Since 2018, unfortunate misinterpretation of the Arrive Trial has led to the routine protocol of induction of labor at 40 weeks or up to 40+5 weeks gestation, disregarding the 2 week margin of error in
Please attribute to a British midwife, whose name I no longer recall. She was writing her PhD dissertation on this topic at the time of the lecture. It was Aristotle who first said that pregnancy
Orit Wernor has a degree in Early Childhood Education, has worked with children for 15 years, been a career Nanny for 8, worked with many different parents, and cared for many babies. Parenting/caregiving is the
by Jessica Jennings Ma Yoga As a brand new prenatal yoga teacher, I knew nothing about pregnancy (except of course the basics), and all I can think of is how beautiful these women are, how full
In Midwifery Today Winter Volume 2021, Midwife Lois Wilson writes: “When I entered the world of birth and midwifery in 1985, pregnant with my first child and determined to have a natural birth, there was
It’s so exciting to me to come across new and fresh ideas after decades of teaching and working in the birth world. A recent presentation from Midwife Whapio Diane Bartlett (The Matrona) has added another
Nearly 4 million babies are born each year in the United States, with statistics showing a slight decline in births in 2021 to 3.7 million. Currently, the majority of births (98.4%) happen in hospital settings
I attended my first birth as a doula almost 27 years ago – a 16 year-old African American girl living at St. Anne’s Maternity Home. She was tough as nails, and would jump up and
Two clarifications: First, I have always been at an advantage in that my labor doula clients were my Supported Birth or Lamaze students. They had taken my class, I had provided their knowledge and preparation,
Nancy Wainer, author of Silent Knife, and Open Season, writes about her years as a birth advocate and midwife and the thousands of women she has helped to process their birth experiences, either in the