Midwifery offers a holistic approach to pregnancy and giving birth – for example, facilitating non-medicated births at home ...

In the face of disproportionate childbirth mortality rates, activists are fighting to make midwifery more available to Black mothers in the South. Amber was so excited about starting this new chapter ...

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One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. has four midwives for every 1,000 live births vs. 30 to 70 midwives in other high-income countries.

In communities across the nation, Afro and Indigenous Latina midwives are experiencing a quiet revolution — one rooted in ancestral wisdom and the enduring strength of generations past. Grounded in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Midwives may have more time with patients to better communicate and lower the risk for intervention in pregnancy ...

May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, a day to recognize and raise awareness about the midwifery profession. There is a growing demand for midwives in Virginia and across the United States. The ...

The 16-course, 24-month M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery program is designed to prepare clinically competent nurse-midwives who provide family-centered health care at the full scope of practice.

Midwife Parboti Rani Dhali with Shokla Mondol, 19, and her baby at Dacope Upazila Health Complex, Khulna, in southern Bangladesh. Photograph: Al Shahriar Rupam/WaterAid Midwives provide vital, often ...