Know that you are a midwife. Know that this is just one step on a path that began when you started serving women. No more, no less. Be who you are and go on to become the midwife you are meant to be. Never let someone else define you. Not by tests, by paper, by […]
Lending Library Policies
These are in development. At this time, let’s just say I expect all books borrowed to be returned or paid for if not returned. You pay shipping up front to borrow a book. I only ship You return the book within 90 days or you purchase an extension for $5 a month. At the end […]
What is a “Guide to Childbirth” Anyway?
It seems to come in various forms. There is the “Your pregnancy week by week” or month by month… Or the “Knowing your Informed Choices” The “The Ultimate Guide to everything you need to know” and the “Holistic Guide to A More Natural Childbirth” and even ones that imply you are a Thinking Woman, they […]
Varney’s Midwifery Fourth Edition
Varney’s Midwifery 4th or Fourth Edition can be found in its entirety at: https://books.google.com/books?id=c5dn3yh4V5UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=varney’s+midwifery&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW97Pyi_DQAhUPzGMKHRDzAJkQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=varney’s%20midwifery&f=false
Fitness
Pregnancy, fit bit style..“I get a thousand steps just walking to and from restrooms” -EM
Change
t Cesarean Awareness Month.Increased cesareans affect us all. Every man woman and child. The effects for babies are lifelong. When 1/3 of mothers celebrate mothers day in a week, it will be with lifelong scars, lifelong stories.Be the change. -Shannon Mitchell
A Visit to Sarasota’s Ringling Museum
A few years ago, I saw these artworks at Sarasota, Florida’s Ringing Museum and the Ca’ D’zan. They are not only beautiful, they bring up very graphic messages for the media of “their” time as well as ours. Breastfeeding as an expression of charity and giving, naked and open breastfeeding in a religious figure such […]
Breastfeeding in Children’s Books?
Mothering.com posted a fabulous list of children’s books earlier this year that included breastfeeding. It’s amazing to think that one to two generations of books wiped out all references to breastfeeding and incorporated bottlefeeding to the point where dolls and toys came with bottles GLUED or plastic-molded to the toy! My daughter still hasn’t forgiven […]
What if you opened a library and no one came?
Welcome to the Birth Library! Have you ever done it? We’ve all done it. Bought books we had every intention of reading. Wanted books we couldn’t find or have easy access to without purchasing. We all live secret lives of knowledge we want but that simply… …sits on shelves, waiting for us. Waiting for our […]
Bad Care is Systemic
S I’m in a mood tonight. Bad care is systemic. It’s built-in. While there may be those “complicated issues” we all like to blame underlying it, the real bald fact is that we don’t give good care in maternity. Our morbidity and mortality for both mothers and infants are increasing, with the vast proportion of […]