Midwives are common, c-sections rare

St. Joseph's Hospital, the oldest in Minnesota, has found a new niche as it relies on midwives. Article features members Melissa Hasler, Deb Monson and Brielle Stoyke

Centering Pregnancy

ACNM member Susan Jacoby, CNM, explains the Centering Pregnancy approach and the midwifery model of care.

WGME-TV (CBS affiliate)

Portland, ME

The art of baby catching
Julie Gorwoda, director of nurse-midwifery education at the University of New Mexico’s College of Nursing, speaks on the importance of midwifes in women's care, and shares the history of midwifery.

The piece also mentions ACNM members Leah Albers and Felina Ortiz.

alibi.com (NM)

Ten tips for expectant mothers
Member Elizabeth Stein penned this article which was picked up by Macon.com (GA) and other newspapers across the country.

Macon.com (GA)

Midwife turned CEO delivers health care

As FamilyCare's CEO, Martha Carter, CNM, oversees seven federally funded nonprofit clinics in Charleston, Teays Valley, and Madison, as well as an eighth facility underway in Eleanor. Nearly 24,000 patients use the clinics every year, people of all ages, people with and without insurance.

Local nurse midwives ready for trip to Haiti

Donna Lowney, CNM, is used to seeing patients in her quiet office in Stafford and delivering babies at nearby Johnson Memorial Hospital. Soon she’ll be visiting patients in makeshift tent cities and delivering babies in poorly equipped Haitian hospitals.

Why Worries About Baby Are Bad for Baby

Pregnancy-specific anxiety is linked to developmental delays. New programs--including the midwife-founded group model of care CenteringPregnancy--aim to help expectant moms reduce stress.

Simple approach could save lives: Oldest birth center in Texas shows the way

At the oldest birth center in Texas, at Weslaco in the Rio Grande Valley, a small team of committed health workers has achieved what successive US governments have failed to do for more than two decades — dramatically improved the health of women giving birth and their babies.

Local Doctors, Midwife Volunteer in Haiti

Tanya Tringali, CNM, a midwife at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, will leave March 27 for Cite Soleil, just outside Port-au-Prince, where plans are under way to construct a birthing center for expectant mothers.

Midwives Headed to Haiti to Deliver Babies, Tend Ill

ACNM member midwives Patti Lee and Pam Craddock are headed to Haiti with Midwives for Haiti.

American Academy of Nursing Recognizes CT Nurse Midwife

The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) named Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, RN, CNM, an "Edge Runner," a designation given to nurses who have pioneered innovative, nurse-led models of care.

Vaginal birth after C-section gets boost by NIH-convened expert panel

Megan Sapp, CNM, of Special Beginnings Birth & Women's Center in Arnold, MD, is quoted.

Group appointments give patients better access to physicians

Midwives and physicians caring for multiple patients simultaneously has gotten a new boost as the nation urgently searches for sustainable models of health care.

Midwives a reborn option

In Kaiser Permanente's system, midwives are part of an integrated labor and delivery team with nurses and physicians.

Lessons at Indian Hospital for Births After C-Sections

This week, the NIH will hold a conference in Bethesda, MD, about the country’s dismal rates of vaginal birth after Caesarean, which have plummeted since 1996. Tuba City will not be on the agenda, but its hospital could probably teach the rest of the country a few things about obstetrical care.

Top Tips for Pregnant Women with Herpes Simplex Virus

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) impacts 40 percent of women across the U.S. Midwife & leading women’s health expert, Elizabeth Stein CNM, MSN, MPH, sheds light on this infection and explains what pregnant women with herpes can do to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy and birth.

CDC Study Says Home Births on the Rise in U.S.

New numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that a very small but slightly growing number of women are choosing to give birth outside of the hospital.

South County Independent

(Newport, RI)

Pregnant in Prison

Women receive prenatal care, but give birth in shackles. Article features Pam Spry, CNM.

Ready, Set, Conception: 9 Steps to Prepare Your Body for Baby

ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Ehudin Beard, CNM, FNP, is quoted in this excellent article on preparing your body for conception.

Let midwives practice

Board member Heather Swanson writes that the midwives of Nebraska are more than ready to help alleviate the infant death rate; however they need practice barriers removed by the state.

Women in labor can have food, studies say

ACNM's Eileen Beard, CNM weighs in on the ongoing debate about oral nutrition during labor. Article references new Cochrane study.

Ready, set, conception

ACNM Senior Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, provides some advice for couples that are trying to conceive.

Shade Tree program bolsters prenatal care options

Shade Tree Early Pregnancy Program (STEPP) is a clinical partnership between the Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine and School of Nursing. STEPP is a bridge to get people in need into care,” said Tonia Moore-Davis, M.S.N., R.N., C.M.N., head of the VUSN nurse midwifery practice. Article features several other ACNM members, including Mavis Schorn, CNM, PhD.

