Firen JonesinNightingale NestingAll About Birth CentersWhat is a freestanding birth center? A birth center is a freestanding building, not connected to a hospital, where women go to receive…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 13: A home visitOn Wednesday afternoon, an older Rohingyan woman walked into the clinic where I was working with the midwives. She was carrying her…Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 12: ElectricityToday was a great victory! With the money that a lot of you donated, we were able to bring solar power to 2 clinics today!Dec 5, 2017Dec 5, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Days 4–7: Mentoring midwivesMentoring the Bengali midwives has been without a doubt the sweetest part of this journey. The midwives are all quite young, and they come…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 3: 15 minutes of fameWe took today off and had a tourist day.Nov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 2: Emergency clinicEach day, the van picks us up at 7:45 am and we drive 1.5 hours to the camps. The drive takes us through the countryside, nearly to the…Nov 26, 2017Nov 26, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 1: The bare essentialsI finally made it to Cox’s Bazar today at 11am. It’s really hot here! And humid and dusty. There are tom-toms everywhere. And cows crossing…Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingBangladesh, Day 0: Something about 7 daysLast Tuesday evening I made the decision to go to Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh to volunteer as a midwife in the Rohingya refugee…Nov 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingGenesisWhen I was 11, I met my midwife. She had thick, grey hair that fell in waves all the way down her back. She was gentle and motherly. Her…Jun 17, 2016Jun 17, 2016
Firen JonesinNightingale NestingACOG Paints Its Vision For The Future Of Maternity Care, And In It Are… Out-Of-Hospital MidwivesIn January of this year, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)…Jun 17, 2016Jun 17, 2016