Midwifery Today

04/30/2026

Learn how sexual abuse affects women during pregnancy and childbirth and what you can do to help. Available in both e-book and print formats, Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing after Sexual Abuse was written to help break down the isolation pregnant women and their caregivers often feel—as though they were the only ones having to cope with these challenges. Order your copy here:
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04/30/2026

Keep breech birth information at your fingertips! Order and download our e-book Breech Birth, a collection of 15 articles by some of the greatest minds in the natural childbirth world. Articles in this e-book are from past issues of Midwifery Today magazine
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04/29/2026

Just for fun...
This week a radio podcaster got 'the call' from his wife while on air and then a friend sent me this!
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04/29/2026

04/29/2026

Five Essential Guiding Lights for Birth: Illuminating the Future of Midwifery by Naolí Vinaver
By embracing the uniquely informed intelligence of all birth professionals—including traditional, granny, lay, direct-entry, and nurse midwives; doulas and other birthkeepers; and obstetricians and neonatologists—our perceptions and perspectives are broadened. By developing an interest and understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each discipline, we will have an informed awareness to discover new possibilities and innovations, helping us find more effective ways to serve the great diversity of birth situations and the individual needs of each particular birthing mother/baby.
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04/28/2026

From social media shoutouts to vendor tables at our conferences, Midwifery Today can help you promote your birth-related product or service
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04/28/2026

You. can never have too many T-shirts! Add to your wardrobe with these fun designs that help you celebrate birth.
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04/27/2026

The Role of the Midwife in the First 1000 Days by Vicki Penwell
The first 1000 days of life are defined as the time in the womb and up to the second birthday. In my reading, I learned that an entire nation’s future is determined by the quality of nutrition and loving interaction in the first 1000 days of the lives of its citizens, when the vast majority of brain cells are formed and connections are made. Childhood malnutrition is often called a silent emergency, because it can be hard to see the damage it does to children around the world. The same is true of neglect and lack of stimulation. But midwives are in a perfect place to mitigate that damage, by educating all parents about the vital importance of the whole first 1000 days—not just the pregnancy and birth.
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04/27/2026

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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04/27/2026

Improve Your Practice with Advice from Expert Midwives
Order Sharing Midwifery Knowledge, the fourth volume in our popular Tricks of the Trade series. This gem of a book is packed full of information that can expand your personal bag of tricks, enhance your education and encourage a natural approach to safe childbearing. Topics include Nutrition and Herbs, Natural Alternatives to Drugs & Suturing, The Dangers of Ultrasound, Premature Rupture of Membranes, and Waterbirth Basics and Aquadurals. Order your copy here: https://f.mtr.cool/zovqinxgbr

04/26/2026

A Thousand Hats: Each Midwife’s Role(s) by Nancy Wainer
I mean, isn’t it self-evident that any midwife’s role is to be a midwife … that is, to see women during their pregnancies, to attend their births, and to do postpartum care? However, as I thought about it, I realized that within that title, there are a number of other titles that are part and parcel of this work that we do, this calling to which we are drawn.
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04/26/2026

When Traditional Western Medicine Breaks Faith by Jane Beal
The medical induction of Jackie’s labor proceeded with the usual cascade of interventions. Jackie originally refused an epidural, due to her fears that the procedure would damage her low back (which she had previously injured). Yet after several hours of painful contractions with painkillers administered only via IM injections, she agreed to the administration of epidural anesthesia. Then something went wrong.
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