Thursday, April 28, 2005

Intuitive Art and Science of Midwifery- History

Intuitive Art and Science of Midwifery

An article from 1995 about Diane Barnes, a Missouri midwife which contains information about her involvement in trying to change Missouri law.

Monday, April 25, 2005

AP Wire - House OKs bill allowing midwives

AP Wire | 04/20/2005 | House OKs bill allowing midwives

A highlight:
"We have the finest physicians in the world, we have the finest hospitals in the world, in this country. Those are the people that should be delivering babies," said Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia."


I would like to ask Rep. Harris why we are last in the maternal infant mortality rate. Doesn't make sense Mr. Harris.

STLtoday - Measure would loosen limits on midwives

STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County

Some highlights.... :-)
"Samanda Rossi's 19-month-old son is the product of an illegal underground movement."

"The unlicensed midwives work within a kind of clandestine network,..."

The Missouri Midwifery Reading Room is Open

This blog will feature all the exciting happenings related to midwifery in Missouri. Our current focus is House Bill 36, which passed the House last week!

I will be putting older stuff on here and to keep it all straight I will put a timestamp that will reflect when the information came out.

Happy Reading!

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

News-Leader.com | Opinions | Bill would give women home-birth option

News-Leader.com Opinions Bill would give women home-birth option

"The United States spends more money per capita on health care than any other country in the world, yet we rank 27th in infant mortality and morbidity rates. We are 15th in the world with our maternal mortality rate, which has not improved in 20 years. Check out www.cfmidwifery.org.

So, who is doing better than us? Surprisingly, it is the industrialized countries of the world who use midwifery care for nearly all births. Countries like Denmark, Sweden and England that rank at the top of the world with their birth statistics use obstetricians only for high-risk pregnancies. They have the fewest brain-damaged babies and the lowest infant and maternal mortality rates."