Dear Friends of Spirit of Life Traditional Midwifery:
So you are thinking about or have become pregnant. Congratulations! This will prove to be one of the most powerful and magical times in a woman's life. Over the years, I have had the privilege of helping countless families bring their newest members into the world. I am so honored to be a part of the wonderful tradition of midwifery supporting, caring for and being ”with woman”. Because this is a time of great transformation and change having access to trusted resources to help you educate yourself, your partner and family on the rights as parents are priceless. Below are links to trusted resources, provided to help you fully explore your alternatives to traditional and out of hospital maternity services.
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Check Out the Rich Resources Available on Spirit of Life: http://spiritoflifemidwifery.redberrydesigns. com/index.html Go Back |
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Our Village:. |
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We have created a rich of community for women and families just like you. |
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Miami Midwife Blog. |
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Visit our community blog and Learn from me The Miami Midwife as I discuss topics relevant to my families and mothers. |
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Use this link to sign-up to get Spirit of Life's Celebration Newsletter: Get Our Newsletter! | Subcribe to the Celebration Via RSS! | Click Here for Celebration Newsletter Archives Go Back |
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Join the Conversation. |
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Educating women is my passion and the topic of midwifery and natural
birth is a rich one. Please visit the many resources that I have
provided to help you learn about this great and time honored tradition. Blogger YouTube Channel Google Profile Google Local News Events Go Back |
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| Community Discussion Forum
General Forum - Share your thoughts on any topic or subject related to life, children, parenting or just what's on your mind... |
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| Forum Community- Holistic Family
Discussion of holistic nutrition and pregnancy, the use of natural remedies and other holistic healing modalities such as herbs and diets. |
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| Forum Community- Pregnancy and Prenatal Care Ask questions about pregnancy. Share the joys and difficulties. Sheila the "Miami Midwife" discusses what you do in prenatal care and how she cares for women. Join in and share your experiences, hopes, wishes, and questions. |
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| Forum Community- VBAC and Cesarean Prevention According to the CDC, in 2000, of all births in the United States, 23% were cesarean, approximately 37% of which were repeat cesarean births (i.e., births to women who had a previous cesarean birth). Approximately 60% of cesarean births might be by elective repeat cesarean delivery (ERCD). Because cesarean birth is associated with higher maternal morbidity than routine vaginal birth, two of the national health objectives for 2010 are to reduce the cesarean birth rate among women at low risk to 15% of women who are giving birth for the first time and to 63% of women with previous cesarean births. Share your knowledge and experience here. Birth workers share your tips for preventing cesareans ERCD's. Mothers, share your experiences. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5144a3.htm |
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| Forum Community-Breastfeeding Share information, questions and concerns about breastfeeding. |
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| Forum Community-Help for New Mothers You've been there and done that...Please pass on your wisdom to new parents! |
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Forum Community-Homebirth It's not just a place, it's a way to birth that empowers women and safeguards babies' health for a lifetime. |
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Forum Community-Parenting and Families (mothers, fathers, partners, children, grandparents) Continue the discussion...Offer individual family members tips on their roles, responsibilities and best practices in supporting a mother’s physical and emotional needs during pregnancy. Support the new parents on their journey from birth to enhanced parenting. Help our community's children development of sensitivity as well as their ability to love, trust, and be independent critical thinkers. After all "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child." |
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Forum Community-Shared Resources Local community driven discussion: Share local resources, links, meet-ups, events and happenings for metro Dade and Monroe Counties. |
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| Forum Community-Traditional Midwifery and Homebirth Advocacy Discussions on advocacy topics such as legal maternity rights of childbearing women and families, the promotion of out of hospital traditional homebirth based maternity care. Here we offer dissenting opinions on the best route to giving voice to the needs and interests of childbearing families. |
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| Forum Community-Traditional Midwifery Current Events Share and discuss topics from around the globe affecting our world, families, beliefs and traditions. |
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| Forum Community-Waterbirth Experiences Have you had a waterbirth? Are you a waterbirth midwife? Have questions about waterbirth? Share your experiences... Go Back |
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questions, as well we get a chance to determine if we are a good fit
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Associations. |
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North American Nurse Midwifes (NARM) NARM is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM). http://www.narm.org/ |
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Citizens for Midwifery Citizens for Midwifery – the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care! http://cfmidwifery.org/index.aspx |
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Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
