MA Midwives in the News
Katherine Rushfirth CNM and the President of MA ACNM talks about coping when your birth does not got as planned
3 May, 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news Katherine Rushfirth CNM and the President of MA ACNM talks about coping when your birth does not got as planned There are three major stages of labor: early labor, when a woman’s cervix starts to thin out and dilate and...
MA ACNM participates in the “March for Moms”, calling for better maternity care in the US
7 May, 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news MA ACNM participates in the "March for Moms", calling for better maternity care in the USMothers, midwives, and other women gathered Sunday afternoon in Copley Square to raise awareness of the number of women dying in...
Julie Paul CNM and the South Shore Hospital’s Early Labor Lounge featured in Politico
8 November, 2017 Massachusetts Midwives In the news The case against hospital beds When the health care industry talks about hospitals, it tends to use the language of facility planners—one in which “patients” and “beds” are equivalent. This is the legacy of a very...
Katherine Rushfirth CNM, the President of the MA ACNM, talks about the importance of hydration in pregnancy
23 February , 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news Dehydration Can Cause Contractions During Pregnancy, as 'Bachelorette' Star Ali Fedotowsky Just Found Out Pregnancy is filled with weird aches, pains, and twinges, and some are a little scarier than others....
Natalia Richey CNM, midwife at Mass General Hopsital, reflects on Women’s HIstory Month and women in health care
2 March, 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news Q&A with Natalia Richey, CNM, MSN Natalia Richey, CNM, MSN is a nurse-midwife on the Midwifery Service in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mass General. She cares for patients at the Mass General main...
MaryLou Carr CNM, Director of the Cambridge Birth Center, talks about empowering midwives could help women
8 March, 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news MaryLou Carr CNM, Director of the Cambridge Birth Center, talks about empowering midwives could help women Statistics about giving birth in the U.S. are not promising. Several other wealthy countries have lower rates of...
Kelly Roberts CNM advocates for the importance of midwives at Anna Jaques Hospital
11 April, 2018 Massachusetts Midwives In the news Kelly Roberts CNM advocates for the importance of midwives at Anna Jaques Hospital In the midst of a national maternity care crisis, experts are calling for better integration of midwives in the health care system....
Carol Wong CNM, a midwife at Mass General Hospital, weighs in on the importance of labor support
The exact number of people you can invite into the delivery room varies depending on the organization, Carol Wong, a certified nurse midwife at Massachusetts General Hospital, tells SELF. (Her hospital allows three, for example.)
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