Midwifery Today

Issue 113, Spring 2015

Theme: Group B Strep

Our Spring 2015 issue is dedicated to the topic Group B Strep (GBS). At 72 pages, it is filled with clinical articles, vital information, midwifery tricks of the trade, gorgeous birth photos and delightful homebirth stories from around the world.

The topic of group B strep, GBS testing, antibiotics and sick babies is not something that makes for pleasant conversation. However, it certainly is a topic that birth workers must be knowledgeable about. That is why we asked certain people to write on this topic: Michel Odent, Sister MorningStar and Marion Toepke McLean. Robin Lim has an article somewhat related to the theme, titled, “When Pregnancy Goes South: Keeping Birth Gentle.” Also included in the pages of this issue are two very powerful birth stories: one where Sister MorningStar midwifes a Nicaraguan couple via the telephone through the birth of their first child 1000 miles away; the other is a wonderful story of surrogacy. I hope you enjoy curling up with this issue of Midwifery Today. Get ready to learn a lot and to be inspired!

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Departments

• Poetry
• From the Editor
• Tricks of the Trade
• Marion’s Message
• Birth Funnies
• Media Reviews
• Discussions
• Cards and Letters
• Classified Advertising
• Photo Album

Features

• Micro Wellness—Sister MorningStar
• Group B Streptococcal Infection: Beyond the Mysteries—Michel Odent
• When Pregnancy Goes South: Keeping Birth Gentle—Robin Lim
• Nipple Thrush: How to Identify and How to Treat—Lisa Goldstein
• Unhurrying the Moment of Meeting—Mary Esther Malloy
• Crossing Borders with Andrea—Sister MorningStar
• Update on the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, a Caribbean Nation—Mary Delashmutt
• The Beta Strep Dilemma—Marion Toepke McLean
• Breastfeeding Support at Yayasan Bumi Sehat: A Student Midwife’s Reflections—Lindsey Jean Stirling
• Allowing the Labouring Mother to Be Primal—Gauri Lowe
• Healthy Pregnancy: Fish and Oils—Gail Hart
• After the Disaster: What Comes Next in the Philippines—Vicki Penwell
• Sarah Stone: An Early-Modern English Midwife—Jane Beal
• Understanding the Infant Feeding Decision—Teresa Rust Smith
• Collaboration Is Key—Aubre Tompkins
• A Surrogate Birth Story—Kim Trower
• Positive Birth Changes in Cameroon—Patang Florence Ngu
• Mindfulness: An Intervention for Improving the Health of Mothers and Babies—Tracy Donegan
• The Revolution So Far—Diana Paul

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