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Midwifery Today, Issue 77, Spring 2006

Theme: 20th Anniversary
Cover photo by Minhoon Kim

Departments:

4		Poetry
5		From the Editor—20 Years of Carrying Out a Calling
6		Networking
6		Tricks of the Trade
7		Midwifery Model of Care—Phase II: Midwife Lessons
10		Marion's Message
56		Media Reviews—including Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting, Voices of Maya Midwives: Oral Histories of Practicing Traditional Midwives from the Mam Region of Guatemala, Compendium for a Health Pregnancy and a Normal Birth, Stars of the Sky and Dancing Waters
58		News
70		Classified Advertising
70		Calendar
73		Photo Album

10		Midwives, Mothers and Mothers-in-law—Marion McLean
14		Mothers: Birth Helpers, Bosses or Intruders?—Michele Klein
16		Vaginal Births After C-section Are Not Necessarily Riskier in a Birth Center than in the Hospital—Judy Slome Cohain
18		Prenatal Diagnosis—Technological Triumph or Pandora's Box?—Sarah J. Buckley
20		A Road Home—Rebecca Holdsworth
22		Sexual Abuse and Pregnancy—A Homeopath's Perspective—Piper Martin
25		Sage-femme—Kara Maia Spencer
26		Leaving a Legacy: Tom Brewer, Joan Donley and Jeannine Parvati Baker
28		The Anatomy of a Miracle—Sara Schley
30		Elizabeth Davis—Heather Long
32		At Home in Birth—Jana Voelke Studelska
38		HIV and Breastfeeding: What We Do and Do Not Know in 2005—Nancy Miller
40		The Business of Midwifery: Documentation for Success III—Homebirth—Linda Lieberman
42		Miracle Birth—Marlene Waechter

44		Cards & Letters
45		A Mexican Adventure—Judi Plummer
47		Red Internacional de Parteras Independientes (RIPI)—Cristina Alonso
48		Guatemala: Has the Time Come for a National Midwifery Certification Program?—Kristen Marsh and Jennifer Houston
51		Anciona Juarez Arrosco (online only in Spanish)—Sarah Proechel
54		I Was Blessed: A Lay Midwife's Story—Vanessa Brooks