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Calling all midwives: Please read this request from the International Confederation of Midwives and ensure the midwifery perspective is in...

So good to see this media release from researchers at The Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies! At last, the ...

What is midwifery care? The debut video for I am a Midwife, a new online series about midwives and what they do, explores just that! ...

International Women's Day has been a powerful reminder of how far we've come as a species. IWD has also shown how far we still ha...

Clamping the umbilical cord immediately at birth was something that I was taught to do as a routine part of 'delivery' management. ...

We humans are gifted with a prefrontal cortex, the site of our executive functioning. Our prefrontal cortex allows us to make choices, decid...

Note: for some reason the links aren't showing up in this post. Just run your cursor over the words and they will show as a purple colo...

from MedPage "Babies with misshapen heads from lying on their backs too long may be at heightened risk for developmental delays, resea...

Barbara Katz Rothman, Ph.D,  Professor Department of Sociology,  City University of New York, is the author of fabulous books such as Th...

This video shows religious art - images of Mary breastfeeding baby Jesus. What the images reveal is the societal attitude towards breastfeed...

Ever wondered what it is like to be baby looking out at the world from inside a pram? Wondered what it is like to be a baby being carried? ...

The effects of advertising on human behaviour is well known. Marketing psychologists are paid huge money for coming up with ideas, images, ...

A powerful video on  Reducing infant mortality and improving the health of babies from film maker and writer Debbie Takikawa Reducing In...

Interesting report on research from Norway, where breastfeeding support is high and most women breastfeed? What's going on? Scientist...

This important study shows why getting it right during pregnancy and birth are so important. Babies and children must be protected. We have...

Gone are the days when babies were thought to be 'blank slates' requiring only sleep, clean nappies, warmth and food. Advances i...

The women who made this video said: "The purpose of our video is to encourage mothers to feed their child, no matter where they are! ...

This is a lovely exploration of the concept of 'normal' by Lisa Morguess of "Finnian's Journey" on Mamapedia. Good ...

"MANILA, Philippines—The current practice of handling newborns, like clamping and cutting the umbilical cord and washing the baby right...

More evidence of the need to keep mothers and newborn babies together and ensure skin to skin uninterrupted time at birth. Maternity service...