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Women Are Giving Birth at Home On Purpose! Empowering. Life-changing. These are two words women often use to describe natural childbirth. Painful would be a third. But thats a different story. This story is about midwives in Los Angeles, California.

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More US Women Birthing the Old-fashioned Way 越来越多的美国女性选择传统的生育方法 DERWOOD, MD A small but growing number of women in the United States are choosing to give birth using the services of a certified nurse-midwife rather

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By Kari Barber Bensonville, Liberia 30 May 2008 African countries have some of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world. Lack of hospitals, lack of road access and transportation and lack of trained medical personnel are all reasons cited by h

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Mothers and babies have been in the news this last week. First, Statistics New Zealand announced a slight increase in the birth rate and secondly the Capital and Coast District Health Board (which has hospitals in the Wellington area) is worried abou

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Maternal Health Practioners Advocate Saving Lives at Birth The World Health Organization estimates that every minute, a woman dies during pregnancy and millions of others suffer from infections and disease associated with childbearing. To combat this

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An international group of midwives is calling for a dramatic increase in midwifery services especially in remote poor areas, so the lives of many more women and their babies can be saved. The World Health Organization says more than two million women

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