A midwife was stunned to discover she is training a new student nurse who she delivered at the hospital where they now work 20 years ago. Tracy Jones has delivered hundreds of babies over the last ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 2. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. “Learning and growth can be solitary pursuits. We close ...

The word 'midwife' dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was "with" another woman giving birth, but ...

Yet the workforce continues to be not only small, but racially homogenous: More than 90% of midwives are white. “Depending on what you look at, there are somewhere between 7,000 to 15,000 midwives ...

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When Ariela Schnyer was choosing where to get trained as a nurse-midwife, California stood out for an important reason: The state would allow clinicians like her to provide abortions. But three years ...

Midwifery care can improve health outcomes and lower costs. But this solution to the critical problems in our maternal healthcare system is thwarted by a lack of training opportunities for student ...

Legislation passed in 2017 in South Dakota opened the door to licensing of a new classification of “professional midwives,” who can become certified to perform home births with far less training and ...

A UNICEF-supported midwife training program empowers health workers with practical skills and information to keep mothers and babies alive. At a UNICEF-supported midwife training program in Dhamar ...