Mississippi Friends of Midwives
Mission Statement

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting midwifery as a safe and legal childbirth option for women and families throughout the state of Mississippi.

 

 

Our values

• We believe in a woman's right to make educated choices about her birth care provider and birth environment.

• We advocate the preservation of midwife-attended births, in accordance with the Midwives Model of Care including those at home, in hospitals and in freestanding birth centers.

• We will promote and protect the rights of all midwives and the women and families who birth with them.

• To advocate for legislation which increases, improves and supports access to midwifery care.

What is a midwife?
The term "midwife" comes from old English meaning "with woman" -- that is, in essence, what a midwife is -- she stays with a woman who is in labor, helping her, guiding her, as she works to bring forth new life. With the advent of technology, she is even better able to safeguard normal birth, by being able to monitor the baby during labor, as well as being with and monitoring the mother, to make sure everything remains as it should. Yet she has not forgotten the wisdom of the ages, and makes use of time-tested, natural methods to help ease labor, with words of encouragement, the healing power of touch, suggestions of position change, and emotional comfort. Rather than making laboring women fit into a hospital mold, midwives change and adapt to fit what the woman wants and needs while she is hard at work.
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