This article showcases a sample of the artwork featured in a Toronto exhibit entitled "BirthTales." Explores a new way of exposing medical students to information on the emotional effects of giving birth, as well as provide the public with a place to celebrate, marvel, or seek comfort in the wonder of birthing.
This article is one of 15 interviews which make up Being Pregnant: Conversations with Women, a new book by Daphne Morrison. This article is a conversation with Sharon, a mother who lives with rheumatoid arthritis, about her pregnancy, birth and beyond.
This article discusses the continued struggle of the medicalization of birth for families, questions promising alternative birthing options and whether they have the capacity to bring about concrete change and questions the accessibility of these new birthing options; suggests systemic shifts are still needed.
Provides a questionnaire to help childbirth educators determine if their classes empower women and their partners to make informed decision about childbirth care.
Provides a questionnaire for doulas to help them determine if their services allow women to empower themselves to make informed decisions about their childbirth care.
Discusses sex during pregnancy and after childbirth. Details some of the physical changes occurring at these times that impact on sexuality, and suggests appropriate methods of birth control for use after childbirth.
Provides certification and training for those interested in becoming a childbirth doula, childbirth educator, postpartum doula, and lactation counsellor.
Forms a collaborative effort among a broad spectrum of maternity service providers. Provides guidelines for identifying and designating "mother-friendly" birth sites including hospitals, birth centers and home-birth services.
