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Childbirth and Coronavirus
A home midwife with over 20 years of experience has written about the impact of coronavirus on hospital and home births; statistics on reducing premature births and small-for-date babies, and ‘Eve settings’. -
World Meta-Studies of the Interaction between Medical Interventions in Childbirth and Maternal and Baby Health. International Alternatives to Hospital Delivery
The article presents the results of 38 meta-studies (including randomized controlled trials). Why is childbirth still a business and a dangerous business? Hospital deliveries, birthing centers and hotels. -
What to Wear in Labour and Delivery: Why is it So Important Nowadays?
What are the main characteristics of modern gowns for labour and delivery? Where is the functionality / usability? Observations and inspiration for women from the experienced doula. -
Well-known Midwives’ Testimonials and Reviews about Birthing Gowns Miracle in the Heart
Reviews of famous midwives about the First Birthing Gowns “Miracle in the Heart” - Sister MorningStar (USA), Ruth Ehrhardt (South Africa), Valentina Ostrogliad (Ukraine), Natalia Kotlar (Russia), as well as doulas, mothers with many children and craftswomen. -
Reviews from Puerperas about Protective Charm Birthing Gowns Miracle in the Heart
Joyful reviews of first-born mothers and mothers of large families about Protective Charm Birthing Gowns “Miracle in the Heart”, which can be worn anywhere: at a hospital, home, birthing centre, birthing hotel or in nature. -
How Long Should Labour & Delivery Last on Average?
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS), founded in 1960, observed and showed how the definition of ‘prolonged labour’ had changed since 1963 up today. -
World’s First Global Birthing Ecovillage (Brazil)
The Global Birthing Village GRAVITA is the fifth and fundamentally new type of the place for childbirth for the modern world. Located in one of the most environmentally friendly places in the world, GRAVITA includes all the advantages of places for childbirth and eliminates their shortcomings. -
World’s First Birthing Ecovillage Gravita (Brazil, Paraty)
Imagine the optimum place for a natural childbirth, where parents-to-be create their own “birthing nest” during pregnancy, living in one of 150 separate huts of an eco-village located in relict forests of Brazil on the ocean coast Costa Verde, between the famous Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. -
5 years. 5 continents. 5 conclusions on childbirth
The video contains 5 conclusions about childbirth, which were formed by the organizers of “Miracle in the Heart” social project, based on interaction with experts on childbirth and conscious parenting from 30 countries on 5 continents, mothers with many children and personal positive experiences of birth and motherhood. -
Five years of our international project “Miracle in the Heart” activity
5 years of their international work on 5 continents, mothers from the Miracle in the Heart project on natural childbirth share their findings, best practices, gifts and hopes. -
Social Miracle in the Heart Project is a Midwifery Today, Inc. Country Contact for Ukraine
Miracle in the Heart project became a Midwifery Today, Inc. Country Contact for Ukraine. What is a country contact of a global authority in midwifery and motherhood? -
How to make informed collaborative decisions with doula in birth
Video interview with the world-renowned doula Debra Pascali-Bonaro. How to facilitate informed collaborative decision-making in any settling, e.g. when transporting from home birth to the hospital? How not to activate the neocortex of a woman in labour? And much more for pregnant women and doulas. -
Who in Belarus says that it is difficult to give birth? The uncoupling of the Vitebsk case
On September 7, 2017, Olga Stepanova, a resident of the Russian Federation and Belarus, had an unplanned homebirth and subsequently lost the baby girl in the hospital. She was judged guilty of negligence. The trial court’s sentence was “six months deprivation of liberty”. Olga spent 2 months in an isolation ward while the legal investigation in Vitebsk (Belarus) took place. The story contains many questions, and Svetlana Demyanova-Ponomarenko tried to examine it in her article. She could not remain indifferent as she had a great experience in protecting her baby’s rights after her own homebirth. -
Results of the Survey of Women of Ukraine about their Ideal Place for Natural Childbirth
For revealing of the needs of Ukrainian women for the reformations of Ukrainian obstetrics system, as well as for the manifestations of them to the key players, we conducted the online survey (from Sept 26 to Nov 20, 2017). The results of the Survey let realise what a place for the childbirth should be to fulfill the women’s needs comprehensively. -
