Midwifery Today Issue 142

When Traditional Western Medicine Breaks Faith

by Jane Beal April 24, 2022

At the beginning of the pandemic, a woman I know well—I’ll call her Jackie—became pregnant at age 30. Jackie has a mild intellectual disability, but she is high functioning, verbal, and able to make her own medical decisions—which was recognized legally by the court in her county when she was younger. Read more…. When Traditional Western Medicine Breaks Faith

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Birth Beyond Medicalization

by Sister MorningStar April 15, 2022

Will there be birth beyond medicalization? If so, for whom?

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Childbirth in the Capital of Peru

by Khristee Rich April 9, 2022

In 2019, I traveled to Lima, Peru, to collect interviews for my book about childbirth around the world through a holistic perspective. While I was there, I met a midwife named Angela Brocker, who was originally from Germany but had moved to Peru and become a doctor and a midwife. She told me about childbirth in Lima, Peru.