Waterbirth

As Natural as Water Waterbirth and Instinctual Birth

Midwife MorningStar shares the beauty of waterbirth in her usual hypnotic and beautiful way. Read this article and learn about birth from one of the greats in modern-day midwifery.

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Waterbirth Anecdotes from Puerto Ardaz, Venezuela (1996-2013)

Midwifery Today conference teacher Fernando Molina shares some of his waterbirth experience from when he assisted births in Venezuela.

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Waterbirth at Mountain Midwifery Center

Midwife Aubre Tompkins shares her experience with waterbirth at her birth center in Colorado.

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Waterbirth with a Blind Mother

That first moment of eye contact between mother and baby is critical during a waterbirth. So what happens when the mother you’re assisting as a midwife is birthing in water and is blind? Author Cornelia Enning recounts one beautiful experience.

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Henry’s Waterbirth

A mother shares her experience of “coming to the homebirth movement through a strange back door” in this tale of home waterbirth.

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Waterbirth Makes the Midwife’s Job Easier

Why should midwives consider waterbirth as a really, really good thing? Author Samantha McCormick explains why waterbirth rules.

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Journey to the Water

A retired midwife recounts her experiences with waterbirth and shows how she came full-circle with this particular birthing method.

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Waterbirth and GBS

The literature suggests that low-risk women who give birth in water may have a far lower rate of newborn GBS than women who have a dry birth. Author, midwife and researcher Judy Slome Cohain culls through the research and delivers an in-depth look at waterbirth and GBS in this eye-opening article.

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The Second Was A Gift

The author overcomes her fears during her second birth and doesn’t let the string of “what ifs” overcome her determination to birth naturally, at home and in the water.

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My Waterbirth

Water plays a key role in this sweet story of a home waterbirth.

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Full Moon Birthing

Mama and Papa were residents of another state until they came here, to Hawaii, to birth, contacting me by phone five months into their pregnancy. Their desire was an ocean birth. Baby had communicated with her parents that this was the birth she needed. Read more…. Full Moon Birthing

Maturing Midwifery

I have the good fortune to be attending births with younger midwives right now. I see the future of midwifery right before my eyes. These women are smart, alert and have the same vision of care that I do. Read more…. Maturing Midwifery

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