Emily Engelhardt is a certified nurse midwife and the medical manager for Hope Clinic for Women. "Facilitating a productive labor and healthy birth by modeling to the husband how he could support his ...

It's the second oldest profession. For centuries women have cared for women. And women have been bringing new life into the world for as long as we have existed. The term — midwife — means with woman.

(Mass Appeal) – There is an ancient practice that in recent years has become a bit more formalized as its own thing, death midwifery, and Rev. Christopher LaFond, Certified Death Midwife and Board of ...

More than 2, 000 certified nurse midwives are in Chicago for the 52nd Annual Conference of the American College of Nurse Midwives. These women and men--yes, men can be midwives--represent the modern ...

It’s a labor of love. Midwives have been caring for women for centuries — the roots of this work can be traced to the beginning of humanity. About 14,000 midwives now practice in the US. These ...

A midwife is a trained health professional who supports healthy women during labor, delivery, and after childbirth. A midwife can deliver babies at birthing centers, at home, or in hospitals. Women ...

Midwives provide a wide range of family-planning services, but not every expectant mom is a candidate to give birth with their assistance. By David Howard This story was originally published on May 6, ...