Midwife Connection (ACNM Blog)http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325 By Melissa Garvey, ACNM Senior Writer-Editor It’s hard to imagine a time when the midwifery community isn’t brimming with action and forward momen...Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:26 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/It-s-Time-to-Stop-and-Savor-the-Full-Bloom-of-Modern-Midwiferyhttp://www.midwife.org/It-s-Time-to-Stop-and-Savor-the-Full-Bloom-of-Modern-Midwifery Discovering the midwifery community at the ACNM Annual Meeting By Susana Vega, CNM I do not lack love. I do not lack joy. I do not lack compa...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:51:48 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Finding-My-Kindhttp://www.midwife.org/Finding-My-KindBy Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN I have come to believe that one of the hallmarks of a great midwifery practice is ability to integrate new midwives....Fri, 10 May 2013 15:47:55 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-From-Student-to-Saveur-and-the-Argument-for-Hiring-New-Gradshttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-From-Student-to-Saveur-and-the-Argument-for-Hiring-New-Grads By Kathryn Kravetz Carr, CNM, Chair, ACNM Government Affairs Committee May is a big month for midwives! ACNM Virtual Lobby Week is coming up nex...Tue, 07 May 2013 16:40:58 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Speak-out-for-Midwifery-Deliver-your-Message-to-Congresshttp://www.midwife.org/Speak-out-for-Midwifery-Deliver-your-Message-to-Congress By Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN Whether you are on cloud 9 after receiving an offer from an employer, or still hunting for the perfect employment...Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:12:56 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Certification-Licensure-and-Maintenance---Oh-Myhttp://www.midwife.org/Certification-Licensure-and-Maintenance---Oh-My By Letitia Sullivan, CNM, Chair, ACNM National Program Committee In today’s age of social media, online education, and electronic health records, ...Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:52:07 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/ACNM-58th-Annual-Meeting-Exhibition-A-Rare-Opportunity-for-Real-Life-Connectionhttp://www.midwife.org/ACNM-58th-Annual-Meeting-Exhibition-A-Rare-Opportunity-for-Real-Life-Connection By Melanie Furrer, SNM, BSN, RN, ACNM Government Relations Intern Let’s start out with a little introduction. I’m Melanie: RN first, and graduat...Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:01:21 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/At-the-Table-an-insider-s-perspective-on-advocacy-at-ACNMhttp://www.midwife.org/At-the-Table-an-insider-s-perspective-on-advocacy-at-ACNM by Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MS Student loan grace periods creeping to an end? Monthly bills piled high from school? Ready to start working and wi...Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:55:18 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwives-Flexibility-for-any-positionhttp://www.midwife.org/Midwives-Flexibility-for-any-positionBy Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MS After the last entry’s list of job hunting strategies, are you ready with a list of postings? Does performance anxiet...Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:21:38 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Landing-Ithttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Landing-It By Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN As with all things in midwifery practice, the search for the first, or the next, midwifery job must be holistic: ke...Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:29:07 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Finding-your-Dream-Jobhttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Finding-your-Dream-JobThere are only so many rooms. By Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN In every clinic, in every hospital, in every birth center, in every home. There are ...Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:26:57 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Learning-in-Stride-Space-Place-and-Historieshttp://www.midwife.org/Learning-in-Stride-Space-Place-and-Histories“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” - John W. Gardner By Karline Wilson-Mitchell, Heather Clarke, and Maria Valentin...Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:27:56 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/We-Celebrate-HerStory-In-honor-of-Black-History-Monthhttp://www.midwife.org/We-Celebrate-HerStory-In-honor-of-Black-History-Monthon things that are not, and perhaps cannot be, taught By Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN I began outlining this post on the back of an Audre Lorde ...Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:44:27 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Learning-in-Stride-Evidence-and-Experiencehttp://www.midwife.org/Learning-in-Stride-Evidence-and-Experienceby Lorrie Kline Kaplan, ACNM Chief Executive Officer After several months of planning and much hard work, ACNM together with our friends at the Ameri...Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:29:48 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/ACNM-Brings-the-National-Birth-Center-Study-II-to-Capitol-Hillhttp://www.midwife.org/ACNM-Brings-the-National-Birth-Center-Study-II-to-Capitol-Hill By Walker Karraa, MFA, MA Previous studies conducted by Britain’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2011), and Lobel and De...Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:49:21 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Planned-Cesarean-and-Postpartum-Well-Being-A-National-Studyhttp://www.midwife.org/Planned-Cesarean-and-Postpartum-Well-Being-A-National-Study By Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FAAN, FACNM, President, American College of Nurse-Midwives Today ACNM’s peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of M...Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:29:32 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/New-Study-Shows-Success-of-Midwife-led-Birth-Centershttp://www.midwife.org/New-Study-Shows-Success-of-Midwife-led-Birth-Centers By Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN Every once in a while, my emotions take over. The daily grind outweighs the beauty of individual interactions, an...Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:09:43 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Navigating-the-Midwifery-Certification-Examhttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Navigating-the-Midwifery-Certification-ExamBy Stephanie Tillman, CNM, MSN What is the first year of midwifery practice like? Experienced midwives might remember theirs with assured and dista...Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:03:48 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Transitioning-into-the-Second-Oldest-Professionhttp://www.midwife.org/The-Latent-Phase-Transitioning-into-the-Second-Oldest-ProfessionBy Walker Karraa, MFA, MA. This post was originally published on Giving Birth with Confidence, a blog powered by Lamaze International. See the origina...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:35:53 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Reading-Beyond-the-Headlines-a-closer-look-at-the-study-on-SSRIs-during-pregnancyhttp://www.midwife.org/Reading-Beyond-the-Headlines-a-closer-look-at-the-study-on-SSRIs-during-pregnancyby Shannon K. Valenzuela, PhD, LCCE This week, let’s discuss the tendency of mothers of many to be “supermoms” in the fourth trimester. Supermom ta...Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:23:49 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Mothers-of-Many-Challenge-2-Beware-of-Supermomhttp://www.midwife.org/Mothers-of-Many-Challenge-2-Beware-of-SupermomBy Walker Karraa, MFA, MA In 2010, ACNM published a position paper supporting group prenatal care which states that “group prenatal care offers an ...Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:35:55 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Group-Prenatal-Care-and-Meaning-to-Mothershttp://www.midwife.org/Group-Prenatal-Care-and-Meaning-to-Mothersby Shannon K. Valenzuela, PhD, LCCE As we continue our series on mothering the mother of many, I want to dive right into the first challenge: find...Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:40:32 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Mothers-of-Many-Challenge-1-Quiet-Timehttp://www.midwife.org/Mothers-of-Many-Challenge-1-Quiet-Timeby Shannon K. Valenzuela, PhD, LCCE I remember so clearly the moment when I realized that the usual script for self-care before and after birth was...Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:31:52 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Large-Family-Dynamics-Unique-Postpartum-Challenges-of-the-Mother-of-Manyhttp://www.midwife.org/Large-Family-Dynamics-Unique-Postpartum-Challenges-of-the-Mother-of-ManyReproductive Researchers Reach Wide Audience with New Interactive Web site by Walker Karraa, MFA, MA Researchers from the Institute of Reproductive...Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:22:37 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Begin-Before-Birthhttp://www.midwife.org/Begin-Before-BirthBy Melissa Garvey, ACNM Communications Manager A study published in the September 2012 issue of ACNM’s peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of Midwifer...Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:57:54 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Significant-Increase-in-Pregnant-Women-Receiving-Care-from-Midwives-Nurse-Practitioners-and-Physician-Assistantshttp://www.midwife.org/Significant-Increase-in-Pregnant-Women-Receiving-Care-from-Midwives-Nurse-Practitioners-and-Physician-Assistantsby: Walker Karraa, MFA, MA In reading Cheryl Tatano Beck’s, CNM, DNSc, latest study, "A Mixed Methods Study of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Labor an...Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:43:13 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Add-Another-Scar-to-My-Soul-Effects-of-Traumatic-Birth-on-Care-Providershttp://www.midwife.org/Add-Another-Scar-to-My-Soul-Effects-of-Traumatic-Birth-on-Care-ProvidersDid you know that babies who are breastfed during the first year of life save their families $1500 in formula costs? These babies also have lower ove...Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:52:22 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Free-Breastfeeding-Guide-for-Midwives-and-Clientshttp://www.midwife.org/Free-Breastfeeding-Guide-for-Midwives-and-Clientsby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor August is Midwifery Advocacy Month—right around the corner—and we hope midwives across the country will par...Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:51:32 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/It-s-the-Little-Thingshttp://www.midwife.org/It-s-the-Little-Thingsby Julie Paul, CNM, DNP After about 5 years of practicing as a full-scope certified nurse-midwife (CNM), I started to notice things I wanted to ch...Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:43:37 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Changing-Clinical-Practice-via-the-DNPhttp://www.midwife.org/Changing-Clinical-Practice-via-the-DNPby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor When we shared the recent New York Times article “The Midwife as Status Symbol” on our social media channel...Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:06:40 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-or-Status-Symbol-A-Look-at-the-Real-Trendshttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-or-Status-Symbol-A-Look-at-the-Real-Trendsby Guest Blogger Aubre Tompkins, CNM Aubre Tompkins, CNM, is in her second year as a midwife. She has been guest blogging about the lessons she’s l...Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:00:13 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Cherish-Your-Familyhttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Cherish-Your-FamilyIt's been a little quiet on the blog since we've been putting so much preparation into the ACNM 57th Annual Meeting, which ends this week. We hope all...Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:20:16 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Birth-Experience-of-a-Lifetimehttp://www.midwife.org/The-Birth-Experience-of-a-Lifetimeby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor If you aren’t participating in the ACNM Benchmarking Project, what’s holding you back? Are you afraid that co...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:28:19 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Benchmarking-Easy-Does-Ithttp://www.midwife.org/Benchmarking-Easy-Does-Itby Guest Blogger Aubre Tompkins, CNM Aubre Tompkins, CNM, is in her second year as a midwife. She has been guest blogging about the lessons she’s l...Thu, 03 May 2012 18:50:20 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Nurture-Yourselfhttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Nurture-Yourselfby Emily Hoger, SNM The practice of midwifery is inherently political. As midwives, we have many constraints on our time, but it is vitally important...Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:27:01 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Let-s-Get-Politicalhttp://www.midwife.org/Let-s-Get-Politicalby Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger One day, I may be a grandmother. I may see one of my children become a parent. If it is my daughter, I may want...Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:22:33 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Kindness-of-Strangershttp://www.midwife.org/The-Kindness-of-Strangersby Noreen Prokuski, CNM The six of us jump into our 4x4 trucks for a bone-rattling, bumper-car ride inching up the rocky, twisting pathways leading t...Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:37:10 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-Travels-to-Guatemala-with-Save-the-Childrenhttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-Travels-to-Guatemala-with-Save-the-ChildrenStephanie Assisi, 32, knew since college that when the time came, she’d want to try for a natural, drug-free birth with a midwife in attendance. But w...Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:55:33 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Birth-in-Action-An-Autobiographical-Documentary-of-One-Family-s-Journeyhttp://www.midwife.org/Birth-in-Action-An-Autobiographical-Documentary-of-One-Family-s-Journeyby Angeline Fujioka, CNM, ACNM Technical Advisor, Department of Global Outreach Pervasive and dangerously silent human rights violations against wo...Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:20:42 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Global-Movement-to-Reduce-Disrespectful-and-Abusive-Treatment-of-Women-during-Childbirthhttp://www.midwife.org/Global-Movement-to-Reduce-Disrespectful-and-Abusive-Treatment-of-Women-during-ChildbirthAs mavens of wellness, midwives are in a powerful position to help guide our clients (and ourselves) in making positive, proven choices that support n...Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:46:06 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Happy-Improving-Your-Life-Using-Evidence-based-Sciencehttp://www.midwife.org/Happy-Improving-Your-Life-Using-Evidence-based-Scienceby Diana Spalding, CNM, DGH Communication Section The Division of Global Health is excited to begin contributing to the ACNM blog! We will let you ...Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:37:48 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Global-Health-at-ACNMhttp://www.midwife.org/Global-Health-at-ACNMby Kathryn Kravetz Carr, CNM; Brielle Stoyke, CNM; and Jeni Poell, CNM Advocacy month is not just for August anymore! For years, members of the ACNM ...Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:48:42 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Every-Month-is-Advocacy-Monthhttp://www.midwife.org/Every-Month-is-Advocacy-Monthby Guest Blogger Aubre Tompkins, CNM Aubre Tompkins, CNM, is beginning her second year as a midwife. She has been guest blogging about the lessons ...Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:46:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-It-Takes-a-Villagehttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-It-Takes-a-Villageby Judy Mendel, ACNM Communications Intern US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius followed in my footsteps. I was fortunate to vi...Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:08:09 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/A-Gem-in-our-Backyardhttp://www.midwife.org/A-Gem-in-our-Backyard by ACNM Guest Blogger KC Bly, CNM, RN, WHNP This cartoon makes me chuckle. I admit it: it’s funny. But it’s funny because, like most humor, it r...Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:28:31 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Old-Stereotypes-and-New-Professional-Roles-Men-in-Midwiferyhttp://www.midwife.org/Old-Stereotypes-and-New-Professional-Roles-Men-in-Midwiferyby Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor It is often said that there is no perfect time to have a baby, but this rang especially true for Melicia Es...Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:39:53 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Two-midwife-practice-one-midwife-on-leave-Navigating-a-difficult-conversationhttp://www.midwife.org/Two-midwife-practice-one-midwife-on-leave-Navigating-a-difficult-conversationby ACNM Guest Blogger Jennifer Williams, CNM Unless you’ve been living under a rock or have been on call 24/7 for the past couple of days, it’s unl...Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:27 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Lesson-Behind-the-Komen-Debaclehttp://www.midwife.org/The-Lesson-Behind-the-Komen-Debacleby Sarah Darby, CNM, reposted with permission from Meandering Midwife "If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me, Threatening the...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:59:46 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Just-Breathehttp://www.midwife.org/Just-Breatheby Nancy Jo Reedy, CNM, MPH, FACNM Recently, a conversation about self-care on the ACNM clinical management listserv provided some food for thought...Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:55:04 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Sharing-Our-Strengthhttp://www.midwife.org/Sharing-Our-Strengthby ACNM Guest Blogger Jennifer Williams, CNM When I was a little girl, I always thought there was a problem with our Nativity set. I could never fi...Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:05:17 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Did-Mary-Have-a-Midwifehttp://www.midwife.org/Did-Mary-Have-a-Midwifeby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor I think everyone does it on some level—you go home for the holidays and suddenly you feel like you’re 16 ag...Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:41:38 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Self-Care-and-Happier-Holidayshttp://www.midwife.org/Self-Care-and-Happier-Holidaysby ACNM Guest Blogger, Kimla McDonald, CNM “Please turn off that spotlight,” I asked the labor tech in the birth room as the baby’s head was crowning...Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:39:09 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Elusive-Ephemeral-Momenthttp://www.midwife.org/The-Elusive-Ephemeral-Momentby Nancy Jo Reedy, CNM Last fall, we lost two influential cultural voices: Steve Jobs in October, and Andy Rooney in November. Both of these men l...Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:02:58 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Andy-Rooney-Steve-Jobs-and-Midwives-Common-Sense-and-Uncommon-Thinkinghttp://www.midwife.org/Andy-Rooney-Steve-Jobs-and-Midwives-Common-Sense-and-Uncommon-Thinkingby Guest Blogger Aubre Tompkins, CNM Aubre Tompkins, CNM, is finishing up her first year as a midwife. She has been guest blogging about the lesson...Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:01:05 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=261&FormID=300http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=261&FormID=300by Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor Too often during the holidays, we use material goods to substitute for what really matters: our time and at...Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:11:12 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Giving-Thanks-for-YOUhttp://www.midwife.org/Giving-Thanks-for-YOUby ACNM Guest Blogger KC Bly, CNM, RN, WHNP “They call you a midwife?” “Shouldn’t they call you a midhusband?” Awkward giggles. These are am...Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:28:25 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Don-t-Call-Me-Midhusbandhttp://www.midwife.org/Don-t-Call-Me-Midhusbandby Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor Today, November 17, is World Prematurity Day. And although the United States improved its prematurity rates f...Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:49:32 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/World-Prematurity-Day-Facts-and-Resourceshttp://www.midwife.org/World-Prematurity-Day-Facts-and-Resourcesby ACNM Guest Blogger Jennifer Williams, CNM The media has been abuzz lately as the world’s population hits seven billion. In 1999, the world popul...Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:08:25 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tick-Tockhttp://www.midwife.org/Tick-Tockby ACNM Guest Blogger, Kimla McDonald, CNM Before I became a midwife, I studied design in my training as a landscape architect. I learned to look f...Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:02:39 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Ina-May-Gaskin-Wins-Alternative-Nobel-Prizehttp://www.midwife.org/Ina-May-Gaskin-Wins-Alternative-Nobel-Prizeby Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, ACNM and Barbara Hughes, CNM, are gearing up for a free resource-p...Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:28:48 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=228&FormID=300http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=228&FormID=300by Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor, and Christian Ornburn, CNM If you’re a midwifery student, you may not want to even think about trying to g...Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:03:52 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Finding-a-Jobhttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Finding-a-Jobby Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor I love my job. It’s interesting, educational, fulfilling, and my boss is really understanding when my toddl...Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:36:44 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Working-for-a-Living-Get-What-You-Wanthttp://www.midwife.org/Working-for-a-Living-Get-What-You-Wantby Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor It’s fall, the leaves are blowing off the trees, and midwifery students are back in school juggling books, th...Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:17:36 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Show-Me-the-Money-Financing-Your-Midwifery-Educationhttp://www.midwife.org/Show-Me-the-Money-Financing-Your-Midwifery-Educationby Guest Blogger Aubre Tompkins, CNM As clinicians we are often taught to distance ourselves and camouflage our emotions. I have a strong belief that...Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Emotions-Are-Healthyhttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-from-the-First-Year-Emotions-Are-Healthyby Jennifer Williams, CNM Right now across the country and the world, student midwives are learning all about this calling we love so very much. Ha...Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:40:09 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/5-Essential-Rules-for-Midwiveshttp://www.midwife.org/5-Essential-Rules-for-MidwivesTip of the week by Cassie Moore, ACNM writer and editor Sometimes the answers to our big problems are so small and easy, they seem like they couldn’t...Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:16:03 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Safer-Outcomes-Checkhttp://www.midwife.org/Safer-Outcomes-Checkby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor Recently, one of our members brought up the point that, after staying up for 24 hours (or longer!) while on...Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:08:28 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Staying-in-Shape-when-you-ve-been-up-for-24-hourshttp://www.midwife.org/Staying-in-Shape-when-you-ve-been-up-for-24-hoursby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor I regularly skim articles on Babble to see if they have any information mentioning midwives. Last week, I r...Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:01:15 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Teaming-Up-to-Address-ACNM-s-1-Challengehttp://www.midwife.org/Teaming-Up-to-Address-ACNM-s-1-Challengeby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Chances are, you know someone who has had breast cancer....Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:23:54 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Breast-Cancer-Awarenesshttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Breast-Cancer-Awarenessby Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger Two weeks ago my son started college. He is my second child, four years younger than his sister, so this proces...Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:34:15 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/New-Beginnings-and-the-Midwife-Moonhttp://www.midwife.org/New-Beginnings-and-the-Midwife-MoonMidwives: We’re talking with other professional societies about the use of Makena to prevent premature birth, and we need your input! Feel free to com...Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Makena-and-Compound-17Phttp://www.midwife.org/Makena-and-Compound-17Pby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor Every day around the world, 1000 women and 2000 babies die from causes that could be prevented if only they h...Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:31:40 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Take-Action-to-Save-Mothers-and-Babies-Worldwidehttp://www.midwife.org/Take-Action-to-Save-Mothers-and-Babies-Worldwideby Aubre Tompkins, CNM Sitting down to write this piece, I traveled back to my first days as a brand new, shiny midwife. Luckily, as it has not been ...Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-From-the-First-Year-Remember-to-Breathe-and-Listenhttp://www.midwife.org/Pearls-From-the-First-Year-Remember-to-Breathe-and-Listenby Eileen Ehudin Beard, CNM, FNP, MS, ACNM Senior Practice Advisor and Tina Johnson, CNM, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy Va...Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Vaccineshttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-Vaccinesby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor In a recent post on Science & Sensibility, Hillary Boucher and Jeanette McCulloch discussed why birth profess...Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Check-Out-These-Midwifery-Blogshttp://www.midwife.org/Check-Out-These-Midwifery-Blogsby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor and Tina Johnson, CNM, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy We’re adding a new feature to M...Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-When-Disaster-Strikeshttp://www.midwife.org/Tip-of-the-Week-When-Disaster-Strikesby Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger God bless you, Google, for bringing me to this Web site from a search for “Mary Breckinridge,” where I learne...Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Mary-Breckinridge-s-Grand-Visionhttp://www.midwife.org/Mary-Breckinridge-s-Grand-Visionby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor Over the course of her 16-year career, Rebeca Barroso, CNM, has seen a lot of burnout and attrition among h...Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Burnout-Midwifery-s-Occupational-Hazardhttp://www.midwife.org/Burnout-Midwifery-s-Occupational-HazardGuest Post by MomsRising Last week, Moms Rising sent around a letter in response to Bill O’Reilly’s inflammatory commentary on the news that the Affo...Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:31:07 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/MomsRising-Responds-to-Bill-O-Reillyhttp://www.midwife.org/MomsRising-Responds-to-Bill-O-Reillyby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor If you read the spring issue of Quickening, ACNM’s quarterly member newsletter, you probably came across cert...Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Hello-Goodbye-Midwives-Birth-and-Deathhttp://www.midwife.org/Hello-Goodbye-Midwives-Birth-and-Deathby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor One of my favorite aspects of my job is speaking with midwives and other health care professionals who are ...Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Pass-the-Nitrous-Oxide-Pleasehttp://www.midwife.org/Pass-the-Nitrous-Oxide-Pleaseby Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger According to Amnesty International’s “Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA,” published...Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwifery-by-the-Numbershttp://www.midwife.org/Midwifery-by-the-Numbersby Lynneece Rooney, CNM, Region V ACNM Government Affairs Committee Representative August is Midwifery Advocacy month, which means that CNMs and CMs ...Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/August-is-Midwifery-Advocacy-Month-6-MORE-Ways-to-Participatehttp://www.midwife.org/August-is-Midwifery-Advocacy-Month-6-MORE-Ways-to-Participateby Lynneece Rooney, CNM, Region V ACNM Government Affairs Committee Representative August is Midwifery Advocacy Month, which means that CNMs and CM...Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/August-is-Midwifery-Advocacy-Month-4-Ways-to-Participatehttp://www.midwife.org/August-is-Midwifery-Advocacy-Month-4-Ways-to-Participate by Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” -Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany o...Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/You-Are-What-You-Eathttp://www.midwife.org/You-Are-What-You-EatThis is a big week for midwives, women, and infants around the world. Once every three years, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) holds ...Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Midwifery-Profession-Gets-a-Global-Boost-at-ICMhttp://www.midwife.org/The-Midwifery-Profession-Gets-a-Global-Boost-at-ICMby Holly Powell Kennedy, ACNM President (pictured left), and Melissa Avery, ACNM Past President (pictured right) The International Confederation of M...Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:13:09 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwifery-History-was-Made-Today-with-the-Passage-of-Essential-Documents-by-the-International-Confederation-of-Midwiveshttp://www.midwife.org/Midwifery-History-was-Made-Today-with-the-Passage-of-Essential-Documents-by-the-International-Confederation-of-MidwivesBy Kimla McDonald, CNM, Guest Blogger A recent news story and a phone call from a pregnant client made me think about how midwives approach the appro...Thu, 26 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Tea-for-Twohttp://www.midwife.org/Tea-for-Two by Heather Cates, ACNM Government Affairs Committee/Midwives-PAC Student Representative As a student, I spent hours becoming proficient at the a...Mon, 02 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/The-Wellness-Exam-vs.-Well-woman-Services-under-Medicare-Get-the-Factshttp://www.midwife.org/The-Wellness-Exam-vs.-Well-woman-Services-under-Medicare-Get-the-Facts by Cassie Moore, Writer and Editor, American College of Nurse-Midwives Ever feel like some people just don’t “get” midwifery? Sure, your clients...Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=14&FormID=300http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=14&FormID=300by Cassie Moore, Writer and Editor, American College of Nurse-Midwives Will you be marching for midwives on Thursday, May 5? In preparation for the ...Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/International-Day-of-the-Midwife-on-May-5-So-Many-Ways-to-Participatehttp://www.midwife.org/International-Day-of-the-Midwife-on-May-5-So-Many-Ways-to-Participateby Cassie Moore, Writer and Editor, American College of Nurse-Midwives With a 32.9% cesarean rate, an increasing maternal mortality rate, and skyrock...Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:06:30 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-Wisdom-Goes-Digital-Holds-Potential-to-Change-Hospital-Birth-Practiceshttp://www.midwife.org/Midwife-Wisdom-Goes-Digital-Holds-Potential-to-Change-Hospital-Birth-Practicesby Jenifer Poell, CNM, WHNP-BC Remember walking into your first job as a new midwife? If you’re anything like me, you felt very excited but intimidat...Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/Building-Relationships-My-First-ACNM-Lobby-Dayhttp://www.midwife.org/Building-Relationships-My-First-ACNM-Lobby-Dayby Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor By now you’ve seen our fabulous new Web site—we hope you love it as much as we do! We’re also taking this b...Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:37:05 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/A-New-Direction-for-Midwife-Connectionhttp://www.midwife.org/A-New-Direction-for-Midwife-ConnectionJust this morning, ACNM released an Issue Brief in response to the ACOG Committee Opinion on Planned Home Birth published in the February 2011 issue o...Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:17 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=4&FormID=300http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogEntryID=4&FormID=300Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:25:54 GMThttp://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogCategoryID=4&BlogEntryID=224&FormID=300http://www.midwife.org/index.asp?bid=325&BlogCategoryID=4&BlogEntryID=224&FormID=300