Posts Under Midwives Category
Mother Love: Birth Professional & Mama Mixer
04-25-2012
Mother’s day is just around the corner and Natural Parenting wants to showcase all of the wonderful pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum support the Lafayette area has to offer! Drop in and meet the wonderful women who are ready to support you in your unique choices and needs during this special time in your life! At this event you can…
DOULA Film Screening!
02-29-2012
A Uniquely Intimate Film Screening – DOULA! The Ultimate Birth Companion A new documentary film about doulas – professional birth companions – is being screened as part of a worldwide campaign to help raise awareness. Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion is a 65 minute, intimate and emotionally charged documentary about doulas and their part in pregnancy, birth and the first…
Jessica in the Spotlight
08-29-2011
We have interviewed one of our fantastic instructors at NPEN. Here is what Jessica Farquhar has to say: What made you want to teach Childbirth Education and Yoga? I’m just a teacher at heart! And a learner. I love taking in new information and sharing it, and as I became more and more passionate about yoga, I wanted to share…
Homebirth On TLC!
08-03-2010
Recently on “A Baby Story”, a beautiful homebirth was featured for the first time! Visit Birth & Beyond’s website to see the episode.
Save Home Birth in NY!
05-25-2010
With the recent closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City, tons of families have lost their option for a legal home birth. In New York, a Home Birth Midwife must have a signed Written Practice Agreement with a hospital. This agreement was made between much of the city’s Midwives and St. Vincent’s until it closed. Now, with many…
The other night I attended a seminar with the purpose of introducing the community to the new Certified Nurse Midwife that will be working at the Clarian Arnett Hospital. This will be the first CNM to work at a hospital in our area. What an amazing breakthrough! Welcome, Sharon Smith, CNM! My hope is that the demand for care from…
