Fernando Molina

Fernando Molina, BS, MD, midwife, prenatal educator, researcher, and Midwifery Today speaker has been traveling a long career as a natural birth advocate in hospitals, birth centers, and at homebirths in Venezuela and the US. Fernando now lives in Eugene, Oregon, and is a father of three children born at home in Venezuela. Follow him on Instagram @magicalbeginningsfm or contact him at [email protected].

Digital art painting of mother and baby in pool

Homebirth: Living a Life-transforming Experience beyond Fear

Fear during labor and birth at home must be addressed with a different scope than what the literature reviews tell us. Let’s go beyond what mind-body medicine has taught us. Now is time for the soul-heart-mind-body connection and the well-known generational transmission of stress response with which, according to midwife Anita Rojas, we now can change the message by transforming the energy of our “mamas” during prenatals or labor.

This post is only available to members. To purchase an online membership, go here.

If you are already an online member login here.

 Read more…. Homebirth: Living a Life-transforming Experience beyond Fear

First Stage of Labor … My Reflections

We know that how a pregnant woman experiences, evaluates, and copes with labor depends on: where and with whom she is during labor; her personality; her past experiences dealing with love, empathy, compassion, depression, anxiety, and stressful life events; as well as her partner and providers—whether midwives, doctors, or doulas. Read more…. First Stage of Labor … My Reflections

Umbilical Cord Prolapse

Obstetrician/midwife Fernando Molino discusses the complication of cord prolapse, its different types, risk factors, and how to deal with it when it occurs.

This post is only available to members. To purchase an online membership, go here.

If you are already an online member login here.

 Read more…. Umbilical Cord Prolapse

Microbiome and Health

So what exactly is the microbiome? We could define it as the combined grouping of microorganisms that can be found throughout the body, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Read more…. Microbiome and Health

Early Child Development: Setting the Basis for Effective Communication with Your Unborn Child

Even before conception, and during their life in the womb and the first year of extra-uterine life, all babies experience the feeling of being desired and loved, which is the source of all aspects of life, where there are no opposites, no judgments, no criticism, no condemnation, no discrimination; it is just pure love and surrender during the first phases of consciousness. …

This post is only available to members. To purchase an online membership, go here.

If you are already an online member login here.

 Read more…. Early Child Development: Setting the Basis for Effective Communication with Your Unborn Child

Waterbirth Anecdotes from Puerto Ardaz, Venezuela (1996-2013)

Midwifery Today conference teacher Fernando Molina shares some of his waterbirth experience from when he assisted births in Venezuela.

This post is only available to members. To purchase an online membership, go here.

If you are already an online member login here.

 Read more…. Waterbirth Anecdotes from Puerto Ardaz, Venezuela (1996-2013)

My Journey into Planned Homebirth in Venezuela

A Venezuelan doctor dedicates himself to attending homebirths in his country despite the obstacles thrown at him by government officials, other doctors and others who refuse to see past the accepted, technocratic model of birth. Read more…. My Journey into Planned Homebirth in Venezuela

Opciones de Parto en Venezuela

article in Spanish; One of the “good guys,” Fernando Molina enlightens us on the situation regarding birth choices in Venezuela, in both Spanish in this online article and in English in Midwifery Today Issue 86. Read more…. Opciones de Parto en Venezuela

Skip to content