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Hi if midwives for homebirth are available please reply. Please thank you

Remember the most obvious inequity in mutilating our boys while acknowledging human rights protection for female infants. End genital cutting for all. Nurse for the rights of children.

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Hello, I want a midwife, I would like you to help me find one. I arrived in Canada in 8 months of pregnancy.

"the woman is the decision maker." <3

What book, Spiritual Midwifery is the ex NYC Cop talking about?

Powerful! Thank you for creating this video! This will assist with educating on care provider options! To me, midwifery still feels like a secret club that so many folks aren’t even aware exists.

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I am so torn right now. I'm in school for counseling psychology and plan to become a sex therapist. However I have been drawn to this work for years now :'(

So, very important...

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That was beautiful!

Yay! Awesome!

This is the reason I am becoming a midwife right now.!!!

Hi! Does this happen to address if this has to do with our genetic predispositions? I think we all experience oppression in some form or other i.e abusive parent, bullying etc. I received wonderful care with a midwife and it far exceeded the care I received in a hospital with an OB.

im 3/4 and a half , about that

it's halfway through 2016 now. where could I find an update?

Almost 18, almost on my way to become a midwife myself!

So beautiful, it gives me so much joy.

Hey, I know Jackie! She's one of my midwives.

"We don't have an operating room, we don't have a NICU, and we don't have blood transfusion capabilities." Says it all. Our presence is here is NOT proof that labor and delivery are inherently safe for everyone. Just a reminder that labor and delivery have been a bottleneck in terms of natural selection: we're not here because labor and delivery is safe and natural, we're the lucky few whose ancestors survived long enough to give birth to generations past. Natural selection is not about strongest/smartest/fastest/best, it's just about "good enough". And we're a social species that can adopt and raise the babies of women lost in labor in delivery. Those same ancestors may have died giving birth to younger siblings. Were do you think the wicked stepmother trope in fairy tales comes from?

Thank you! So often this conversation takes the shape of "homebirth is risky, hospital birth is not." I appreciated what several midwives and traditional birth attendants spoke to in this video--that we can only manage risk, not eliminate it. Birth carries risks no matter where it happens. Some may look the same at home and in the hospital, and some may look slightly different. Conversations regarding the risks and benefits specific to home birth as it compares to other venues is part of every client's care in our practice--as is a discussion of hospital transfer. I also really really appreciated the NM traditional midwife's mention of emotional safety. This is so important! Midwives who have the opportunity to get to know their clients prior to birth are so much better equipped to protect and promote the emotional, spiritual, and psychological safety of their clients.

MANA's own numbers say that it is not safe. Repeating a lie over and over again doesn't make it true, it just means more people believe it. Not that anyone at MANA will take responsibility for those maimed or killed by their ideology.

Great video! Random question, what does term FAACE mean in regards to the midwife. I tried to consult Google, but it was of no help. Thanks!

I loved hearing a wide range of midwife and TBA voices in this video. Safety is such a huge part of the out of hospital conversation, and there are so many misconceptions about what midwives are able to do in an emergency situation. This video spells out the skills, tools, and limitations of out of hospital birth in such a lovely way. A big part of this conversation is recognizing that midwives have a unique ability to recognize issues early on, because of the intimate relationships that develop with clients.

Was at a homebirth earlier this week. Happy, healthy mama and baby all tucked up into bed together after a 9 hour labor. It was a lovely way for the whole family to welcome their baby. Mom was so happy and said that she'd never received such great care. It was a wonderful thing yo be a part of.

I am so grateful that I had a midwife to help me give birth in a way that FELT safe to me. When I did end up in a hospital birth situation, I was grateful that I had someone (a midwife) to advocate for me so that I could continue to feel safe and not bullied into choices that were not good for my baby or me.

