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| March 22, 2003 | Moonstone, Beth Anne | COPYRIGHT 2003 Midwifery Today, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After reading Jan Tritten's editorial "Out of the Pot, Into the Fire" [Issue 63], I had thoughts swarming in my head about the nature of midwifery and all the political aspects that have been added to it lately.

There is a huge movement to legislate midwifery and for midwives to be professionals. There is also the push for nurse-midwifery and direct-entry midwives to be lumped together.

I believe in women's ability to give birth. Their bodies, babies and instincts "know" how to give birth. Women who have low-risk normal births need support, love, education, information and empowerment.

Natural birth is many things: hard work, intense, overwhelming, …

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