Midwifery: “With-Women”

Want to learn more about midwifery and birth? Visit the Midwifery Today site and read the selection of articles right from the pages of the magazine!

Becoming a Midwife

Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education -- a book from Midwifery Today with information about the various paths to midwifery, and listings of schools in the United States. If you buy only one book about becoming a midwife, this is the one to get!
Schools and Programs
- CTI Centre for Nursing and Midwifery is based at the University of Sheffield, and recognises the role of computers and associated technologies in the preparation of nurses and midwives at all levels.
Oregon School of Midwifery is a direct entry school.

Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm by Marsden Wagner. M.D.
Drugs in Labour: What Effects Do They Have Twenty Years Hence? by Beverley Lawrence Beech
Ultrasound--Weighing the Propaganda Against the Facts by Beverley Lawrence Beech.
The use of ultrasound in antenatal care is big business, and in any big business marketing is all-important. As a result of decades of enthusiastic marketing, women believe they can ensure the well being of their babies by reporting for an early ultrasound scan and that early detection of a problem is beneficial for these babies. That is not necessarily so, and a number of studies show that early detection can be harmful
Keeping Childbearing Normal Through Nutrition by Marion Toepke McLean, CNM
Normal Birth by Valerie El Halta
More Midwifery Today articles

Cesarean Section: The Anatomy of a Choice
Know the full ramifications of the hospital birth choice.
"Women are Dying Needlessly in Childbirth"
The maternal death rate actually rose when physicians became involved in childbirth early in the twentieth century.

World-wide Information
- International Alliance of Midwives
- International credentialing of midwives by Christine Hindle Verber, EdD, RN, SCM
Specific Countries, States, Provinces, or Areas
- Australia
  - FAQ: Midwifery in Australia
  - Two documents from AIMS Australia
    - A History of Community Midwifery Funding in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory)
    - Backsliding in Oz (A letter from AIMS Australia and Homebirth Canberra to Dr Carmen Lawrence at Parliament House)
  - Annie Sprague - Midwife in Private Practice--this excellent site has birth stories, articles, photos and more, including a section on waterbirth.
  - Midwives in Private Practice (MIPP) in Victoria, Australia
- United States
  - MIDWIFERY IN THE UNITED STATES: A sci.med.midwifery FAQ

Go to Motherhood Adjustment Services for information about Pre and Postpartum Adjustment Disorders.
Grief and Loss
Lifetime Adoption offers Nationwide Adoption services 7 days per week to both birth parents and adoptive parents since 1986. The site is an excellent resource for adoption, listing of children and babies, Adoptive family registry, housing referrals and more. New
Family Planning, Infertility
- NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING and GETTING PREGNANT
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania
High Risk Situations and Complications in Pregancy, Labor, and Birth

Specfic Topics
- WindSong Midwifery has logo-ready materials for your practice
- Sabrina Cuddy's Bradley Nutrition Guidelines
- Places where midwives practice
  - C.B.S.Midwifery Inc. is a private practice in New York City which has been owned and run by midwives since 1982.
  - Information about a nurse-midwifery service.
- Midwifery Today's Conference Calendar
- Shop for birth products in the Midwifery Today shopping cart
General Information Sites
- Ask NOAH About: Pregnancy is a wonderful site just packed with good information and links.
- Gopher Library on Pregnancy is a list of various pregnancy-related topics.
The guidelines published by the SOGC (Society of Ob/Gyn of Canada)are available through SOGCNet. The goal of this project to to link delivery facilities across Canada & provide access (in French & English) to clinical practice guidelines. You need to contact A+B Computer Systems to have your personal SOGCNet login account and password established. A toll free number 1-800-682-6930 is available for technical support (Mon-Sat 1200-1800hr EST). I don't know the price, but it's in Canadian dollars.