Human Rights in Childbirth National Report: UKRAINE
Ukrainian National Report is on women's rights in childbirth and the situation of women's consent to medical interventions during childbirth really. It is a unique and the only one since Ukraine got its independence in 1991. Prepared for and presented at Europe Summit on Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC) in Strasbourg, France (October 19, 2016). Based on 3 Surveys and over 3,500 responds, spanning 12 tables and diagrams. Preferred to be shared among researchers, obstetricians, midwives, doulas and other birth practitioners worldwide. -
Perineal Ruptures during Delivery: Why and How the Sacred Gate Can Be Damaged
I wish parenthood would be viewed as a great treasure, always having our careful attention. Our family commitments must be devoid of fears and anxiety. Much turns on the first intimacy and subsequent “honeymoon”, during which it would be desirable that lovers become the companions-in-arms of LOVE just the oppposite of taboos and prohibitions of parents’ matrices. -
New Profession among Labor Assistants – Monitrice
Monitrice (from French: she that carefully monitors) or PLA (Professional Labor Assistant) provides women the same support as doula does, but she also possesses enough qualification to monitor the condition of the mother and her child in labor on an equal basis with medical specialists. -
New children or old parents. Thoughts of Marina Dadasheva-Drown about childbirth, parents, informational memory, Tantra and Igor Charkosky
How waterbirths were carried out in the Soviet Union, what was the Tao of Marina Dadasheva’s spiritual midwifery, what secrets do Marina Dadasheva and Colin Drown use during and after deliveries? For the first time ever, personal memories of Marina Dadasheva-Drown are on the Internet! -
How to promote rights of pregnant women among the masses? [Experience of Kenya]
To increase awareness of doctors and women about the RIGHTS IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH the experts of the Conference suggested different channels to spread such knowledge. In this video Moreen Majiwa (Кenya), Advocacy Advisor, Africa Program in Center for Reproductive Rights put her suggestions might be useful for different initiatives, non-governmental and remedial organizations in maternity. -
Tao and Tantra, and Home Water Birth
Home waterbirths can be so happy and healthy. I have been fortunate to assist midwife Marina (editor’s note: Dadasheva-Drown) and to witness many of these ecstatic deliveries. These births were a result of the ‘training’ that the pregnant women undertook with spiritual midwife Marina. The training involves not only the physical but also the mind (especially the mind’s ‘attitude’) and the spirit. The prenatal training is a preparation for labor and delivery and also prepares the mother for vigorous postnatal dynamic gymnastics for baby. Yoga is a very good preparation as is swimming. -
Rhesus Incompatibility: What Kind of Victory Does a Woman Need?
The article considers thephysical and psychological reasons of rhesus incompatibility in pregnancy referring to the world statistics and wide-known practitioners in obstetrics, psychology, midwifery, and naturopathy. The article outlines the ways to define a real Rh-incompatibility and the doctors’ “overdiagnosis”. The article contains a research of the reasons to use Rh-immunoglobulins (anti D-immunoglobulins (predominantly RhoGAM®) in pregnancy and childbirth. There are inspirational techniques for you to create a perfect tandem with your child in the way of “win-to-win” in the view of the female nature in passing to your gentle childbirth and blessing maternity. -
3 Crucial Mistakes Made by Doulas, and the Parting Words for the Doulas of Russian Speaking Area
World Doula Week-2016. We conducted an interview with the French doula Valerie Dupin (Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France) especially for our project. Valerie is a mother of 2 children, teacher of National Childbirth Trust, doula in Scotland (since 1990), doula in France (since 2001). Co-founder, co-chair and mentor of the Association Doulas de France . Co-founder and tutor of the Institut de Formation Doulas de France, mentor of the European Doula Network. -
Reflexology in All Stages of Maternity
Moshe Kruchik declaires hisself a first male doula in the world. Hedescribes what reflexology is and how it can work for pregnant and women in labour. His own method of assistance is not only for pregnant women but also for women at all stages of maternity: in conception, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum period and for newborns. Moshe tells in detail what the problems and diseases reflexology might help to solve and cure, and demonstrates its amazing effectiveness of the method! -
