Sentences with phrase «childbirth movement»

This was the era of the natural childbirth movement.

As a Home Birth Midwife, I am grateful to be part of the Natural Childbirth movement in Northern California, an area rich with support for women and families during the exciting and dynamic childbearing years.

(I found a list online at Mothering magazine, the heir to the natural childbirth movement.)

And many American midwives who attend homebirths are not properly trained or licensed, including Ina May Gaskin, a leading figure in the natural childbirth movement.

I think half the problem with the natural childbirth movement is this: They originally wanted some pretty reasonable stuff, like NOT being drugged unconscious, shaved, and / or forced to lie flat on their backs through the whole labor, like being able to see and hold the baby right away, not days later, like having the OPTION to breastfeed supported.

Lucky for me, I had just moved from Georgia to Florida, which is a very midwifery - friendly state and Tampa Bay was a major hub of the natural childbirth movement.