Historic midwifery in NE WI & the UP(1990-2022)
Upon discharge from birth facilities new parents are asked to bring their newborn into a pediatrician’s office several times in the first week postpartum. Bringing the newborn to a medical facility requires the postpartum mother to attend to social standards that are not helpful to the establishment of good breastfeeding technique. Getting dressed in “out … Continue reading Routine Newborn Appointments May Undermine Breast Feeding
“Midwives historically have been known as the wise women of the community. People came to midwives for birth, healing, counsel and death. We believe every woman is a midwife.” ~Alice Skenandore, Wise Women Gathering Place, Inc. A month ago when Dr. Janet Hagen asked me to speak at the John C. Burke Correctional Center … Continue reading A Trip to Women’s Prison
“My goal is to be bold for the cause of home birth and natural childbirth. We live in unusual times with the national cesarean rate above 30%; certain doctors’ and hospital rates have soared beyond 50%. More than ninety percent of American births include drugs, I.V.’s, pulling babies out with instruments of great force and other invasive … Continue reading Bold for the cause…
The March of Dimes is a long standing organization. Founded in 1938 by President Roosevelt, the original purpose of the foundation was to address the problem of polio, which can be compared to the AIDS epidemic in severity. Through March of Dimes funding, Jonas Salk researched and developed the killed virus polio vaccine. March of … Continue reading Resuscitating the Birth Defects Foundation
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