Podcasts are fixed.

Thanks for the heads up on the broken Podcasts.  Seems my server did a little storage shifting and shifted us to a different address.  Thanks for listening and watching!  Links to the Podcasts are on the far right sidebar.

January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Podcasts | Leave a Comment 

Birthing advocacy group launches national campaign in Chicago to allow licensing of midwives

National Birth Policy Coalition proposes training and national board exam for lay practitioners

By Deborah L. Shelton Tribune reporter

Illinois and other states should legalize and license lay midwives to ensure women have safe and affordable choices for maternity care, according to a coalition of advocacy groups that launched a national campaign Thursday in Chicago. Read more

January 24, 2008 | Filed Under Home Birth, In the News, Midwives/Midwifery | Leave a Comment 

House passes bill broadening insurance coverage for moms

From the Concord Monitor: Backing at-home births

Parents pushing strollers and toting bottles came to the State House yesterday to show their support for a law that might affect where they deliver their next baby.

Yesterday, the house passed a bill that would require insurance companies to reimburse mothers who chose to deliver their children with a midwife at home rather than with a doctor in a hospital. The measure, which already passed the Senate, won legislators’ support by a sizeable margin, 226-111. Read more

January 17, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Home Birth, In the News, Politics | Leave a Comment 

N.H. House votes to require insurance coverage for home births

Well this action would certainly put home birth back into the mainstream!

CONCORD, N.H. — The House voted Wednesday to require insurance companies to pay for children delivered at home by midwives in New Hampshire if the mother’s plan would have paid for the birth in a hospital.

Supporters noted that the federal government reimburses women for home delivery under the Medicaid program. Read more

January 16, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Home Birth, In the News, Politics | Leave a Comment 

Ron Paul on the stump

Talking about home birth and midwives:

January 14, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, YouTube Videos | Leave a Comment 

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