in England in 1978.

They have the same sort of training as midwives in countries like the Netherlands, where a third of babies are delivered at home.

Deep into her piece, Goldberg repeats the Tuteur talking point that some midwives — nurse midwives — are fine and safe because they «have the same sort of training as midwives in countries like the Netherlands,» but not «the other kind,» i.e., the certified professional midwives, who attend home births in the United States but are not nurse practitioners.

Not exact matches

As B.C.'s attorney general in 2001, Geoff Plant midwifed the birth of one of the first lobbyist registries in Canada.

New Democrats have long been advocating for the expanded use of midwifery services across the province as we believe that midwives play an integral role in the health care system and can be of particular benefit to women, families and First Nations communities by bringing specialized maternity care to otherwise isolated areas.

As midwife, he helps in a «natural childbirth» process by which a creative group is born.

December's decision by the Supreme Court, against the midwives, served as a crucial indicator of where we stand in relation to upholding the common good.

More to the point, just as William Paley, in his perverse way, acted as a kind of accidental midwife to Darwin's theory, so too I think the speculations of Michael J. Behe and William A. Dembski (and others, many of whom belong to the Discovery Institute) will lead not to a more robust theism but to a new impetus to find adequate explanatory laws for chemical complexity.

The books andwebsites on pregnancy cheerfully describe the development of «the baby», my midwife talks about listening to the baby's heartbeat and at the 12 - week scan, the time at which the majority of abortions are carried out, I lay in a darkened room and watched as my baby's head and spine and tiny hands were pointed out on a screen.

I pray for spiritual midwives in your life, women who will breathe alongside of you as you are giving birth to the new you over and over again.

«Don't worry,» said the midwife, as I trembled at the sound of a woman screaming blue murder in the room next door.

All that birth in pop culture does is motivate me to be as healthy as possible as I work towards a home birth with a midwife I trust on my terms.

Midwives are becoming more and more involved with birthing families and have been instrumental in redefining birth as a natural event in women's lives.

I was able to share my anxieties about me and my wife potentially feeling isolated, as she is from overseas and wasn't going to have her family around her — and it was good to be able to say this without feeling like I was being over-anxious in front a midwife.

The largest study of its kind has found that for low - risk women, giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife.

As someone who helps and supports women with PCOS, hypoplastic breasts and women who have had breast surgeries to successfully breastfeed, I'm surprised your article doesn't mention midwives in your list of care providers who can be of help.

My midwife in particular has a 15 year background as an EMT (emergency medical technician).

I like that my midwife is interested in my nutrition and in suggesting preventative measures (such as acupuncture) to help ensure that I have a healthy birth.

Yet in the majority of cases a midwife - attended birth in a birthing center or at home is just as safe.

I remember when I was first training as a midwife and one of my mentors told me about the segment of the population that's turned on by women in labor.

However, after being awake for only 30 minutes this morning, both kids were in tears, Ava was melting down repeatedly and, as much as I wanted to see my midwife, I didn't think a social event would be in anyone's best interest — us or anyone in attendance.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

Up until the 50s most women in the UK gave birth at home, and most were only attended by a female friend or relative, or a «self - titled» untrained midwife, and it was completely down to luck as to how good, or bad she was.

She doesn't believe in routine circumcision, but has seen many circumcised boys in her years as a midwife, and even acted as a mohel for a while.

As a healthy, able - bodied mama living in a safe home that's close to a nearby emergency room if it was needed, birthing at home with trained midwives was a great option for me.

Whaaaaaaaaat??!! I managed to get in touch with all three midwives and, guess what, none of them were available for my due month as they already had women on their books and my dates were also slap bang in the middle of summer and that was holiday time.

We need to ensure that midwives are competent in caring for mothers and babies in emergency situations, as well as to provide a safe, sanitary environment in which to practice if the social stigma is going to change.

I was encouraged by her arguments for this movement, and was grateful that our ideas resonated so perfectly, as my attempts to think through this idea with homebirth midwives in previous years proved to be a catastrophically failure.

I am a toLabor trained birth doula and birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting families.

is that women be respected as full, empowered participants in their pregnancies and births; that babies be born into an atmosphere of love and reverence; that midwifery be recognized as the standard of care for all healthy women during the childbearing year; and that midwives support each other with as much passion as they support their clients, lifting each other up to maintain and improve the quality of care provided to birthing women and their families

In other countries, such as Germany, a midwife comes to your home once you return from the hospital to provide you and your newborn with additional support.

Because of my long practice as a midwife, many people who take this course are those involved in the birthing community, such as childbirth educators, doulas, lactation consultants, midwives, nurses and obstetricians.

Your midwife will bring along a bag of medical instruments and labor supports, such as a peanut ball or birthing ball to aid in positioning.

(As a total geek, I thought it was really cool to watch my favorite midwife use a pulse oximeter on me and my baby while we lounged in my bed.)

Her bed had been raised by putting beer crates underneath it (raising the bed is stand ard practise in The Netherland s as it facilitates things a bit for the midwife and also puts the bed at a good «lean - on» height for labouring mama).

As we mentioned in How To Prepare Your Best For Your Home Birth, most of our local Registered Midwives strongly encourage their home birth clients to hire a doula.

In addition to helping me stay as comfortable as possible, my midwives made sure my baby and I were safe at all times.

As midwives we are independently practicing health care providers and are experts in caring for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

She has worked as a midwife, doula, and childbirth educator, and later as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and attachment.

Our attention, as midwives, has always focused more on the practice because the demands are more vital and well, it is our primary passion, but it is our hope we can bring in some lovely women and men into the boutique to help nurture its growth and ultimately, the growth of our community of families.

The interrogation isn't just at work, but also in our personal lives as our church members or small groups label us as the home birth midwife.

Even if they do recognize nurse - midwives within their plan, fifty percent do not pay CNMs the same amount as physicians to the same service, and ten percent of healthcare insurers who extend contracts to nurse - midwives won't list them in their provider directories!

And a midwife / doula is (in my opinion) more qualified to help YOU make the decisions about YOUR health and the health of YOUR baby, as they are more invested in PERSONAL care vs. PUBLIC HEATH.