I found this very moving, because it’s so rarely depicted, let alone in sculpture form- the moment of childbirth, assisted by midwives. Humans have never done birth alone. Natural childbirth is assisted childbirth.
November 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I found this very moving, because it’s so rarely depicted, let alone in sculpture form- the moment of childbirth, assisted by midwives. Humans have never done birth alone. Natural childbirth is assisted childbirth.
3/3 That's why I support their calls for immediate action to create more jobs for newly qualified midwives, alongside greater transparency in university recruitment.
November 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
3/3 That's why I support their calls for immediate action to create more jobs for newly qualified midwives, alongside greater transparency in university recruitment.
Solidarity to 200 @seiulocal73.bsky.social advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and midwives at UI Health in Chicago who are ready to go ON STRIKE for pay increases! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Workers at UI Health deliver 10-day strike notice
About 200 advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and midwives at UI Health could strike as early as next week.
seiu.co
November 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Solidarity to 200 @seiulocal73.bsky.social advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and midwives at UI Health in Chicago who are ready to go ON STRIKE for pay increases! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
1/3 I recently met with newly graduated midwives to hear about their fight to secure jobs.
These women have committed themselves to a career in midwifery, putting in years of study, unpaid work and significant personal expense, only to find the door closed when they graduate.
These women have committed themselves to a career in midwifery, putting in years of study, unpaid work and significant personal expense, only to find the door closed when they graduate.
November 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
1/3 I recently met with newly graduated midwives to hear about their fight to secure jobs.
These women have committed themselves to a career in midwifery, putting in years of study, unpaid work and significant personal expense, only to find the door closed when they graduate.
These women have committed themselves to a career in midwifery, putting in years of study, unpaid work and significant personal expense, only to find the door closed when they graduate.
I'm thinking about an women's studies professor I had who was discussing political activism around midwifery
My state (and others) banned professional midwives for awhile mostly because it was a way to block Black women from having economic opportunities
My state (and others) banned professional midwives for awhile mostly because it was a way to block Black women from having economic opportunities
November 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I'm thinking about an women's studies professor I had who was discussing political activism around midwifery
My state (and others) banned professional midwives for awhile mostly because it was a way to block Black women from having economic opportunities
My state (and others) banned professional midwives for awhile mostly because it was a way to block Black women from having economic opportunities
Greatest of midwives. Truly a wonderful woman !!
Can we please give a HUGE shout out to Stacey Abrams? She worked and fought and organized and created the foundation for the important win by Keisha Lance Bottoms to become the first female and first Black governor in Georgia's history, as well as the first Black female governor in the US.
November 5, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Greatest of midwives. Truly a wonderful woman !!
Some folks have been surprised that midwives are so pro choice, but I'd say 99% of the midwives I've met (lots) are fiercely feminist.
October 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Some folks have been surprised that midwives are so pro choice, but I'd say 99% of the midwives I've met (lots) are fiercely feminist.
And the long term results were basically: banning professional midwives was costing women's lives (and their babies' lives)
Because in rural areas without a nearby hospital, people were often giving birth unassisted in taxis or on the way to the hospital
Because in rural areas without a nearby hospital, people were often giving birth unassisted in taxis or on the way to the hospital
November 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
And the long term results were basically: banning professional midwives was costing women's lives (and their babies' lives)
Because in rural areas without a nearby hospital, people were often giving birth unassisted in taxis or on the way to the hospital
Because in rural areas without a nearby hospital, people were often giving birth unassisted in taxis or on the way to the hospital
Advanced practice nurses, physician assistants and midwives voted to strike last week after they say the university denied the providers a 2% wage increase in August that was given to other hospital staff.
UI Health providers authorize strike amid dispute over pay raises
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Advanced practice nurses, physician assistants and midwives voted to strike last week after they say the university denied the providers a 2% wage increase in August that was given to other hospital staff.
Wonderful images of midwives in the early Ottoman Empire in Cansu Çakır's presentation.
November 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Wonderful images of midwives in the early Ottoman Empire in Cansu Çakır's presentation.
First Tuesday each month it's time to call the midwives.
November 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
First Tuesday each month it's time to call the midwives.
About 200 advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and midwives at UI Health could strike as early as next week.
Workers at UI Health deliver 10-day strike notice
www.chicagotribune.com
November 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
About 200 advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and midwives at UI Health could strike as early as next week.
1,240 doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics and firefighters from 28 countries are calling on the EU for binding protection from extreme heat.
Europe lacks ambition and resources.
Open letter to the Parliament and the Commission, published today.
planetaryhealthalliance.org/open-letter-...
Europe lacks ambition and resources.
Open letter to the Parliament and the Commission, published today.
planetaryhealthalliance.org/open-letter-...
November 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
1,240 doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics and firefighters from 28 countries are calling on the EU for binding protection from extreme heat.
Europe lacks ambition and resources.
Open letter to the Parliament and the Commission, published today.
planetaryhealthalliance.org/open-letter-...
Europe lacks ambition and resources.
Open letter to the Parliament and the Commission, published today.
planetaryhealthalliance.org/open-letter-...
Something that had never crossed my mind. How delaying clamping the umbilical cord is important for the baby’s health,
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/protecting...
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/protecting...
