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Midwifery Today, Issue 83, Autumn 2007
Theme: Breech Birth/Animal Birth
Cover photo by Amber Jordan
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Midwifery Today Issue 83 contains articles describing successful breech births, as well as giving pointers on incorporating breech birth into a midwifery practice. You will also learn about some of the commonalities between human and animal birth, and how animal birth still gets the reverence and quiet that midwives strive for in a normal birth. Once you start reading this issue, you won’t be able to put it down!
Departments:
- Poetry
- From the Editor—Who Are the Statistics? by Jan Tritten. Listening to Mothers II survey covers statistics on the frequency of various birth interventions. Editor Jan Tritten puts a face on the women and babies behind these statistics and argues that we need to stop interfering in birth.
- Networking
- Tricks of the Trade
- Midwifery Model of Care: On Breech Birth, by Carol Gautschi. Midwife Carol Gautschi shares some of her experiences and suggests ways in which were can bring midwifery, rather than med-wifery, to helping with breech births.
- Marion's Message: The Safest Kind of Breech, by Marion Toepke McLean. Sharing our birth stories is one way of teaching midwives their trade. Marion tells the story of a frank breech presentation, describing the steps in how the birth occurred.
- Media Reviews
- News
- Classified Advertising
- Calendar
- Photo Album
Features:
- Footling Breech: A Midwife's Own Birth Story, by Veronica Wagner
- Thoughts on Breech Birth, by Gloria Lemay
- Web Resources for Breech Birth
- Making a Difference: You Can Be an Agent of Change, by Christa Bartley
- Nancy Wainer: Supporting Birthing Women, by Julie Brill
- Turning Breech Babies after 34 Weeks: The If, How, When of Turning Breech Babies, by Judy Slome Cohain
- Caleb's Birth, by Nikki Dauphin
- Breech Birth from a Primal Health Research Perspective, by Michel Odent
- The Power of Georgina, by Sister MorningStar
- Midwives and Uterine Rupture: What We Have to Offer, by Kristin Eggleston
- Finding Better Solutions to End Bullying—What a Midwife Can Do, by Marinah Valenzuela Farrell
- A Surprise Breech, by Ireena Keeslar
- Beautiful Breech Homebirth, by Anonymous in Albuquerque
- Birth Healing, by Rosetta Thuresson
- Safer Birth in a Barn? by Beth Barbeau
- Horse Birth, by Casey Makela
- The Story of the Weeping Camel, by Dale Bernucca
- Midwifing a Difficult Kidding, by Cheryl K. Smith
- Too Good to Be True, by Amanda Bird
- The Issues Associated with Postpartum Major Depression, by Chantel Haynes
- The Function of Joy in Pregnancy, by Michel Odent
- The Business of Midwifery: Practice Design I, by Linda Lieberman
International Midwife:
- Cards & Letters
- Protecting Women from Exploitation—Interview with an Anonymous Midwife, by Wanda Walker
- The Underside of the World: An American CPM's View of Midwifery in New Zealand, by Darjee Sahala
- Global Midwifery—Traditional and Official—and Humanization of Birth, by Marsden Wagner
- La Partería Global—Tradicional y Oficial—y la Humanización del Nacimiento, por Marsden Wagner
- Improving Health in Assam, India, by Rondi Anderson
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