Over the course of her 33 years as a certified nurse-midwife, Melissa Terry Fish, MSN, CNM (MSN 1986), has delivered thousands of babies. Fish earned her Post Masters Midwifery Certificate from the ...

Mom Brittany Mallette gave birth to her first child, baby Shiloh, seven weeks ago. “It has been absolutely blissful. We have enjoyed every single second of her,” Brittany said. “Very tired at times, ...

After attaining 20 years of midwifery experience, Faisa Farole founded Washington state’s first Black woman-owned and operated freestanding birth center. Her achievement, Federal Way Birth Center in ...

In recent years, the maternal mortality crisis in the US has entered into more people's consciousness. You may have heard that this country has the highest maternal mortality rates of any ...

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It’s as realistic a birthing experience as any nursing student can hope for – aside from attending an actual, live birth of course. In the Nursing Simulation Center of Cal State Fullerton’s School of ...

HORROR stories abound about mothers who have had bad experiences while giving birth. Many of these stories often speak to the impatience and hostility meted out to pregnant women by those who are ...

The HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital recently announced that it is expanding the hospital's labor and delivery program by launching a hospital-based midwifery program. The midwifery program is ...

This week’s Difference Maker is Star August Ali, one of the state’s few Black Certified Professional Midwives, who is working ...

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