Issue 80

Winter 2006

Theme: Meconium

Meconium is the name given to a baby’s first bowel movement. Normally not a problem, at times when a baby passes meconium prior to or during birth, problems can occur. In this issue of Midwifery Today birth professionals address their approaches to the presence of meconium and share stories in which meconium-stained amniotic fluid played a part. This issue also marks the beginning of a new series on bullying, and continues our business and marketing features, as well as containing a fascinating article questioning a relationship between ultrasound and autism and much more!

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Departments

Poetry
From the Editor
Networking
Tricks of the Trade
Midwifery Model of Care—Phase II: Embracing the Unknowns of Birth—Colleen Bak
Marion’s Message
Media Reviews
News
Classified Advertising
Calendar
Photo Album

Should Midwives Re-invent the Amnioscope?—by Michel Odent
Faith’s Birth—An Amazing Blessing—Christa Bartley
The Problem Is Induction, Not Meconium—Gail Hart
Questions about Prenatal Ultrasound and the Alarming Increase in Autism—Caroline Rodgers
On Meconium at Home and Delayed Cord-cutting—Naolí Vinaver
Bullying—Marinah Valenzuela Farrell
The Life of My Body—Corbin Lewars
The Color of Goldenrod—Janice Marsh-Prelesnik
Healing the Trauma: Entering Motherhood with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)—Jennifer Jamison Griebenow
Mothers and Long Dysfunctional Labors—Judy Slome Cohain
Birth Herbs and Homeopathics: Stats and Stories—Diane Gregg
How to Get Free Publicity—Sheri Menelli
The Development of Birth Stories in an American Culture—by Patricia M. Couch
The Business of Midwifery: Questions for the Insurer—Linda Lieberman

International Midwife

Cards & Letters
Korutun’s Birth—Kris Holloway-Bidwell
We Are All Midwives—Debbie A. Díaz Ortiz
Todas Somos Parteras—Debbie A. Díaz Ortiz
Conscious Motherhood—Preeti Agrawal
From Midwife to Peace Corps Volunteer: A Baby Boomer’s Journey in Honduras—Deborah Drew
Flower Healing: The Story of a Pakistani Midwife—Sharon Craig
Placenta Rituals and Folklore from around the World—Sarah J. Buckley
Iye Sowodie’s “Gladdie, Gladdie” Day: Mercy Ships treats women made incontinent by birth injuries—Mike Osborne