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Midwifery Skills Practice at Skillz and Drillz, Spokane Valley, CA
We had an incredible weekend teaching Midwifery Skillz & Drillz, graciously hosted by the wonderful @thejunipermidwife in Spokane Valley!
Midwifery Wisdom
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A Tribute to North America’s Most Experienced Homebirth Midwife Cynthia Caillagh
Cynthia was a traditional midwife and remained committed so until the moment her body could no longer sustain her spirit.
Jennifer Block
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Best Practices to establish baseline and document the FHT range
How do you establish baseline and document the FHT range? We established a baseline when we first meet the client.
Augustine Colebrook
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Zuranolone: What You Need to Know About the FDA-Approved Postpartum Depression Drug
Zuranolone: What You Need to Know About the FDA-Approved Postpartum Depression Drug
Augustine Colebrook
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The Spaces In Between, the extremes of Midwifery
Midwifery is midwifery, it is a contradiction in and of itself. It is beautiful and ugly, clean and messy, glorious and undignified and...
Dinesha Lowden
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That time I was at a twin homebirth with a breech baby
Have I ever told you that midwives are my favorite people? It’s so extraordinary to be in their presence - to be present with these light...
Augustine Colebrook
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Midwife, I’m so proud of you!
Being a midwife (newly minted from a student midwife) is hard. Here's a few lessons to remember along the way!
Jill Snelson
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What Is Pernicious Anemia and How Do You Diagnose And Treat It?
Pernicious anemia occurs when the body doesnt make enough intrinsic factor in the stomach to help convert and absorb Vitamin B12 in the intestines
tina3820
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Understanding the Prevalence of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) in Midwifery
Midwives are particularly at risk for C-PTSD because the nature of the job decreases our threshold and erodes our coping resources....
Augustine Colebrook
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ASKAugustine - Why Labor Stalls? (a conversation between a student midwife and an experienced midwife)
Why can labor stall? Or why can labor arrest? Let's brainstorm some reasons...
tina3820
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Are we supposed to SOAP chart in labor?
Are we supposed to SOAP chart in labor?
Charting in labor has been an often misunderstood part of defensive documentation by midwives. On one side, the herstory of persecution has made many wary of documenting just what went on for fear of prosecution.
tina3820
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External Cephalic Version (ECV) or Gentle Midwifery Version
Sometimes as we near the due window, it’s smart to help baby move head down before they run out of room because of their growing size and the normally decreasing fluid volume.
Augustine Colebrook
4 min read
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