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Remember May 5 is International Day of the Midwife
http://www.internationalmidwives.org/events/idotm/international-day-midwive-2013/
FarPoint
(12,207 posts)Fabulous peek at history.
bigtree
(85,915 posts)ha!
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)malaise
(267,800 posts)malaise
(267,800 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)It's sad that she suffered so much at the end...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8671467/Jennifer-Worth.html
malaise
(267,800 posts)Thanks
Warpy
(110,900 posts)It's just about to come on here.
I had a friend back east who was a lay midwife. I always thought she and her clients were taking big chances until I saw what passes for normal birth during nursing school.
She got my full support after that.
It's also fun to see how the process has changed over the years. Once they realized that enemas could stop labor, they finally stopped giving them. All participants could tolerate a little shit better than they could tolerate the consequences of aborted labor.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)malaise
(267,800 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)The old man and his daughter had me in tears.
malaise
(267,800 posts)When he had the newborn in his hands I bawled
OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)At the time (early 90's) there was only one practice with midwives within driving distance. I believe there were legal restrictions to midwives practicing in NC back then.
So we drove an hour each way to appointments because I insisted on having a midwife.
The trip to the hospital (also an hour away) was NOT fun when I was in labor though...lol.
malaise
(267,800 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't stop watching it.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)Oh, and I had a midwife for most of my labor with my child, until I required a c-section.
malaise
(267,800 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Chummy has placental abruption.. I had that with my first and third son.. I cannot imagine how scary that must have been back then.. It was a fright for me in 73 & 78..
xmas74
(29,658 posts)I really want to see that episode.
In my case, I just had problems with failure to progress after a couple of days, which caused my blood pressure to skyrocket. I do sometimes wonder if I had been allowed to labor outside of a sterile, uninviting hospital room if my labor would have progressed.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)I think it's coming up in 3 weeks