Reporter

(Vanderbilt University's weekly newspaper)

Tampa midwife named nurse of the year

Pam Kelly is an employee of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, and serves as a nurse-midwife with the University of South Florida. She serves on the Advisory Committee of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence; in November, Pam was to set up a Sexual Assault Response Team in Antigua. In just one week, she trained 100 people.

Mom fights, gets the delivery she wants

Article includes several quotes from ACNM member Debbie Levy about tough, last-minute delivery room decisions and offers advice for expectant parents.

Nurse-midwives practice at St. Luke's

Article features recent nurse-midwifery graduates from the University of Kansas program: Michaela Galimba and Rachel Israel. Both are members of ACNM.

The Kansas City Nursing News

kcnursingnews.com

Rebirth of the midwife

Article quotes Francie Likis, editor-in-chief of Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, and Mavis Schorn, Nominating Committee member.

Health care savings could start in the cafeteria

ACNM member Zoe Finch Totten, CNM, is also the chief executive of Full Yield, a start-up that aims to help employers cut health care costs via better food choices.

Midwifery services come to Lafayette (IN)

ACNM member Sharon Smith, CNM is now practicing at a local hospital-- providing expectant moms with a new option.

WFLI.com -- Channel 18

(a CBS affiliate)

Celeb-Inspired Trend: Home Birth Parties

More and more women are choosing to give birth in their living rooms instead of hospital rooms, and some are inviting friends and family for the big event. Article features ACNM members Lonnie Morris, CNM and Carole Shipman, CNM. Carole's daughter is also featured.

WCBS-TV -- Channel 2

(a CBS affiliate)

Dealing with miscarriage

ACNM member Leslie Ludka speaks about some of the causes, signs and symptoms.

Home, Sweet Home

Only about 1 percent of American women give birth at home, but the option has been getting a lot of attention lately.

Media out of focus on midwifery

Recent reports have focused on the rising trend of home births and, unfortunately, many stories have zeroed in on a few tragic situations. (This opinion piece was co-authored by ACNM President-elect Holly Powell Kennedy!)

More East-side moms to be turn to midwives

Since 1996, the certified nurse-midwives at the Center for Women’s Health at Evergreen have been providing primary care and maternity care services to women of all ages. Last month, the midwives delivered their 4000th baby...

Midwives catch 3,000 babies at UC San Diego Medical Center

UC San Diego Medical Center celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Birth Center—California’s only in-hospital unit dedicated to natural childbirth. During the anniversary, which also coincides with National Midwifery Week, the center is due to receive its 3,000th baby.

A new health center is born

Dillingham resident Joan Junge has delivered about 250 babies during her career as a nurse practitioner and midwife. In June, she participated in a birth of a different kind, opening the doors to her own practice.

Five questions: K. Michelle Doyle

ACNM member Michelle Doyle answers a few questions about the midwifery profession as well as her desire to establish her own practice.

The (Troy, NY) Record

www.troyrecord.com

Midwife joins women's health care center

Certified nurse midwife Angela Reidner recently joined the staff of the Women's Health Care Center at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

mywebtimes.com

The (IL) Times (Ottawa, Illinois)

Elk Regional Health Center (ERHC) now offers midwifery services

Julie Syzmanski, RN, MSN is the newest addition to the Elk Regional Health Center's staff as a certified nurse midwife (CNM).

St. Mary's (PA) Daily Press

smdailypress.com

Midwives give back control to moms during pregnancy

CNM Belinda Lassen breaks down stereotypes while providing individualized care to the women she serves.

The Sioux City (IA) Journal

siouxcityjournal.com

You've come a long way, baby

Sally Schaefer has more than 2,000 reasons why she enjoys her job.

The Mountaineer

(Asheville/Hayward County, NC)

Miracle of life: Nivia Nieves Fisch

A reporter spends the day with Nivia, an ACNM member, and learns more about a midwife's day-to-day encounters.

ValleyMorningStar.com

(Harlingen, TX)

Nurse-midwife Burton wins humanitarian award

In her 33 years as a nurse-midwife, Nancy Burton of Meriden has seen what happens to people who can't afford medical care.

Lights, camera, contraction!

ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, along with Dr. Eugene DeClercq weighs in on the popularity of YouTube childbirth videos.

New midwife program leads to more healthy babies in Orange County

Orange County Health Department is introducing its new Certified Nurse Midwife Program.The service, a first at the health department, has helped deliver at least 89 healthy babies at Health Central Hospital.

Channel 13

(Orlando/Central Fla.)

Childbirth is often fraught with myths, misconceptions

CNM Kris Ann Jardin and Christian Pope, MD of Healthcare for Women discuss childbirth patterns.

Modern midwife

A self-described “childbirth junkie” who is the founder and director of Irvine-based South Coast Midwifery, Lorrie Walker, CNM, has been “catching” babies since 1985.

