Spiritual Midwife
An article about Ina May Gaskin - radical midwife and real pioneer. There's some scary information about the state of birth in the USA in that article, including the fact that the maternal death rate is actually increasing and not decreasing.
The lack of postnatal care in the USA is also shocking - no required visits by midwife or health visitor, just at the time that women need more not less support. Who is watching for postnatal depression, helping with breastfeeding, checking that a woman and her baby are actually okay? Scary.
The lack of postnatal care in the USA is also shocking - no required visits by midwife or health visitor, just at the time that women need more not less support. Who is watching for postnatal depression, helping with breastfeeding, checking that a woman and her baby are actually okay? Scary.