Certified nurse midwives help you deliver your baby – and take care of your gynecological health needs afterwards.
What's the difference between a doula, a midwife and an OB-GYN and what can they do for you and your baby? We break it down.
Pregnancy is unusually complicated in humanitarian crises. Midwives also often have to help women who have experienced sexual violence and have reproductive health issues.
When it comes to labor and birth, being aware of your options could make a big difference.
Statistically, Black mothers have more, and more serious, complications for their births. Often, the concerns and issues they raise are disregarded by doctors, which can increase the risk of death and complications for both mothers and babies.
Midwives who travel could give rural women a better birthing experience
Doulas and midwives advocate for their Black and brown patients, and help them be seen and heard in a way they often are not during pregnancy and birth.
A groundbreaking study of what midwives can and can’t do in the states where they practice, offers new evidence that empowering them could significantly boost maternal and infant health.
‘If you are a health system trying to care for vulnerable women who don’t have health insurance, nurse midwives are often a cost-effective option.’
Effectively scaling up midwifery care will help reduce maternal mortality and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, but midwives need the support of the enabling environment. In honor of Inter…