Protecting Babies’ Brains
Doctors, nurses and midwives are often reluctant to adopt good practice discovered elsewhere.
ukcivilservant.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Something that had never crossed my mind. How delaying clamping the umbilical cord is important for the baby’s health,
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/protecting...
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/protecting...
If you do all the work of tracking down the ingredients for the midwives brew then you will go into labor and not actually have to drink it.
November 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
If you do all the work of tracking down the ingredients for the midwives brew then you will go into labor and not actually have to drink it.
Victoria has Maternal Child Health Nurses who do this already. They are nurses, midwives and have postgrad qualifications in Child health and development.
November 2, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Victoria has Maternal Child Health Nurses who do this already. They are nurses, midwives and have postgrad qualifications in Child health and development.
Tom forgets the 2024 election results that Hakeem Jeffries and Schumer were both midwives to
This election was to undo the damage they allowed happen on their watch
The buck has to stop
This election was to undo the damage they allowed happen on their watch
The buck has to stop
November 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Tom forgets the 2024 election results that Hakeem Jeffries and Schumer were both midwives to
This election was to undo the damage they allowed happen on their watch
The buck has to stop
This election was to undo the damage they allowed happen on their watch
The buck has to stop
like when i was in hospital giving birth the midwives were all mid to great, but the nurses were all completely evil!!!! why!!!!
November 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
like when i was in hospital giving birth the midwives were all mid to great, but the nurses were all completely evil!!!! why!!!!
Dedicated newly qualified midwives in Wales are ready to begin their careers.
But many struggle to find jobs at a time when maternity services are already under immense pressure.
Ask ministers to put this right. Sign the petition today. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...
But many struggle to find jobs at a time when maternity services are already under immense pressure.
Ask ministers to put this right. Sign the petition today. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...
Strengthen Maternity Care: Employ Midwifery Graduates
Dedicated newly qualified midwives in Wales are ready to begin their careers.
But many struggle to find jobs at a time when maternity services are already under immense pressure.
Ask ministers to pu...
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Dedicated newly qualified midwives in Wales are ready to begin their careers.
But many struggle to find jobs at a time when maternity services are already under immense pressure.
Ask ministers to put this right. Sign the petition today. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...
But many struggle to find jobs at a time when maternity services are already under immense pressure.
Ask ministers to put this right. Sign the petition today. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...
Bereavement midwives do incredible work for families who have suffered an unimaginable loss.
Last week, I visited the Royal Hampshire County Hospital to learn more about the Forget Me Not Fund and how they support those who have lost a baby.
Last week, I visited the Royal Hampshire County Hospital to learn more about the Forget Me Not Fund and how they support those who have lost a baby.
November 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Bereavement midwives do incredible work for families who have suffered an unimaginable loss.
Last week, I visited the Royal Hampshire County Hospital to learn more about the Forget Me Not Fund and how they support those who have lost a baby.
Last week, I visited the Royal Hampshire County Hospital to learn more about the Forget Me Not Fund and how they support those who have lost a baby.
Hmmm. Clamping. How long have midwives been clamping before cutting cords?
HMMM.
HMMM.
November 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Hmmm. Clamping. How long have midwives been clamping before cutting cords?
HMMM.
HMMM.
Extremely cool global health intervention: an 80-cent pouch that shows midwives when postpartum bleeding has become dangerous, so they can act in time.
Great piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social, and props to the Gates Foundation for funding a lot of this work: www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/...
Great piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social, and props to the Gates Foundation for funding a lot of this work: www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/...
An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth (Gift Article)
The maternal drape, as it is called, is helping to solve one of the world’s most intractable health problems.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Extremely cool global health intervention: an 80-cent pouch that shows midwives when postpartum bleeding has become dangerous, so they can act in time.
Great piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social, and props to the Gates Foundation for funding a lot of this work: www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/...
Great piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social, and props to the Gates Foundation for funding a lot of this work: www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/...
#doxyspawn i can also ask them to write a note for me bc they’re a group of lactation consultants/midwives
i’ll defo consider what i’m gonna do once i’m back at work 🤔
i’ll defo consider what i’m gonna do once i’m back at work 🤔
November 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
#doxyspawn i can also ask them to write a note for me bc they’re a group of lactation consultants/midwives
i’ll defo consider what i’m gonna do once i’m back at work 🤔
i’ll defo consider what i’m gonna do once i’m back at work 🤔
@internationalmidwives.org
🌍 2 November 2026,(MAA) Burundi had the honour of participating in the ICM Africa Regional Board Meeting, proudly representing Burundian midwives as a Full Member Association of the International Confederation of Midwives.
🌍 2 November 2026,(MAA) Burundi had the honour of participating in the ICM Africa Regional Board Meeting, proudly representing Burundian midwives as a Full Member Association of the International Confederation of Midwives.
November 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
@internationalmidwives.org
🌍 2 November 2026,(MAA) Burundi had the honour of participating in the ICM Africa Regional Board Meeting, proudly representing Burundian midwives as a Full Member Association of the International Confederation of Midwives.
🌍 2 November 2026,(MAA) Burundi had the honour of participating in the ICM Africa Regional Board Meeting, proudly representing Burundian midwives as a Full Member Association of the International Confederation of Midwives.