New York delivers for midwives
Last Friday, New York's Gov. David Paterson signed into law A8117b-S5007a, the so-called Midwifery Modernization Act, which removes the requirement for midwives to obtain a written practice agreement...
View ArticlePushing back against home-birth critics
British and Australian midwives are pushing back against a recent editorial in The Lancet, a British medical journal, which builds on a study released last month that appears to show that home births...
View ArticleACOG: Still down on home births
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists came out once again this week cautioning against home births. Hospitals and birthing centers are the safest place for labor and delivery, the...
View Article“Carmaggedon” birth story?
My daughter Nora lives in Los Angeles, Cal., so I am aware that Angelenos are so dreading the shutdown of 10 miles of the I-405 expressway there for road work this weekend they have dubbed the event...
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