Article also features information from Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health.

How to find the right birth control

Bridget Howard, CNM, provides advice for those who are trying to find the ideal contraceptive.

May 2009 issue

Woman of the Year: Catterall gets Beta Sigma Phi Award

Beta Sigma Phi named Lisa Catterall of OB-GYN Associates Nurse Midwives as its Community Woman of the Year.

About to give birth? Get out of bed

Article highlights Cochrane Review findings, and features quotes from ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen E. Beard.

Come On In, Make Yourself at Home

Featuring Bridget Howard, CNM and Marsha Jackson, CNM, the article includes a growing number of specialty nursing associations, such as ACNM, that are reaching out to attract a more ethnically, culturally and gender-diverse membership.

Hospital welcomes newest addition to women's health clinic

Kim Chamberlain, CNM, joins a local obstetrician's practice.

More moms-to-be turn to midwives

A growing number of women are turning to midwives to deliver their babies. Debbie Boucher, CNM and Cheri Moran, CNM are both featured.

Birth and Baby Expo: All about babies

Two Va. midwives/birth center advocates coordinate a birth and baby exposition for the community.

Nuns brought life to Southwest Florida

Lee County was a bleak place for babies in the 1970s. Then, the nuns came.

Non-hospital births growing in popularity

Once considered risky, deliveries by nurse-midwives are increasing across the country as parents look to control health care costs or experience home-like births.

Male nurse-midwife thrives in a woman's world

ACNM member Steve Deserre discusses his decision to become a nurse-midwife.

Health care crisis claims midwifery practice

ACNM member Lisa Catterall calls herself "one of the faces" of America's health care crisis.

orovillemr.com

online version of Oroville Mercury-Register (Oroville, CA)

Midwife agency opens

ACNM member Glorida Lelaidier is co-founder and owner of a new midwifery practice -- the first privately owned and operated nurse practitioner/nurse-midwife group practice in St. Augstine, Florida.

staugustine.com

(online version of St. Augustine Record)

Center's care is like giving birth in living room

Irvine birth center provides alternative to hospital births.

The Opening of the Women's Wellness and Education Center

The Women's Wellness and Education Center of Asheville, NC, houses a collective of independent practitioners, nonprofits, and service providers focused on guiding women through the transitions of life.

When push comes to love, nurse midwives deliver

For the birth of her sixth child, Susan Steffens placed her trust in a centuries-old practice but in a modern setting

Home-birth Advocates Press Pro-Midwife Campaign

Advocates of home births are challenging the medical and political establishments to give midwives a larger role in maternity care. ACNM Board President Melissa Avery is quoted.

ap.org

PLEASE NOTE: This article was published in its entirety or as an excerpt in more than 100 newspapers around the world.

Midwives in the Military Offer Extra Level of Care

Certified nurse-midwives Lt. Cmdrs. Andrea Hiles and Kim Shaughnessy oversee most of the births at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan -- about 50 a month.

stripes.com

(Stars and Stripes online)

Oldest Birthing Center in Texas Needs Support

Nancy Sandrock, director of Holy Family Services Birth Center, and her staff provide a tour of the center.

www.krgv.com

ABC TV affiliate- Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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Gainesville (Ga.) Midwives Meeting Demand

CNM Ann Addison is director of midwifery services at Longstreet Clinic, which includes 10 midwives on staff.

accessnorthga.com

Sharon Schindler Rising Awarded 2008 Purpose Prize for Extraordinary Social Contribution

Sharon Schindler Rising is one of the 15 winners of the 2008 Purpose Prize, a program for people over 60 who are taking on society’s biggest challenges.

Hospital Midwife Serves in War Zone

Last year, Certified Nurse-Midwife Linda Robinson traveled half way around the world to a war-torn corner of central Africa. What she saw there turned her own world upside down.

Midwives of Carbon County

For the past eight years, JoAnn Haas was the only certified nurse-midwife (CNM) in Carbon County. Now, CNM Linda Anderson has joined her.

www.tnonline.com

(Times News of Lehighton, Pennsylvania)

Certified Nurse-Midwives Focus on Women’s Health Care Issues
The Bay Park Women's Services Certified Nurse Midwives recently opened a neighborhood facility in Point Place. The group wants to dispel the myth that once women no longer are having children, they have no need for a midwife.

www.wtol.com

It’s (Not) All in the Delivery
Present in hospitals, birthing centers and at-home births, nurse-midwives conduct primary care services to monitor mothers' health during pregnancy, at birth and during postpartum.

Advance for Nurses

October 31, 2008

Midwives Group Launches Fundraiser
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is trying a new approach to raise awareness and its profile: postage stamps. The ACNM has teamed up with Stamps.com to offer a limited edition set of stamps with various images—photos of newborns, a pregnant belly, a mom and baby or an artistic message with the ACNM web site.

