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Your Midwife’s Guide to Cesarean

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 28, 2020 December 28, 2020
Midwives think of birth as a normal life process. We recognize the power of your body to support pregnancy and to give birth. However, we know sometimes, a cesarean delivery (c-section) is necessary and can be lifesaving. Our goal is…
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Choosing a Birth Setting

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020
Susan Heinz is a nurse-midwife in Oregon and the founder of Corvallis Birth and Women's Health Center. Susan shares her guide below for choosing the right setting for your birth. As the owner and Director of an independent free standing…
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Vaginal Birth after C-Section (VBAC)

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020
Want a VBAC? Consider a midwife! As a midwife, there is nothing more fulfilling to me than helping a woman who has had a cesarean in the past go on to have a successful vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). While…
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Am I at risk for postpartum hemorrhage?

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 20, 2020 April 28, 2021
Your baby was just born! But wait…there’s more: third stage of labor and postpartum bleeding Let’s talk a little about what happens after your baby is born. Usually, if birthing vaginally, there is a short delay between the time your…
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Am I in Labor?

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 20, 2020 April 28, 2021
Am I in Labor? Generally, midwives recommend you call with any of these symptoms: Your contractions have been 5 minutes apart or less for at least 1 hour You experience several contractions that are so painful you cannot walk or…
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Circumcision

by Discover Midwives Posted on December 20, 2020 April 28, 2021
As midwives one of our primary responsibilities to the families we serve is helping them “understand the why.” For instance, why are we doing this test today? Why might induction of labor vs. waiting to go into labor on your…
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Skin to Skin Care

by Discover Midwives Posted on October 28, 2020 May 17, 2021
What is Skin-to-Skin Care? Skin-to-Skin Care is an important way of caring for your baby. In most cases, it can and should be started right away after you give birth to your baby. Immediately after the delivery, you will place…
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Healthy Birth 101

by Discover Midwives Posted on May 8, 2020 December 20, 2020
Healthy, physiologic birth means allowing your body to go through labor under its own innate power. It is the optimal functioning of childbirth, and is a safe process that includes labor, birth, and the first hour after birth for both…
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