Preventing Morning Sickness

FULL CIRCLE MIDWIFERY STATISTICS January 1, 1984  through  December 31, 2018 Total planned home births:                                                                1598 Total  transports:                                                                                121   [ 7.4 % ] Mothers transported in labor:         85 Cesareans                           47   [ 3% ] Forceps/Vacuum                  9 Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum:                 23 Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth:13 Counties:  Benzie…

Staying Home to Give Birth: Why Women in the United States Choose Home Birth  Debora Boucher, CNM, Catherine Bennett, RNC, BSN, Barbara McFarlin, CNM, PhD, RDMS, and Rixa Freeze, PhD, MA  Approximately 1% of American women give birth at home and face substantial obstacles when they make this choice. This study describes the reasons that women in the…

By Kim Smith, Reporter  Global News Expectant mothers are finally getting some up to date advice when it comes to staying active during pregnancy. For the first time in 15 years, new guidelines are out. As Kim Smith reports, it’s dispelling old myths and providing a big incentive to keep moving. A new Canadian guideline for…

CMU audiology professor trains midwives, grows rate of newborn hearing screenings nearly 50 percent Michigan Midwives Project is first in state to provide equipment, training Central Michigan University is the only audiology program in the state training midwives to do newborn hearing screenings, and the outcome shows promising results. In just one year, CMU audiology…

Hello all you fabulous Full Circle families- wanting to share my news that I am “retiring” from attending births. I have been working with Patrice since the 90’s (!) and experienced, witnessed and participated in amazing life changing events with many of you. Thank you, thank you for allowing me space in your own sacred…