Helping mothers rediscover natural birth

At Healthy Mother we advocate and practice Midwifery Model of Care which has many benefits over conventional “medical model”. This excerpt from review of the different models of care published by Cochrane Collaboration summarizes the conclusions of a study conducted for this purpose. I am quoting below verbatim the summary of this review: Midwife-led care [...]

The following picture put out by March of Dimes is a great way of impressing upon mothers to “challenge” their doctors if they are forced to be induced at 37 weeks. Study after study has proven that absent any evident medical problem babies need minimum of 39 weeks or till the time of spontaneous birth [...]

During antenatal checkups mother, her husband and family should be made at ease and made to feel that we as health care providers are here to support her. Typically most care providers hurry through their consultations and do not encourage questions of mothers and fathers. We think this is not good care practice. The Healthy [...]

So you are pregnant and your doctor has given you a “due date”. As this date approaches you have many questions as to whether you will give birth on the due date or you will do so earlier or later. Most hospitals today do not allow mothers to go past their due date and will [...]