MEAC believes that midwives provide care that is essential to the health of the nation. http://www.meacschools.org/ |
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Midwives Alliance of North America MANA's goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery http://mana.org/ |
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National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
The Mission of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is to significantly increase women’s access to midwives by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives. http://www.nacpm.org/ |
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Florida Friends of Midwives! Florida Friends of Midwives was formed to support midwives who offer safe, cost-effective, evidence based care to Florida's Families. |
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Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a coalition of individuals and national organizations with concern for the care and well-being of mothers, babies, and families. Our mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs. This evidence-based mother-, baby-, and family-friendly model focuses on prevention and wellness as the alternatives to high-cost screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs. http://www.motherfriendly.org/ |
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American College of Nurse-Midwives The mission of ACNM is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives. |
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Citizens for Midwifery The goal of Citizens for Midwifery is to see that the Midwives Model of Care™ is available to all childbearing women and universally recognized as the best kind of care for pregnancy and birth. Citizens for Midwifery also endorses the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative™. |
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MIDIRS Midwifery Digest We supply vital education and practice development resources to assist midwives and student midwives in their practice and studies. http://www.midirs.org/ |
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Jan Tritten's Blog Jan Tritten is the founder and editor-in-chief of Midwifery Today magazine. She became a midwife in 1977 after the wonderful homebirth of one of her daughters. http://community.midwiferytoday.com/blogs/ jan/default.aspx |
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Birth Change Blog
Bloggers with an interest in Helping women preserve the natural birth process. http://birthchange.blogspot.com/ |
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| Unbound MEDLINE | Midwifery Today Int Midwife journal articles
Midwifery Today Int Midwife - 1290 Journal Articles In The Pubmed Database |
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Midwifery Stories And Critical Comment On Current Issues. http://villagemidwife.blogspot.com/ |
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Your Guide To Breastfeeding! Ideal for Infants, both babies and mothers gain many benefits from breastfeeding. Breast milk is easy to digest and contains antibodies that can protect infants from bacterial and viral infections. Research indicates that women who breastfeed may have lower rates of certain breast and ovarian cancers. Spirit of life's Guide to Breastfeeding - http://spiritoflifemidwifery.redberrydesigns.com/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=44975 |
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Parenting Resources Our Women's Health Information & Resource Center includes excerpts from our books, web-exclusive content, links, resources, and health news. The First Year of Parenting - http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/chapter.asp?id=23 |
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Women's Health News. |
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Moms Miami Blogs, Forums and Resources MomsMiami is a team at The Miami Herald working to make raising kids in South Florida less exasperating. We hope you will find the humor to cope with the misadventures, some advice for taming the chaos, and some friends to help you through. We're all in this together. MomsMiami loves the stories and photos you share of your children. http://www.momsmiami.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 |
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The African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health (AJM) The African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health (AJM) is a new quarterly peer-reviewed and evidence based journal for midwives and nurses. It is aimed at those who wish to keep up-to-date with developments in Africa, in matters relating to midwifery and women's health.http://www.africanjournalofmidwifery.com/ |
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Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS)
Our Women's Health Information & Resource Center includes excerpts from our books, web-exclusive content, links, resources, and health news. Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. Beginning in 1970 with the publication of the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, OBOS has inspired the women’s health movement.http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/default.asp |
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Midwifery Vendors and Suppliers. |
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| Vendors and Services Resources Our Women's Health Information & Resource Center includes excerpts from our books, web-exclusive content, links, resources, and health news. The First Year of Parenting - http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/chapter.asp?id=23 |
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Ital Path Yoga Ital Path offers Vinyasa yoga for everyone, from beginners to the more experienced, including elements of Ashtanga, prenatal and postnatal yoga.
~Blessing Way Woman-to-Woman Celebration and much more~ |
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Magical Heart Yoga Yoga is the ideal exercise for pregnancy. Yoga poses work specifically to strengthen and open the body, alleviating the many discomforts of pregnancy and preparing you for a powerful labor experience (see benefits for more info). It prepares you mentally and emotionally for the challenges labor can bring as you learn to trust the innate wisdom of the body and live from that place during birth, into motherhood and into every aspect of your life!
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Thank you,
Sheila Simms Watson, LM, CPM,
The Miami Midwife