Theme:  Preeclampsia

For birth workers, preeclampsia is certainly a topic worth learning about. Within this issue, you will learn from the best. The lineup of authors includes obstetrician Michel Odent, herbalist Susun S. Weed and midwives Sister MorningStar, Gail Hart and Mary Cooper. Along with preeclampsia, there are articles on the placenta, breech babies and pelvic organ prolapse, as well as a photo essay on a public breastfeeding campaign. This is definitely an issue containing loads of information, so get ready to learn. We hope you enjoy it!

Cover photo by Synethia Rosa of Synethia Rosa Photography (synethiarosa.com). Synethia has been a lifestyle and birth photographer since 2010. She lives and photographs families currently in Sarasota County, Florida. She is a wife and motherto four children, three of whom were waterborn at home with a midwife. Her very first homebirth experience in early 2009 changed her life and inspired her to start documenting life with photography.
Pictured: John Modesto King, son of Gina and John King. This photograph was taken in July 2013 during an in-home newborn lifestyle session.