midwives
Giving Birth at Home Can Be Essential to Transgender Parents Like Me
For soon-to-be trans parents, laboring and birthing in the private, predictable environment of home is sometimes the safest option.
The Last Women Standing: These Midwives Survived an Attack That Killed Moms and Newborns
After a targeted attack on a Kabul maternity ward, traumatised midwives struggle to keep working amid a healthcare system on the brink of collapse.
More Women Are Having Home Births Because of Coronavirus
Nationwide, expectant parents are avoiding the hospital and turning to midwives.
News of Zealand: First Birth Certificate Issued With Both Parents as 'Mother'
The Nelson couple took their case to Human Rights Commission. Plus midwives protest and poor prison conditions.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Midwife
"Some women vomit a few times during labor, others get diarrhea."
We Talked to UK Healthcare Employees Who Are Worried About More Cuts to the National Health Service
"It's all about profit and not about compassion or about care."
The UK's Nurses Are on Strike for Better Pay
Last month saw the first strike over pay by NHS workers in England for 32 years and today the struggle continued—thousands refused to go to work for four hours this morning.
Mucus, Plugs, and Buttholes: The Secrets of a Young Midwife
If you're about to give birth any time soon, rest assured—they've seen, and been covered in, it all before.