May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, a day to recognize and raise awareness about the midwifery profession. There is a growing demand for midwives in Virginia and across the United States. The ...

Meet Mama Anne, a lifelike childbirth simulator that blinks, breathes and talks, helping midwifery students practice real ...

Two of the certified nurse midwives at Penn Highlands DuBois who are helping to train new midwives from across the U.S. and ...

Christine Kroce, a nurse at The Midwife Center, located in the Strip District, demonstrates one way a woman would use a birthing swing while maintaining an upright labor or delivery. After months of ...

VOORHEES – Virtua Health has announced the recent accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC) earned by the Virtua Midwifery Birth and Wellness Center. The center has ...

Midwives have been around for centuries and, though their role in women's health has changed in many ways, the image that their work conjures up for many still happens at random home births. In ...

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Despite living on a commune in rural Tennessee, Ina May Gaskin has had the kind of career success most people only dream about. A midwife who never formally studied nursing, Gaskin has helped to bring ...

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital ...