Sentences with phrase «read about midwives»

I know that women planning a hospital birth may not want to read about midwives and home births but those of us with midwives are seriously looking for articles that aren't all about hospitals and doctors.

What is particularly infuriating about the situation is that BY DEFINITION, homebirth midwives should ONLY be attending to women with no risk factors, yet again and again we read about midwives who refuse to transfer women out of their care when red flags develop.

Not exact matches

You can read about the different variations of midwives at MANA.

While the neonatal nurse practitioner documented excellent notes from our face - to - face report about preceding events, two days later upon discharge, the report read that the baby laid without heart rate and resuscitation efforts for forty minutes under the care of «an alleged midwife» until arrival of paramedics.

As a registered nurse and midwife, homebirthed mother of three, breastfeeding advocate, In making decisions about how to raise my children I read widely, asked advice from a range of professionals, some being medical doctors some being highly trained, skilled midwives.

The midwife told her to push harder but at about 1.30 am the baby's heartbeat had changed and she could not get a reading.

I think Dr Amy's anger comes from reading story after story about preventable deaths, and preventable permanent injury to infants, month after month, and having the home - birth advocates here in the USA simply ignore the very real risks of homebirth with an uneducated «midwife».

Around this time I read a People ® magazine article about Cindy Crawford giving birth to her son at home with a midwife.

We encourage everyone inquiring about becoming a midwife to read as many birth books they can get their hands on, join their local La Leche League and Attachment Parenting groups, volunteer for your local midwife and obtain training as a doula.

Keep reading to learn what one of our awesome local midwives thinks about hiring both a midwife and a doula.

I picked amazing midwives and was preparing both mentally and physically to have her in the comfort of my bedroom by buying all the necessary items and reading everything I could about unmedicated births.

I had a lot of problems at the start but was lucky enough to have access to a group of community midwives who came out to visit us most days for weeks (read more about in my TalkMum post).

Lay people will not pick up on that important distinction unless they have specifically read about the suite of kinds of midwives in the US.

I shudder when reading some of these stories because if I'd been with a midwife they probably would have blathered on about «variations of normal» until I dropped dead.

And shows how either untruthful they are (since if they read through them, they would understand that the studies aren't about midwives like them) or stupid (didn't read them at all, but liked what they saw and think it makes them look better)

Amazingly, the first midwife I met at the booking visit had read my file and asked me about my daughter.

Yet time and time again I have read and written about homebirth loss mothers praising deadly midwives, praising the «experience» of a vaginal birth of a dead child, refusing to cooperate in disciplining the midwife responsible, advocating for more «freedom» for homebirth midwives, and, most grotesque of all, choosing to risk their next child's life by having a homebirth.

Did you read the post about midwives going overseas to «help» these women in impoverished countries?

In a perfect world, women (and men) would learn about childbirth from reading books and websites and talking to their care provider (doctor or midwife), to a doula, to their mother, aunts and friends, but unless you live under a rock, women (and men) also learn about childbirth when they are bombarded with images on TV and in movies that depict childbirth as something scary, painful and out of control.

For reference, go to Navelgazing Midwife's blog and read the post about California homebirth midwives.

Everything I'd read and heard leading up until the birth was about how important breastmilk was for you baby («Breast is best»), and then all of a sudden all the health professionals I saw (GP, midwife, lactation consultant etc.) were saying «don't worry about it, just give him formula».

Other than that I feel I have no worries about the labour or birthing process because of my midwife who won't leave my side from the moment I start and my husband who is a very strong individual and can read my body's needs well.

You can read more about indications for consultation and referral on the Midwives Association of Washington State website.

If you are truly worried about this, I would suggest reading «Ina May's Guide to Childbirth» — Ina May Gaskin is a world renowned midwife.

You can see photos and read information about each of the Prima physicians, Certified Nurse Midwives, and OB Hospitalist physicians here:

It should be read by every medical student, every midwife, every childbirth educator, every sociologist of childbirth, every researcher, every woman who is picking her way through the minefield of decisions that need to be made about obstetric care.

Please read my comment elsewhere about my friend that also had an «amazing» doula and midwife.

My midwife Christine Shanahan, who passed away last month, changed my life, and the lives of literally thousands of mothers, babies, fathers and... [Read more...] about In Praise of Midwives

If you simply do not want to watch a birth video, that's ok too, as long as you consult with your doctor and prepare yourself for giving birth in other ways (i.e. by taking a childbirth course, by reading about childbirth and by discussing your preferences for childbirth with you partner and your midwife).

This morning I'm reading a study about the demand for training in uterine balloon tamponade in the US.1 It caught my eye because I had conversations about uterine balloon tamponade with midwives from other countries at the ICM Congress.

My midwife told me about this guide and she showed me the website with it: http://www.parental-love.com I have read a lot about breastfeeding and this guide is the best.

I would love to recommend a book (not sure if that's possible) which I enjoyed reading very much about this subject; «a pleasing birth: midwives and maternity care in the Netherlands» by Raymond de Vries

I read about everything from the highly medicated «twilight births» that were popular at the beginning of the century to «unassisted births» which were gaining popularity in the last few years (unassisted birth is basically the mother / father and her chosen team delivering at home without the assistance of a trained professional like a doctor or midwife).