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Larger role for midwives could improve care for mothers, babies
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.
Does A Larger Role For Midwives Mean Better Care?
States that give midwives a greater role in patient care achieve better results on key measures of maternal and neonatal health, according to a new study.
Ensuring mothers do not die when giving life
A programme in seven countries advances efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality highlighting the links between violence against women and maternal health, and training midwives and community health workers to bring long-term change.
What causes healthy young mothers to have a heart attack?
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are discovering why an uncommon heart attack called SCAD strikes young, healthy women.
How does the presence of midwives affect care and birth outcomes?
A recent study compared labor care processes and birth outcomes between births in medical centers with both midwives and physicians versus those receiving only physician care.
Why Midwives Are Fast Becoming More Popular Than OBGYNs
‘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.’
How To Care For A Mother Who's Had A C-Section
Thank you for taking the time to look this over! I feel it is a very important issue which receives little attention. This is a hard sub...
How Midwives Could Help Fix Maternal Healthcare
Nina Martin, a ProPublica reporter who covers sex and gender issues, discusses her recent article: “A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies.”
Midwives, Doulas, and Doctors: What's the Difference?
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.
How Doulas and Midwives Can Help Combat the Racial Biases of Western Medicine
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.
Why Are Birth Mothers So Important?
If you would have asked me this question seven years ago, I would have given the typical answer: tha...
Black Mothers Face Far Worse Health Outcomes. How Do We Fix It?
How implicit bias, access to care, patient experience, and a lifetime of “othering” affect maternal health.
Bringing back the ‘VBAC’: How Enloe helped mothers achieve natural birth
After two decades, obstetricians at Enloe Medical Center were honored for their work openly supporting mothers hoping to give birth vaginally after a cesarean section. A mother who successfully bro…
Expectant Mothers Can Learn More About Pregnancy Through UAMS Program
Program facilitators are there to answer questions and prepare expectant mothers for what's ahead.
10 Apps That Can Help Mothers Deal With Postpartum Depression
Symptoms of postpartum depression include bouts of sadness, the inability of taking care of the baby or doing chores, crying for no reason, sleeping too much, and the lack of interest in anything, to name a few.
Myths About Birth Mothers and How We Can Help Dispel Them
Common and Not-So-Common Myths About Birth Mothers Explained The road to placement for a birth mothe...
How VR may help transform the postpartum experience for new mothers
An MIT computer scientist is developing an immersive VR app that could let a user pump breast milk both more enjoyably and more effectively.
Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why
Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S. Racism — and the stress it causes — can play a leading role in that disparity.
How pregnancy can cause mothers to experience extreme heat
Better Health delves into the topic of pregnancy and health with Dr. Megan Miller from Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology from Baystate Medical Center.
Why Midwives Are Better For Moms and Babies
Midwives are making a comeback! And it's not just some alternative, hippie medicine--science loves midwives too! Laci shares some amazing research on this an...
