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

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