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It's National Midwifery Week.
My midwife Carey is a poet, so what better gift than a poem?!

A midwife doesn't show up in your life only when you're having a baby, but for any meaningful event. We all have midwives in our lives. Take time to honor yours.

They are our magic, and that is why the patriarchy considers them to be dangerous. ✨
-emily

Severe Complications Rise Sharply Among Women Giving Birth in Hospitals According to a report just released by AHRQ, the proportion of women who experienced serious complications while giving birth in U.S. hospitals rose 45% between 2006 and 2015. And the data are even worse for low-income and minority women, especially black women and those on Medicaid.

How cool is this?!

Pelv-Ice Launches Product To Help Women Heal After Giving Birth Mama Strut is the first product launched by entrepreneur Jill Bigelow. The product is a wearable soft brace that is engineered to deliver heat and ice therapy to reduce birth pain, swelling and cramping from vaginal deliveries, c-sections, and vaginal prolapse. Bigelow sits down with Alyssa Julya Sm...

9 Best Pregnancy Podcasts of 2018 You Need in Your Life Right Now Check out these fantastic pregnancy podcasts of 2018 to get you through each trimester.

We’ve got to do better!

U.S. "most dangerous" place to give birth in developed world, USA Today investigation finds Every year in the U.S., more than 50,000 mothers are severely injured during or after childbirth and 700 die

‘Worth the wait’: Photographer captures her grueling infertility struggle to let others know ‘they are not alone’ "Here's the thing: infertility struggles are SO common, and yet NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT."

McKynleigh Rudd 9.17.11

How sweet is this!?

This Corgi Supported Her Human Through A Home Birth And I'm Sobbing Everyone should have a Corgi as their doula.

Woo hoo! Progress is being made.

New York to Expand Use of Doulas to Reduce Childbirth Deaths Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing a disturbingly high rate of maternal mortality among black women.

My second daughter was breech. There are many variations of normal and safe in birth.

ALL THE YES!

"Providers need to be transparent about their experiences and beliefs. If you don't know how to deliver a breech baby, don't say, 'Breech birth is too dangerous.' Say: 'Breech birth is too dangerous WITH ME.'"

- Hermine Hayes-Klein, Human Rights Attorney