Pt 2 : Perspectives on Global Midwifery; A US midwife’s diary of the 29th ICM Triennial Congress [Click here for Pt 1] As an advocate for US midwifery and women’s health, I recently had the opportunity to be temporarily lifted out of the trenches of our national battle for access to midwifery care.  As an …

I recently had the opportunity to travel to South Africa as part of a delegation for the Midwives Alliance of North America as an Observer to the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Council meeting. I had the unique privilege of listening and learning about the organizational processes that unfold as midwifery leaders from over …

In Time’s American Women: Birthing Babies at Home, Catherine Elton discusses the “battle over birth” between midwives and obstetricians. As she reviews the recent skirmish related to a controversial meta-analysis by Dr. Joseph Wax published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that throws the safety of home birth into question, she highlights the primary factor where …

Not in the opinion of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a follow up to last year’s passage of legislation that would require evidence-based informed consent for all women seeking home birth Evidence Based-It’s Now the Law, the Virginia Regulatory Townhall posted the first of two public comment opportunities. Please read the following open letter to …

Though you might not know it from my  previous post about squeezing lemons in our Capital this week, I have actually just returned from the jungles of Belize feeling somewhat transformed and completely inspired by my Professional Training in the Arvigo Techniques for Maya Abdominal Massage (MAM).  It wasn’t just the breathtaking views from Rosita Arvigo’s mountain …

I am very excited to be attending Rosita Arvigo’s Maya Abdominal Massage Practitioner Training in Belize in in January of 2009! I have taken the level one (self care) course and can’t wait to be able to offer this simple and profound technique to the women of Charlottesville.  The basic concept is that your uterus moves, …