We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we think of birthing ….

Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four children at home. She can also….

If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to wo….

...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily..

Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns….

The truth for women living in a modern world is that they must take increasing responsibility for the skills they bring into birth if they want their….

Let us imagine, for example, that a mother is still in such a state of consciousness that she has forgotten the rest of the world while discovering h….

It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized that one of their role should be to protect the emotional state ….

The only significant effect of continuous electronic fetal monitoring was an increase in the cesarean rate..

So many words commonly used to describe childbirth-support, patient, management, delivered by, coached, helped, guided-suggest that a woman does not ….

According to traditional wisdom in rural France, a baby in the womb should be compared to fruit on the tree. Not all the fruit on the same tree is ri….

I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon ….

To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born..

People never sing...except in the bathroom. Birthing women also make their natural sounds next to running bath water. There is something about the po….

When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of anybody w….