For the past year or so, Toni Hill, a midwife in the lowlands of northern Mississippi, has received an influx of calls from women across the state who live in areas with no hospitals and only a ...

Bailee Tordai, who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy, barely made it to the prenatal checkup. Her clunky old Jeep couldn’t complete the 2-mile trip from her house to the University of Iowa’s outreach ...

Erica Andrews gives a client a massage during a rough patch of her labor. She's one of Athen's only certified professional midwives. This midwife’s office in Athens was not Laura Silva’s first stop ...

MUSCATINE — Bailee Tordai, who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy, barely made it to the prenatal checkup. Her clunky old Jeep couldn't complete the 2-mile trip from her house to the University of Iowa's ...

A group of certified nurse midwives from the University of Iowa helping ensure area women where the local hospital closed its birthing unit can receive related services. University of Iowa nurse ...

Midwife Rebekah Knapp measures the swollen belly of Sara Omvig, 24, while husband Dylan Omvig, 25, looks on during a visit to the couple's home in rural Frazee. CATHY WURZER: So we've been following ...

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A state court case that challenged a Hawaii law restricting traditional midwives from assisting in pregnancies and births ...

having them come to the rural areas is just amazing. Erin all Melin of Washington. Iowa is just one of many parents who has benefited from the Ui Hcs midwifery services. She and her partner welcomed ...

Erica Andrews gives a client a massage during a rough patch of her labor. She's one of Athen's only certified professional midwives. This midwife’s office in Athens was not Laura Silva’s first stop ...