Want to support Mother Health International ? It's easy--just click on www.kveller.com/vote/ and vote! The winning organization receive...

Midwives across the United States face arrest or imprisonment if they practice in a state that does not recognize their certification, such ...

This is a long, but fascinating, account of the origins of the Plenitud birth center in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was written by Joni Nichols...

In 2009, Carly gave birth in the Plenitud birth center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The birth center is the first of its kind in Mexico and un...

Over the past few days, a maelstrom has arisen over Dr. Robert Biter's sudden loss of privileges from Scrippes Encinitas in San Diego. Y...

Pinky , one of my blog readers and a L&D nurse (well, she recently switched and now is working as a psych nurse) and CNM-in-training, is...

Freestanding birth centers often advertise that they are the "best of both worlds." For example, the Connecticut Childbirth and Wo...

These are photos I took for a research paper about the meanings of "home" in institutional birth spaces. The first set of pictures...