Welcome to my Birth page. As a religious traditional Midwife that does domiciliary births--homebirth- I have some obvious bias's on the safety of homebirth with midwives. Our technology in this area is a life saver for many wome, but a detriment to many more women and their babies. When a Dr can graduate from school and set up a maternity practice without ever having seen a natural birth, I feel this borders on medical neglect and sets up forms of abuse to the women and her infant. If birth is not first seen as non-medical and normal, then we as a society have lost our capacity to birth natural. What do i mean by natural? no drugs, no intervention, no Pitocin, no vacuum or forceps, no time limit, no Policies hurrying women along, no nurses telling women to PUSH when they are not ready, no cutting of the perineum with in my opinion is close to sexual assualt and a mom being allowed control of her own birth. As a midwife, I try and educate women on the things that make pregnancy healthy and labors normal. I teach women that birth is the ultimate in helping us to reach into ourselves and using our own methods to birth our own baby. As a mom, I help others moms learn to nurture their selves and their babies and their families. Being a nurturer can help so often when a mom is feeling overwhelmed with life. By being nurtured when her own life is stressful, she can then pass this one to another mom when it is her turn. In our society we have forgotten about women nurturing women and committing ourselves to help each others.
PREGNANCY and BIRTH
Mary Siever's Webpage
THe Homebirth Choice
Midwifery, Pregnancy. Birth, Childbirth, Breastfeeding
The Home Birth Decision
Natural Birth Stories - Pregnancy/Childbirth
Unassisted Birth Stories
Birth Planning
Multiple Birth Page
Mother Care
Birth with Love
MIDWIFERY
Midwifery Today Magazine
Marilyns Midwifery page
Georgia Friends of Midwives
Health -- Gently Borne Midwifery
Hearts Desire Home Birth and Midwifery supply
Motherstuff - Midwifery Schools
Midwifery
Male Midwifery
Pathways Into Midwifery--Study Options
Documents: Essays and Articles
Wholistic Midwifery School
Ina May Gaskin THe FARM
Health -- So, You want to be a Midwife
Homeopathy and midwifery
DOULA s
Home Birth Association of Ireland
Homebirth Transport for Section - Felt Betrayed by Midwife
Breastfeeding and Mothering
Promotion of Mother's Milk,
Orhan Orgun's breastfeeding page:
Breastfeeding Links
Breastfeeding Information
The Milkmaids Parlor
Mom2j's All Natural, Radical Parent's Site
Message in a Bottle - Breast-feeding
Nursing a Baby in Public
Ted Greiner's Breastfeeding Website
The Advantages of Formula=Arguments
Christian Parent
Breastfeeding Answers: Thrush
Breastfeeding Info in a Hospital
