American College
of  Community Midwives 
A professional organization for Community Midwives

	November 22, 2009
	Every Thing You ever wanted to know about Midwifery but were afraid to ask!
The Debate on Healthcare Policy Reform -- an exercise in Pseudo-Journalism -- includes Bibliography & References   Also Visit www.healthcare2point0.com
New View -- Historical background for how and why the US developed a profoundly dysfunction health care system   TWILIGHT SLEEP ~ A Simple Account of New Discoveries in Painless Childbirth By Henry Smith Williams, B. Sc, MD, L.L.D ~ 1914 50-page Synopsis of original 120-page book ~ Intro and best excerpts from all 8 chapters of this book Click here to download as a WORD document:  TWILIGHT SLEEP ( .doc)
Best Evidence for Maternity Care reform - Extensive archive ~ for the scientific basis for physiological childbirth  as the universal standard of care for healthy women with normal pregnancies, and the politics of obstetrical medicine.
The Distinction Between Midwifery & Medicine Care by faith gibson
Responsible Midwifery for the 21st Century ~ part 1 (of 2) Prepared by faith Gibson, LM, CPM  for New Member of the Midwifery Advisory Council
Maternity Care 2.0 by Faith Gibson, LM - overview of issues & recommendations for evidence-based, physiological management of normal childbirth in healthy women
Synopsis of Childbirth Physiology May 2008 original document  written by Faith Gibson to Fistula Foundation ~ Documentary "Walk to Beautiful"
Report on BMJ study on PHB published in ObGynNews  ~ 2005 Safety of Planned Home Birth Attended by Professional Midwives  British Secretary of Health   May 2006 Promotes Planned Home Birth with Midwives Home Birth Safety, Outcomes Comparable to Hospital Births for most pregnancies BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009; Comparing perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity between planned home and hospital births among low-risk women initiating labor in primary care.   Upright position during first stage of labor shortens labor time ~ 2009
Faith Gibson, LM, CPM  Palo Alto, California

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