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Midwifery for All is intended to highlight some of the areas where fear has built up a tradition of practice that might not be in line with either good science or your needs. We understand that the greatest risk many face in their pregnancy care is the perspective and bias of providers and the healthcare system. We are missing out on options for preventative health care simply because of preconceived notions and societal and systemic stigmas about the health of pregnant people.
Read: Size Friendly Pregnancy Care
This causes devastating effects across multiple outcomes–leading to extraordinary emotional and financial costs for families and decimating the healthcare system. While providers and systems are responsible for the tangled mess we are all in, it is the consumer–people just like you–who can create change by changing our expectations and demands for education-based, preventative healthcare.
We are managing to save a lot of people from the brink of severe conditions during pregnancy. But it is not enough to save someone from dying. That is a terrible standard of care when so many pregnant people have clear signs and symptoms of needing help long before they need a life saving rescue.
We believe we can prevent almost all of these conditions from progressing to disease through kind attention, education-based care, and skilled and thoughtful provider behavior. You deserve to live in good health, strength, and with all of the energy you need to do what you would like to do each day.
Midwives have the time, space, and skills to address underlying health needs over the course of your pregnancy and life. In our practice we focus on predictable, preventable, and reversible conditions that start off with just a hint of something not quite right (you know the feeling!) and progress all the way into a diagnosed disease. Our goal is to pay attention to the first hint, your signs and symptoms, and to respond in partnership with you to quickly turn a corner into good health. We don’t wait for pregnancy to start this work–if you are considering your first or subsequent pregnancy, or might want to have a family one day–we can help get you prepared through this same program.
Through this series we dig deep into the issues that so many of us are afraid of when it comes to pregnancy: race, size-friendly care, stress, poverty, preterm births, prior cesarean births, smoking, HIV, and many more. Check back often as we upload booklets, we will live-link them here.
Midwifery for All is for you—education, support, and exploration of the options for your care. You can use it to start discussions with your physician or midwife about the kind of care you would like to receive. It is a tool for pregnancy and birth decision making, and we would love to hear which booklets you enjoyed, what questions you have, and how you are moving forward in your care.
Wishing you the best for healthful and joyful pregnancy, birth, and parenting!
Do you have a topic you would like to see addressed? Contact Us and let us know!
