Birth Unplugged

I really have been in denial about this baby coming! Two nights ago, I had some serious feeling pre-birth pressure waves (Hypnobabies ling...

A couple of months ago, Amber at Midwife{ology} wrote a post, Educational Standards of American Midwives: A Comparison , which compared the ...

The online world of natural childbirth is often heavily influenced by extremism. People claiming things like "Birth is safe. Interve...

The comments on Homebirth Research: Another Side of the Story have been interesting. Thank you to everyone who has shared your thoughts o...

Information about this has been showing up everywhere for me lately, though I have not sought it out intentionally, and I feel like I would ...

Sheridan at Enjoy Birth reviewed the book Keep the Fires Burning: Conquering Stress and Burnout as a Mother-Baby Professional by Mickey Jon...

A common question people have about homebirth is that there will be a big mess in their house and they will have to do a lot of work to clea...

This video shows and lists the supplies typically brought to a homebirth by a licensed midwife in Washington State.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Independence Day weekend. This post seems appropriate for this holiday, as it addresses freedom and law in ...

I hope my out-of-town readers will indulge my sharing some local news. Homebirth is growing in popularity among pregnant women here in Yakim...

So, you want to change maternity care providers but your husband doesn't understand why you should go through the trouble? You want a n...

Focus by Tomasz Sienicki A few months ago, I read the collection of midwife stories, Sisters on a Journey: Portraits of American Midwives by...

What is a Rebozo? A rebozo ( pronounciation ) is a woven piece of fabric used by Mexican women as a shawl, a baby carrier (similar to the wa...

My first baby being suctioned with a DeLee Mucus Trap Joseph B. DeLee, inventor of the suctioning device still commonly used in American hos...

Back in June, I wrote about a theory paper by Australian researchers that I read that discussed the limits of current research literature ...

Today, Navelgazing Midwife wrote a beautiful post comparing the transition phase of childbirth to the transition of death. It related so m...

I shared a link to my post A Natural Third Stage with Buscando la Luz after reading two posts on her blog, Birth Faith, called Preventing po...

Lately, my Understanding "Painless" Childbirth post has gotten a lot of attention. I'm so glad, because much of what is in i...

At the request of Courtroom Mama posting at The Unnecessarea n, I watched the documentary Crisis in the Crib: Saving Our Nations Babies . I...

In addition to being the day Mexico celebrates their independence, May 5 is also International Day of the Midwife . In honor of the day, I...