Mari’s First Blog Ever
Wow! This is very exciting – to launch what is the expansion of Birthwell now that I am a midwife. It has been a long time coming, since my apprenticeship at the Birth Center in Key West, Florida (1996-1999), when I first began this journey. I have been part of the Gentle Birth Movement for many years. I first learned about homebirth and how to honor women in labor from the highly respected elder midwives at the Midwife Alliance of North America (MANA) conferences, who shared stories about homebirth and talked about expanding midwife education and outreach. Over the years, I was able to...
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