Midwifery Today

12/21/2025

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12/19/2025

MSN Nurse-Midwifery Program
University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing’s online Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse-Midwifery
program prepares registered nurses to deliver comprehensive, compassionate care focused on women’s
health, pregnancy, labor, birth, and beyond.
Program Highlights
- Online* coursework designed for working nurses
- Ranked among the nation’s top Nurse-Midwifery programs
- Led by doctorally prepared, clinically active faculty
- Prepares graduates for the AMCB certification exam

Program Requirements
- Total Credits: 57 credit hours
- Clinical Hours: 784 hours + 42 lab hours
- *Campus Visit: Enrollment may require up to three on-site visits to the university over the duration of
the program, even though the majority of courses are delivered online.
- Admission Requirements: BSN and a minimum of one year of RN experience in the United States,
with labor and delivery experience strongly preferred.

This flexible, academically rigorous program helps nurses expand their scope of practice and provide woman-
centered care throughout every stage of life.
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12/19/2025

Sometimes, the best way to learn something is to see it! A DVD from Midwifery Today could be just want you need. Check. out our selection here
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12/18/2025

FlipFLOP: Four Steps to Remember. by Gail Tully
FlipFLOP is a memory tool listing four successful techniques to free a baby from shoulder dystocia, an emergency caused by one or both shoulders caught by the pelvis after the birth of baby’s head. In FlipFLOP, two well-known midwifery techniques combine with two effective obstetrical techniques for a step-by-step solution suited to helping an active birthing woman. I
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12/18/2025

When I was just 15 years old, I watched my aunt die in childbirth.

She was in labor with twins. I walked with her to the hospital, carrying her small suitcase on my head. When we arrived, they turned us away. We did not have money to pay.

“Go back. Go back,” they told her.

So we did.

On the walk home, my aunt could not go any farther. She delivered her first baby on the side of the road. She was bleeding, but she kept walking. My mother carried the newborn the rest of the way.

When we reached home, my aunt delivered her second baby. The bleeding did not stop.

I was a child. I did not understand what was happening. But when I saw my mother cry, I cried too.

My aunt died that day.

This is a painful story to share. But it is important. Because this is not rare in Haiti. And because it is preventable.

As a Haitian teenager, I made a promise to myself. I would do everything in my power to make sure no other woman would die the way my aunt did.

I became a midwife.

Eleven years ago, I joined MamaBaby Haiti. Today, our midwives provide free, respectful, life saving care to mothers and babies who have nowhere else to turn.

At MamaBaby Haiti, no woman is ever turned away.

Not because she is poor.
Not because she cannot pay.
Not because she arrived too late.

And that is why your support matters so deeply.

Every day, women come to our doors in labor. Some have walked for hours. Some arrive already in danger. Without enough staff, supplies, and resources, we cannot care for every mother who needs us.

With your support, we can.

🌱 Mothers survive childbirth
🌱 Babies are born safely
🌱 Children do not lose their mothers
🌱 Families stay whole

A gift of $25, $50, or any amount helps provide skilled midwives, clean birth supplies, and emergency care for women who would otherwise have none.

Please give today. The need is urgent, and the lives are real.

🌱 Donate here: https://mamababyhaiti.org/donate

Thank you for standing with Haitian mothers. Thank you for choosing compassion. Thank you for helping us make sure no girl has to watch her aunt die on the side of the road.

With gratitude,
Carmelle Moise
Midwife and Director
MamaBaby Haiti Lascahobas Birth Center

P.S. Every day we wait, more women arrive in desperate need of care. Your generosity today can mean a safe birth tomorrow.

12/17/2025

Share your event with the world in our online calendar! Just enter the details in our online form and your event will be listed within 7 days. A first-tier listing is free. For a small fee, a second- or third-tier listing allows you to include more information
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12/17/2025

Just like Santa, we're checking our lists and we found one that needs some more names!
Our international contacts list has gotten fairly short as the years have grown long.
We would love to add more names and create a more interconnected community of birth workers around the world.

Midwifery Today is an international organization and keeps an updated list of international contacts to assist birth workers who are visiting, moving to or working in new areas.

12/17/2025

Doulas and Midwives Laboring Together by Robin Gray-Reed
I love that my journey to midwifery began with labor support. I can’t think of a better preparation for working with women in a clinical role than working with women in an emotional and physical and spiritual support role.
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12/16/2025

Choose from T-shirts in a variety of designs and colors
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12/16/2025

Come to Minneapolis, Minnesota April 8th-12th, 2026 for our conference: Forty Years of Midwifery Today: Shifting the Paradigm of Birth. Learn from teachers such as Gail Tully, Joyce Vogel, Lakeisha Dennis, Kate Colette, Eudine Stevens, and Gail Hart.
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12/13/2025

Keep in touch with the world of birth with a Midwifery Today Online Membership! Choose your membership here. https://f.mtr.cool/lqrphpdqct

12/12/2025

From yoga and music to foods and placental medicine, our Natural Remedies e-book is packed with over 150 pages of information that will help you in your practice. Learn about ancient Maya techniques of abdominal massage, read about Chinese pickled pig trotters, and discover how the placenta can help with hemorrhage control. https://f.mtr.cool/thgwesfaal