Men at birth, Odent’s view

Dr. Michel Odent was interviewed on his view about men in the birthing room. His view is that men should not be present at birth. Read the article. There has been a lot of buzz in the local emails and I thought I’d share my response. This freedom from ideological shoulding at birth is what […]

updating site

Hang on, I’m updating the shareware for SpinningBabies.com It will look different and be different. You may not find what you’ve seen before. If you can’t find something important to you, email me and I’ll work on it. Be warned, though, I am not researching or giving advice on pregnancy and postpartum aspects that don’t […]

Intervention and support in difficult childbirth

More thoughts on how we give support in a long or difficult labor. Too often, birthing families are pressed between the policy and the clock. Care providers are concerned with how a labor looks on paper, in the chart. How will this labor look in court? Their concerns overshadow the relationship they have with the […]

Two Women’s Labors and the Quality of Care

Two women asked me about CPD earlier this week. CPD is cephalopelvic disproportion, meaning the baby doesn’t fit the pelvis. Two Birth Stories One woman was a first-time mother working with our home birth midwifery group. She was at the end of her pregnancy with an OP baby. Body work hadn’t helped her baby get […]

Benefits of volunary licensure of midwives

In an email to a politically active friend here in Minnesota, I said something I’d like to share in general: I would like to take this opportunity to praise our voluntary licensure for traditional midwives. The voluntary status of licensing traditional midwives in our state protects ALL midwives from: Restrictions against helping women with normal […]