What You Don’t Know About Cesareans Might Hurt You!

Giving Birth By C-Section 5 Ways to Lower The Likelihood of a Cesarean Section Cesarean Section and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Books Using a Doula for Cesarean Birth QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR MIDWIFE OR OBSTETRICIAN By Robin Elise Weiss, PhD Updated April 20, 2016 VERY WELL There are certain things that you need to know…

FREE Farewell Edition of Squat Birth Journal

The final issue is here! Download here! This FINAL issue of SQUAT is twice the size to fit in every bit of goodness as we retire. Articles include research on marijuana use in pregnancy, the opening of a Native American birth center in New Mexico, and special reflections from SQUAT staff on our retirement. Featuring…

Organic Spa Magazine f. Latham Thomas | 10 Self-Care Rituals for Wellness

    10 Self-Care Rituals for Wellness Check out Organic Spa Magazine where Latham Thomas – MAMA GLOW shares her top self-care tips. Latham Thomas is a maternity lifestyle maven, wellness and birth coach and founder of Mama Glow, a holistic lifestyle hub for women. A graduate of Columbia University and The Institute for Integrative…

New York | Presentation by OHMA alum and oral historian Nicole JeanBaptiste

Columbia University : OHMA Open House Jan 28th Listen to audio clips collected for Nicole’s thesis, A Long Line of Healers: Tracking the Evolution of Birthing Practices Among Women of African Descent and its Connection to the History of Traditional Midwifery in the American South.  These are Black women’s voices speaking on intergenerational experiences with and…

HealthConnect One learns daily about the important work our community partners are doing across the country. But how can this knowledge, which is gained by experience, be shared more broadly, recognized, respected and spread?  Wrap up your summer by coming to visit us in our home of Chicago and share your stories with each other!…

Open Arms Perinatal Services 5th Annual Luncheon | Every Baby Our Baby

Since 1997, Open Arms Perinatal Services has been providing strong community-based support for women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. At Open Arms, we believe in the inherent dignity and worth of every mother and baby. We believe in the possibility of every child that is born. And we believe that every mother and every family…

Birthing Hands of DC Presents: Penny Simkin, PT

An Evening with Penny Simkin, PT Penny Simkin, PT, is an author, childbirth educator, doula and birth counselor, and is one of the founders and current Board members of DONA Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT) Emergence Community Arts Center, First Floor 733 Euclid Street First Floor NW Washington, DC…

QUANTUM MIDWIFERY RETREAT FOR WOMEN OF COLOR

QUANTUM MIDWIFERY RETREAT FOR  WOMEN OF COLOR A special week-long Birth Retreat in Atlanta, GA in which we welcome all Women of Color. April 1st – April 6th … This is a program for anyone interested in childbirth…midwives and mothers, doulas and doctors, students and practitioners…We spend a week together exploring Quantum Midwifery and Undisturbed…

National Birth Rally for Change

From California to Florida, New Mexico to Washington DC, Ohio, Tennessee, Massachusettes and many states in between, midwives, doulas, birthworkers and their communities turn out and represent. Raising awareness, supporting mammas and families, being counted and bringing attention to the disparities. Related articles 6 Steps to Improving Birth for Birth Workers (littlemiraclesdoula.wordpress.com) What is the evidence for doulas?…