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Issue 56, Winter 2000

Issue 56, Winter 2000 - Building a Birth Community
"My mom birthed my best friend."
Cover by Patti Ramos

Theme: Building a Birth Community
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Contents


Robbie Davis-Floyd & Peyton Floyd

This issue is dedicated to the memory of Peyton Elizabeth Floyd, daughter of Robbie Davis-Floyd. Our thoughts are with Robbie.

2 In Memoriam—Robbie Davis-Floyd
9 Make Room at the TableLois Wilson
10 How to Build a Birth NetworkCynthia Yula and Katie Heffelfinger
14 Midwifery Arts Center—Patty Brennan, Mickey Sperlich, Merilynne Rush and Harriette Hartigan
16 A Circle of Women: Building a Freestanding Birth Center—Patti Carroll-Frey
18 Unexpected Allies—Kimberly K. Trout
20 Where is Your Birth Community?—Judy Edmunds
22 Interconnections: Faith, Love, Beauty and Birth—Lois Wilson
24 The Blessings of a Birthing Community—Sunni Karll
25 Life is not a Tame Lion—Jennifer Rosenberg
26 Warrior Midwife—Jill Earl
28 Becoming a Holistic Traditional Midwife—Samantha Clemens
29 Regulating Midwifery: Parallels in Texas and British Columbia—Gail Johnson
31 Traditional Midwifery in Danger—Lydi Owen
33 Lessons: What a Midwife Imparts to Her Daughter—K.C. Johnson
34 Honoring Traditional Midwifery Apprentices—My Daughters!—Casey Makela
35 Vitamin K Deficiency: The Waterbirth and Hospitalization of Amanda—Sandra Dederscheck Stine
39 Vitamin K: A Flaw in the Blueprint?—Sara Wickham
42 42 Babies and Vitamin K—Jennifer Hali Enoch

International Midwife


Photo by Judy Luce

49 Risk Assessment and the New World Health Organization Recommendations—Ann Davenport
51 Challenges Facing Midwives on Both Sides of the Atlantic—Heather Hartley
54 Observing and Charting for Family Planning—Robin Lim
56 The Ripe Pomegranate: Choosing In Vitro Fertilization—Chaya Raizel Breger
58 Guatemala Journey: Partnering with Traditional MidwivesJudy Luce
60 Global Midwifery: Topic Group Report—Filomena Vagueiro

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1 From the Editor
4 Poetry
5 Networking
6 Tricks of the Trade
7 Marion's Message
8 Question of the Quarter
61 Journal Abstracts
62 Media Reviews
65 News
70 Classified Advertising
71 Calendar
73 Photo Album

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47 From the Editor: IAM
48 Cards and Letters

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