Midwives see renewed interest in natural births
Eight percent of babies born in Montanna are delivered by midwives. In Montanna and across the nation, the number of babies delivered by midwives is on the rise.

Billings Gazette

Baby, You’re Home
Midwives Say Home Births Are Up, Despite Warnings

New York Times

New Mexico Midwives Make Headway in Medicaid Reimbursement
169 midwives outnumber the state's 154 practicing obstetrician gynecologists in model state for midwifery.

Black Hills Today

November 11, 2008

Great Expectations
According to a USA Today poll conducted last year, 36 percent of women surveyed found that delivering their first child was harder than expected, 31 percent said it was easier, and 13 percent said they hadn’t known what to expect. Only 1 in 5 women had a childbirth experience that was in line with what they had anticipated.

Fit Pregnancy

1,000 Words: Starting Out at Home
One might wonder how humankind thrived for centuries before modern hospitals. Ask the families of these beautiful, healthy,
home-birthed babies.

Midwives speak on birthing
Between midterms and picking the perfect Halloween costume, choosing a birth delivery method is probably the last thing on most Yale women’s minds. But according to four midwives who spoke at the Yale Women’s Center Monday night, it is never too early to start planning.

One-third of births attended at Palomar Medical Center attended by midwives
Tatiana Sanchez was 8 centimeters dilated and having rapid contractions as midwife Kelly Walsh coached her along.

Milbank Report: Evidenced-Based Maternity Care
A new report released this week by Childbirth Connection reveals a path toward improved birth outcomes and added value for payers through Mother-Friendly maternity care practices.

October 10, 2008

Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women
Midwife-led care confers benefits for pregnant women and their babies and is recommended.

Midwives
In the United States, women's choices once were limited to an obstetrician or a knowledgeable family doctor. But in recent years midwives became another alternative for women with low-risk, uncomplicated pregnancies.

Local midwife honored

Although midwifery is a widely used practice in the rest of the world, very few births in the U-S use a midwife. During National midwifery week memorial hospital in Carthage is honoring a local midwife.

Midwifery in the United States & Canada

No one knows when midwifery became an official profession, but there's no doubt that midwives have been around for about as long as people have been around.

Nurse-Midwife Week

This TV news story profiles midwives in Florida.

Midwife strives to give best care

Much of Susan Hernandez's job is built around trust. She became a midwife 10 years ago to help women make lifelong health care decisions.

The Midwife on a Mission

An 81 year-old grandmother runs one of the most successful birthing clinics in the nation in the city with the worst infant mortality rate. Wyatt Andrews reports.

Midwives Today

The ancient profession of helping women deliver babies has evolved and adapted to modern demands and concerns. In New Hampshire, this is especially true.

Certified nurse midwife comes home

On Sept. 8, Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecology, a new practice owned and operated by Auburn Memorial Hospital, will open at 143 North St., Auburn. Tracy, a certified nurse midwife, will join Drs. Loren Van Riper, Mary M. Wilsch and Allison Loi in providing a full range of services to area women.

Passport alert affects ‘parteras'

They Say They Were Born in the U.S.A. The State Department Says Prove It

Two stories cover the U.S. State Department's policy that assumes that midwives provided 15,000 South Texans with fraudulent birth certificates. As a result, the State Department is now denying the passport applications of many of these people.

Brownsville Herald,

Wall Street Journal

August 23 and

August 11, 2008

I Want My Midwife

The list of OC hospitals that allow midwife-assisted births just got shorter—but moms-to-be and midwives aren’t taking it lying down.

OC Weekly

(Orange County, CA)

Birthing center delivers options

An alternative to hospital and home deliveries, the North Charleston center is a compromise for mothers who have a natural birth plan yet want accessibility to emergency care should complications arise.

Midwives Return to Austin Hospital

After a six-year absence from Austin hospitals, a traditional midwife practice will begin next month at one local hospital.

What do they really do?

Making sense of services for new and expecting parents. (See pages 30-33)

Birthing center celebrates decade of special deliveries

Mothers-to-be at the Cambridge Birth Center can consume the customary ice chips during delivery, but have also been known to try candied apples, yogurt, even granola.

Midwives Open Reunion Women's Health & Birth Center in Kingwood

Certified nurse-midwives Polly Logan and Janet Little have opened Reunion Women's Health & Birth Center.

Water Babies

In the Rio Grande Valley, the Holy Family Services Birth Center is the only place that offers birth in water, midwife Michelle Benfield said.

Childbirth Choices

A video profiling women's birth options.

Certified Nurse-Midwives: Practical Solutions to Primary Dilemmas

Struggling with ways to decrease costs, optimize productivity, and maintain healthy outcomes foryour female clientele? Discover the solution that is already working at many community health centers.