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Perineum Stitches – Are They Always Necessary?

I don’t do perineum stitches as much now as I did as a new midwife. I see the magic of the vaginal mucosa too often!  Healing time is surprisingly quick […]

Why Babies Love a Baby Massage with Coconut Oil

I love massaging new borns! This particular baby massage was so sweet because… 22 months ago I did the same baby massage for big brother Noah who is looking on. […]

Dad's birth story: father holding boy

Dad’s Birth Story: Dear Son

Here is an awesome Dad’s Birth Story fromBirthvillage Natural Birthing Centreby new dad Rama Krishnan. Huge congratulations to these wonderful parents and for the choices they made together along the […]

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What to Expect as an Aspiring Midwife

Aspiring student midwives often ask me what it’s like to be an independent midwife.  I get lots of emails, from all over the globe, students wanting to come to the […]

Birth myths: Baby being born

Top 3 Myths About Birth

There are myths about birth out there that should be dispelled. The moment one person becomes two is the most amazing moment in all of existence. Sadly, it is a magic […]

Let’s vote for midwives in Singapore

Health care systems are the strongest where doctors and midwives are working together in collaboration, benefiting from each others strong points. It’s election fever in Singapore this week and I can’t help […]

Therapeutics of Presence illustration

Therapeutics of Presence

With a solid presence we can melt, we can let go. I often get asked ‘because you are a midwife will you need a midwife when you give birth or deliver […]

Mother tying umbilical chord

Woman Powered Birth

Photo: Unison Photo (this is what a lifeless cord looks like and the appropriate time to cut) Birth belongs in the hands of the woman doing it. All birth is woman powered […]

Midwifery Model of Care: What is Midwifery?

Midwifery Model of Care by Birth Photographer

This is an account of the Midwifery Model of Care through the eyes of a birth photographer/doula. I was at a birth recently. There was a birth photographer attending, to […]

Birth Positions

This poster of birth positions is on the wall of a birthing suite in the Pius Hospital de Valls hospital in Spain. This picture was clicked by water birth advocate […]