J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(2):87-90. Reasons for the increase in cesarean births are complex, but there is evidence that it is occurring among all American women, including those with no ...

A state court case that challenged a Hawaii law restricting traditional midwives from assisting in pregnancies and births ...

On Dec. 11, when CNN acclaimed Robin Lim (a former Iowan) as its “Hero of the Year,” midwives and mothers the world over rejoiced. “Mother Robin” earned the title for her humanitarian work in ...

Midwifery & medicine can absolutely mix. And families often find that the payoff — a provider who truly understands and ...

Emily Engelhardt is a certified nurse midwife and the medical manager for Hope Clinic for Women. "Facilitating a productive labor and healthy birth by modeling to the husband how he could support his ...

Audrey Trepiccione is a Certified Professional Midwife, a specialist in delivering babies for women at their homes. But Trepiccione could incur a Class 1 misdemeanor if she is found to be practicing ...

Southwest Midwives recently announced that Megan Riddle and Vanna Waldron joined its practice as registered midwives. Riddle is from Burlington, Vermont, and worked as a volunteer emergency medical ...

The University of California San Francisco is ending its master’s program for nurse midwives and moving to a doctorate program — and critics say it could make it harder for new midwives to enter the ...

Native Hawaiian midwives will now be able to practice and train without fear of prison after Hawai‘i lawmakers and courts ...

So what is the midwifery model of care and how did it develop? The basis of the midwifery model of care is best articulated by Ruth Lubic's first principle for a successful professional life, "Begin ...