Midwives provide education and support during pregnancy, assist mothers during labor and delivery, and provide follow-up care. Practitioners of childbirth support include childbirth educators, childbirth assistants and doulas (women labor coaches who also provide post-partum home care). Some midwives are also licensed to provide "well-woman" gynecological care, including screening tests and birth control.
By Nelia DeAmaral
SIMPLE YOGA FOR PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM MOMS By Nelia DeAmaral , Certified Labour Doula and Yoga Teacher www.birthwithcare.com YOGA is simply the act of moving mindfully with the focus on breathing ...
By Nelia DeAmaral
...pport our clients. Some may dismiss the need for labour support and birth preparation. We have been birthing babies for thousands of years, so it can’t be such a complicated process, right? ...
By VitalityLink Finder
...nd a nurse at the birth. They were my "just in case" act. I had also been in touch with a wonderful midwife the entire pregnancy. She was there. So the day arrived in the fall of 1975 for the birth ...
By VitalityLink Finder
...in the current generation. Babies are commonly born with one or more supportive family members in a birthing room at the hospital. Midwives or Doulas are often attending at a low-risk birth instead ...
