Theme: Prenatal Care Prenatal care is an essential part of midwifery care because it lays the groundwork for birth. This issue focuses on prenatal care from a variety of perspectives, including the importance of diet. Cover Photo: Carolina Cartier Photo by: Four Ponds Photography Buy PDF Columns Editor’s Corner: What Does Ideal Prenatal Care Look… Read more…. Issue 148

Theme: International Midwifery A goal of Midwifery Today has always been to learn from and share midwifery knowledge from around the world. This issue deals with that topic, along with the usual cohort of articles related to various aspects of midwifery. Cover Image: Baby is Olivia Rose 06/16/2023 Parents are: Jasmin and Paolo Photo by… Read more…. Issue 147

Theme: Third Stage Understanding the third stage of labor and knowing about strategies to resolve problems when something goes wrong is essential for midwives. This issue contains a variety of articles on this subject—including one by Vicki Penwell of Mercy In Action that discusses new strategies for dealing with hemorrhage, as well as several helpful… Read more…. Issue 146

Spring 2023 Theme: Midwifery Education There are various ways to become a midwife. This issue deals with those ways and different aspects of the call to midwifery: spiritual, educational, medical, and holistic. Cover photo by Kimi Joliba Honzaki Buy This Issue Columns Poem: The Apprentice Becomes Midwife, by Ingrid Andersson From the Editor: Aspects of… Read more…. Issue 145

Winter 2022 Theme: All About Placentas The placenta is an important organ that has only one function: to nourish and grow a baby. Learn about this marvelous organ, its function, and some things that can go wrong. This issue also includes an article on Prenatal Bonding, a wonderful birth story, two articles by Michel Odent,… Read more…. Issue 144

Autumn 2022 Theme: Induction: Why? Why Not? Birth has its own timetable, but too often professionals want to speed it up, sometimes for the wrong reasons such as not having to work on a weekend or night. Our writers for this issue discuss various perspectives on induction. Cover photo by Esther Edith (estheredith.com). Esther has… Read more…. Issue 143

Summer 2022 Theme: Medicalization of Midwifery and Birth Medicalization of childbirth has continued to slowly increase, particularly in developed countries. While the intent is to make birth safer, the maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the US belie that. In Wisdom of the Midwives, birthworkers discuss the positive effects of medicalization. Several of our other… Read more…. Issue 142

Spring 2022 Theme: The Role of the Midwife Midwives have many roles when they enter into a relationship with a pregnant woman. This issue contains articles that address those roles—which are myriad—as well as an article on the role of doulas. Along with that, we have included an article by Vicki Penwell discussing the importance… Read more…. Issue 141

Winter 2021 Theme: Interventions Interventions have become standard in the vast majority of births, largely because obstetricians are involved in most births. This issue discusses various interventions, as well as not intervening—and what we gain or lose. This issue also includes two birth stories from different perspectives, as well more great articles, media reviews, and… Read more…. Issue 140

Autumn 2021 Theme: The Future of Midwifery We know where midwifery has been, but where is it headed? This issue shares a variety of perspectives on that question. From short responses to the question addressed by numerous birthworkers, to an editorial in Marion’s Message, to an in-depth discussion of the topic by Deb Puterbaugh and… Read more…. Issue 139

Summer 2021 Theme: Tear Prevention Preventing tears has long been a concern for birthworkers. Different midwives approach this differently and it has changed over the years. Our midwives share their wisdom in this issue. In addition, we have our final article on autism and birth, more outstanding writing from regulars such as Jane Beal, Sister… Read more…. Issue 138