/now/news/2017/midwife-misty-ward-05-helped-500-births/ News from the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ community. Wed, 08 Feb 2017 21:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 /now/news/2017/midwife-misty-ward-05-helped-500-births/#comment-103645 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 21:33:58 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=31692#comment-103645 Harrisonburg and the surrounding area are better for your work, Misty! Birth with mom’s and babies interests at the center, and with a midwife trained by attending so many births is a beautiful thing! How lucky we are!

]]> /now/news/2017/midwife-misty-ward-05-helped-500-births/#comment-103642 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:09:18 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=31692#comment-103642 Misty, so glad you are offering this option to the families in your area. When I was having babies 25-35 years ago, the home birth option was available in my area of south central PA. After having a wonderful experience with home birth with our first while serving with MCC in Guatemala, I wanted that for the rest of my pregnancies. I was able to have a home birth for all five of my children, including my surprise breech. I also worked for about 12 years as a certified childbirth educator under Informed Birth and Parenting and as a birth assistant to the midwives of a local OB/Gyn practice at the home deliveries and a doula at countless others. We thought that the mid-wife and homebirth trend was on the move then, but the home birth option did not keep up the momentum as hospitals tried to make the hospital setting more “homelike” (although those of us who have done it at home know that it does not come anywhere close! :-) ) However, it is all about making information and choice available so that each family has the ability to make the choice that is right for them. Blessings as you continue to serve the families in your community.

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