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08/09/2020

01/21/2020

In a new Mayo Clinic study, certified nurse midwives provided round-the-clock staffing and coordinated with obstetricians on prenatal care and deliveries.

06/28/2019

Absolutely LOVE. (via www.strawberrymohawk.com)

06/22/2019

Episiotomies are no longer performed routinely, but they're still shockingly common.

06/20/2019

05/06/2019

"Meghan Markle has decided she's going to have a doula and a willow tree," said Dr Timothy Draycott, envoy of the Royal College of Gynecology, at the convention."

This person is a jerk. Second there is an infrastructure in place in the UK that actually supports baby and family.

"She's 37, first birth. I don't know... Let's see how that goes."

02/10/2019

Essay from a lactation consultant. Excellent points.

Facts are facts.

01/25/2019

Birth is beautiful, no matter how a child enters the world.

01/16/2019

A powerful reminder that love defines families.

12/17/2018

10/12/2018

Our best photo of 2018.

10/10/2018

Full article: Journal of the American Medical Association, conducted by Alison G. Cahill, M.D., of Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at five other institutions

NIH-funded study calls into question common practice during labor.