I liked this piece because it touches upon what I think is the key personal decision for rational, mothers who seek evidenced based care. On one hand at the hospital you take on an incredibly high risk of unwanted interventions and secondary complications from those interventions. This risk can be as high as 50% in some hospitals. On the other hand, if you are healthy and are considered low risk, you have an incredibly low chance of needing any intervention, and an even lower chance of a bad outcome because emergency services are not available at home. Neither choice is without SOME risk, and every person deserves to make this choice for herself. I chose home birth ultimately for both births and know that the providers who were with me offered my the safest possible care.

Love hearing midwives talk about how they prioritize safety. My midwife was caring, supportive, thoughtful and had my and my daughter's safety as a priority. I so appreciated that she treated me as a person, not just a vessel for a delivery!

Homeopathy for hemorrhage?? Are you kidding me?

One of the things that I love about my midwife experiences is that so much time was spent prenatally addressing all areas. We decreased the likelihood of complications by spending so much time discussing proper nutrition and supplementation. Through the hour long visits, a trust was built. When my midwife did have a concern during labor, I trusted her fully and was ok with transport, if that is what needed to happen. I was always impressed with the way she unobtrusively monitored both baby's and my wellbeing. Safety was top concern. She knew very well the boundary of normal and abnormal, and was not afraid to acknowledge when a situation seemed to be nearing that boundary so that we could be prepared for next steps. As a birthing mom, I feel that homebirth was the safer choice for me. In my hospital birth, medical interventions led to medical emergency. At home, my body was left to birth without intervention, and in the end, I had amazingly healthy babies born at home surrounded by peace and love.

It is a fact that the countries with the lowest infant mortality rates are the countries where the majority of births are assisted by midwives. The United States refuses to acknowledge this because the majority of revenue in United States hospitals comes from obstetrician centered hospital birth. Therefore, until the paradigm changes, the United States will continue to be one of the leaders of the industrialized world in infant mortality and maternal death.

Great video.

We love this, thank you!!!

So moving - thank you for these stories!

We love that you are debunking misconceptions that still exist today when it comes to midwives. We love how you have connected so many communities here! THANK YOU!

YES THEY DO!!! We love this - thank you so much for sharing & supporting midwives in our communities!!!

It's amazing to see the beauty and diversity of midwives working towards helping women feel the empowerment of healthy birth outcomes. I am grateful for my midwifery experience... Especially because these experience were all at home...

Lovely seeing so many different midwives! These are such caring and dedicated women, and I appreciate how passionate they are about helping women during such an important moment in their lives. How they trust and normalize the process of birth. How they support and empower the birthing mother.

I have had CNM, CPM, and RM attended births. All demonstrated exceptional knowledge of healthy pg and birth. They were attentive to any signs of fetal or maternal distress while allowing me the freedom to labor and birth as my body dictated. All women deserve access to midwifery care!

I am grateful for women who spend their lives in service of mothers and children. The midwives featured in this video have spent many years positively impacting mothers and babies and are powerful voices toward respect and excellence in perinatal care...

Midwives are the heart and soul of birth. They believe in women, our bodies and our babies. Midwives are truly the "gatekeepers" (as stated) of women's health, women's body autonomy and our babies. <3

I am so thankful for the midwives in my community! Thank you for helping with four beautiful healthy births, thank you for helping me to network with other moms, thank you for helping to make breastfeeding work so well for us, thank you for continuing to care for my reproductive health on into my non child bearing years. I hope that women all over continue to have access to loving, WHOLE healthcare! We are people, not numbers.

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Home birth is not as safe as hospital birth and MANA doesn't want you to know that. #notburiedtwice.

Listening to people speak from the heart is very inspiring. With passionate midwives such as them, relaxation need not be forced. They play an important role in making your birthing experience as comfortable as possible.

I love this! These women make it sound so easy to get an apprenticeship haha! I'm a student currently in a midwifery program and I wish it were that easy to get a preceptor..every midwife I've spoken to already has a student..not a bad thing I suppose. Midwifery is on the rise :) These women are amazing, Thank you for making these 2 videos,

Linda! I love your sense of humor! Amazing story!

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Its a long story but I learned more about midwifery thought BBC's "Call the midwife" and "the Midwives" and I now wish we Americans could have the British model of midwives be the standard of American care