Midwife

The Good Mother Myth Part 3

Every Mother Counts is continuing the Conversation with Avital Norman Nathman on our book of the month, The Good Mother Myth.

The Good Mother Myth is just part of what you write about. What are you working on now that the book has launched?

Gifts We’ve Received — Myra’s 5K

Our supporters have gone above and beyond this year to raise awareness and funds for Every Mother Counts.

We’ve received so many gifts this year from supporters who have found their own way to raise awareness and funds for EMC. Without them, we…

Post-Graduation, Andrise Reflects on Midwifery School in Haiti

One morning, I went to my clinical rotation at the hospital. I was working with a patient who was ready to give birth and a volunteer from Midwives for Haiti was helping me.

Midwives for Haiti: Andrise’s Story

My name is Andrise Bien-Aimé, I was born in Hinche on January 15th, 1985.

Here’s our September update from MFH — Andrise’s story. MFH’s in-country coordinator tells us Andrise is sassy and spunky and she does her job really well. She event…

Mothers, Midwives and Movies: Every Mother Counts’ Mini Film Festival

This Sunday, settle down on the couch and check out these three films.

In honor of International Day of the Midwife, which falls on Sunday, May 5th, we’re offering a few films we think…

An American Midwife in Tanzania

I am struggling to put into words properly what I have seen.

 I do not want to be critical of their methods or disrespectful of their culture but I do hope to be truthful and honest while portraying what I witnessed and how it affected me. My emotions and reactions are due…

Touched By HIV/AIDS — When Healthcare Workers are Exposed

On Valentine’s Day, our dear friend, midwife Robin Lim, founder of the Bumi Sehat Birth Center in Indonesia performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a newborn.

 He was premature and the oxygen masks she tried to use didn’t fit…

Models of Effectiveness in Maternity Care: Saving Millions with Midwives and Birth Centers

Every Mother Counts shares an article by Mayri Leslie, which discusses the many challenges and potential solutions that impact maternity care in the United States.

Jennie Joseph — a midwife with vision and plan to make it real

Jennie is the midwife (and director of The Birth Place, a community based maternity center located in Florida), who appears as the voice of American reason in our film and the whistle blower who let viewers in on America’s…