Sound healing in pregnancy and birth
Sound is the first external signal, which the child realizes and percieves in the mother´s womb. The webinar will help you to listen to your heartbeat and breathing, in order to find and establish the connection with your child. You will learn which sounds and sound combinations help to establish this magical connection. The sounds that transmit our essence. The sounds that will help to delate at childbirth. What is important for the woman at childbirth and how to create an exceptionally deep connection with your child. -
Working with Families from Challenging Situations – Midwife’s Storytelling from the Philippines and India
The unique experience of the British midwife who dedicated her life to the assistance to women bearing and delivering their babies in critical living conditions. Her stories move to tears. Line tells about situations he faced with, helping and assert women’s rights in the Philippines and India, as well as about a hearty treatment to a woman, about the power of intention to support poor people in their right of the provision of medical care in state hospitals. -
Biodynamic Midwifery and its Role in Natural Childbirth: A Midwife’s Experience in Asia
What is Biodynamics? The webinar is about the unique activity of a bright and enthusiastic woman, public figure, yogi, midwife and practitioner of biodynamic craniosacral techniques. -
How to Assert Homebirth Rights and to Open the First Birth Center: Argentine Midwife’s Experience
In recent years in Argentina the model of childbirth care and health care has changed. Marina tells about it in her webinar: thanks to whom and what it has happened; how she manages to influence the moratorium of the law of the homebirths prohibition? which accosiations, organisations and funds it is necessary to found to lobby ideas with legal protection and recognition of home midwives and homebirths? Which methods of communication with the Ministry of Health should be used: total confrontation or a dialogue and proved statistics database? -
Global Movement for a Humanized Birth - My Contribution as a Male Midwife
Fernando says about his vision about the birth humanization. The webinar is about a real role of men in the birth process, as well as about does it worth for a father to participate in childbirth, and what can he give his wife. Fernando tells what a male midwife should know and be a good hang in establishing confidence and a contact with a woman. -
Fears of Midwives and Women in Childbirth
Peace speaker – Eneyda - with extensive experience in homebirth assistance, tells about the importance of a peaceful and harmonious state for women in labour. How to protect yourself, as the midwife and doula from different fears? Eneyda instills confidence and support in specialists who are engaged in midwifery, reminding them about the importance of practice that must be constantly gained. -
Benefits of Following the Nature during Pregnancy and Childbirth, and the Ways of Rehabilitation of Natural Childbirth in Current Conditions of the Distorted Information Field
Within the webinar you will find out what knowledge the modern world has on mental and emotional development of the child in the womb during pregnancy. Are there any scientific facts proving the existence of prenatal memory of the child, what emotions children may feel before the birth and during it? -
Orgasmic Birth: From Pain to Power
Debra speaks out on every woman's right to respect, dignity and pleasurable birth: "Unlock your Power, Unleash Your Pleasure!" Her webinar is about: correlation between fear, tensity, pain within birth process,peculiarities of birth ambience, language of pleasure in birth ('doulas' language for women in birth), how to have an orgasmic birth. -
European Doula Network (EDN): «Peculiarities of the European Doula's activities»
Lisa tells about European Doula network (EDN) activities as a NGO worldwide: history, goals, connections, procedures of its work. -
How the Doula Might Assist the Woman in Birth in the Repressive Maternity Care System
The webinar is about peculiarities of the healthcare system in Slovenia and the means of Slovenian doulas to assist women in birth in hospitals. -
Woman's Human Right in Her Childbirth Environment Choice. Newborns' Human Rights in Terms of International Law
The webinar is about: women's Human Rights in their Childbirth (HRiC) Environment Choice, newborns' Human Rights in Terms of International Law, examples of successful legal cases on protection of HRiC in the European Court of Human Rights, mission and activities of HumanRightsinChildbirth organisation (USA) worldwide.