We love seeing the collections of “best birth photos” that make the rounds on the Internet. Seeing confident moms giving birth with supportive care providers are important images for all to witness. It got us thinking, though, about the stark differences in experience that women worldwide have while giving birth.
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Moto Ride To The Hospital
I go back to my room three, maybe four times to make sure I am not forgetting anything. Knowing it is impossible to bring the right thing or enough of anything or to predict what I might need. I go back several times until at last, I nod to Davide,
“WHO’S THAT WHITE WOMAN?”
I only was walking through. I was not staying. I was bringing something to the midwives. Not staying. But I can see as I walk by that a mother is in a coma and the sister is holding her baby. The father is crying and holding his wife. I cannot
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
For midwife Claudie Exume, love has everything do to with it. It is love for her Haitian sisters that compelled her to become a midwife. When she noticed a lot of women in her hometown dying in childbirth, she decided to do something about it. “I thought if I went into women’s
Mr. Midwife
When I was in Haiti recently, I had the pleasure of seeing one of our newest maternity staff at Hospital Ste. Therese, Guilet Enelus, in action. Guilet is a graduate of our 7th class and this is first permanent, full-time position after graduating in 2014. When I asked Guilet how his work was going,
Spotlight: Guillet Enelus, Graudate + Hospital Staff
To ensure access to 24/7 maternity care at Hospital Ste. Therese, the public referral hospital in the Central Plateau of Haiti, Midwives For Haiti recently hired two new staff members (taking our total paid staff at the hospital to 16). The following interview is with Guillet Enelus, skilled attendant and graduate of
NOTES FROM A VOLUNTEER MIDWIFE
After a few weeks with us in Hinche, we talked with midwife Elke Saunders about her experience supporting maternal and infant health in Haiti. Here are a few excerpts from our chat… Over the years, I worked off and on in lactation and working as a doula, childbirth education, health
EACH DAY IN HAITI
By Emily Tinsley, RN, MSNed As an experienced international educator of nurses in the developing world, I began my journey with Midwives for Haiti for the first time 2 weeks ago. Though I am not a midwife and my experience with mothers and infants is narrow, my abiding passion remains
The Hospital: Through the Eyes of a First Time Visitor
The Hospital. Part One: It’s my second day in Haiti. I already have the wonderful, earthy smells and thick heat of Haiti under my fingernails. I’m also covered in mosquito repellant but haven’t seen a single buzzing pest since arriving from London the previous evening. After lunch, Nadene and