“The Big Push for Midwives Campaign today announced it has launched the new Where's My Midwife? community mapping tool (https://wheresmymidwife.ushahidi.io) to help connect midwives trained in out-of-hospital birth with people whose babies may need to be born in out-of-hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent weeks, reports show the demand for home birth has increased dramatically. While a complete formal contact directory of midwives in the U.S. does not exist, the Big Push has activated its PushState network of midwives to help families, including those who planned a hospital birth, but who do not want to go to an overwhelmed hospital crowded with COVID-19 patients or be forced to give birth alone.”
What’s the deal with delayed cord clamping? Why is it important? What are the risks of quick cord clamping? Ibu Robin Lim introduces the concept in this short 8-minute video that I’m sure you’ll love!
Birth at home can seem like a huge project. What do you need and what will the midwives bring? Often midwife already has a birth kit they use in their practice they may want you to purchase or that they provide for you. If not, don’t worry about being left in the dark! Here’s a checklist of supplies I would highly recommend for your home birth.
