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Announcing the Donna Martin Memorial Scholarship

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 7:57am

Author:

Treesa McLean, LM

I am Treesa Mclean, a Licensed Midwife and the Director of Public Affairs. My mother Donna Martin was a single parent, to my sister Mary and I who she raised alone. She worked, went to community college and eventually won a place in the Teacher Corp program, going to the University of the Pacific and graduating with honors. She did this working 15 hours a week, doing community volunteering, and taking care of Mary and me. She passed away in May.

It is Time to Bring the Sacred Back to Birth

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 7:35am

My MANA roots were established sitting at the feet of Linda McHale, long-time MANA board member, hearing her stories of early MANA days and learning the importance of standing up for midwives and for our profession. Some of my most difficult lessons came from realizing that midwifery in itself is a political act when all I wanted to do was help people have babies. Twenty years later, I am honored to serve as the president of MANA.

Today, I think about what systemic change is needed so that we can get back to focusing our energy on helping people have babies.

Promoting Safety in Waterbirth

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 9:23pm

Recent media coverage on risks of waterbirth has reinforced the need to ensure robust research on the safety of hydrotherapy in labor and birth, and the importance of appropriate infection protocols. We are saddened to learn of the two infants who contracted Legionnaires’ disease in Arizona after birth in the water. According to media coverage, both infants recovered after receiving antibiotic treatment.

MANA Stats Waterbirth Paper Receives JMWH Best Research Article Award for 2017

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Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 4:39pm

The Midwives Alliance would like to express our sincerest congratulations to Drs. Bovbjerg, Cheyney, and Everson, who have been awarded the 2017 Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Best Research Article Award for their published paper, “Maternal and Newborn Outcomes Following Waterbirth: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009 Cohort.”

On Wednesday, May 24^th2017, the authors were honored for their work during the awards ceremony at the American College of Nurse-Midwives annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

A Tribute to Dorothea Lang

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Monday, May 22, 2017 - 9:19pm

Author:

Geradine Simkins

Remembering Dorothea

I am deeply saddened, as is the MANA community of midwives, by the loss of Dorothea Lang, CNM, MPH, FACNM, past President of the ACNM. She was a courageous and inspiring midwife pioneer, an outspoken advocate for ‘a midwife for every mother,’ an inspiring nurse-midwife educator and mentor to hundreds of students and young midwives, and a visionary leader in the quest for alternate paths for professional midwifery education.

#Midwivesforall17: A Campaign for Midwifery for ALL Families

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 7:19pm

Author:

Jamarah Amani, LM

Families of all kinds need midwives. But not all families have access to a midwife who looks like them or comes from their community.

Understanding Relative Risks In The Community Birth Setting: An Interview With Researcher Melissa Cheyney

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Friday, March 31, 2017 - 7:34pm

Top 10 Reasons to Go to Long Beach

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 10:34am

Long Beach is the home of this year’s MANA CAM 2017 Annual Midwives Conference (MANA’s 35th conference!). Mark your calendars now for Nov 2 - 5th and come enjoy all that this beachfront community has to offer.

MANA Supports The Women's March on Washington

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Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 1:57pm

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) is proud to support The Women’s March on Washington, a self-described “women-led movement bringing together people of all genders, ages, races, cultures, political affiliations and backgrounds… to affirm our shared humanity and pronounce our bold message of resistance and self-determination.”

Midwives: Your Story is a Hero's Journey

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 4:00pm

“You row forward looking back, and telling this history is part of helping people navigate toward the future. We need a litany, a rosary, a sutra, a mantra, a war chant for our victories. The past is set in daylight, and it can become a torch we can carry into the night that is the future.” - Rebecca Solnit

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