Current Barriers to Natural Birth
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The obstacles preventing natural birth practices from becoming part of the routine options presented to women are numerous and complex, but they are important to understand,…
Post-Delivery Maternal and Infant Care
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen I want immediate skin-to-skin contact with my baby After pushing hard and long to deliver my daughter, there was a moment of perfect peace when they…
The Environment for Birth
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen I felt the first signs of my labor in the early evening and by midnight my contractions were strong enough that I had to breath through…
Are Midwives the Solution?
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen When my midwife entered the room during our first visit, she was not at all what I had been expecting. I think I imagined a friendly…
Understanding the Motives for the Natural Birth Movement and Why the Medical Community Needs to Embrace It
REMEMBERING SOPHIA Print Section Listen That summer was in the year of the seventeen year cicada. First, we saw only their shells haunting the trees and bushes and occasionally the…
