For information on community listings, upcoming workshops, and special events, visit our bulletin board by clicking here.
REMINDER
Cara will be out of town until September 10th. While Cara is away, please direct any administrative questions to Katie in the office, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 10am - 3pm. In the event of an emergency, please contact Miriam Schwarzchild, CNM who will be covering for Cara until she returns.
Miriam can be reached at: 917-253-8283 (pager), or 917-589-9725 (cell). For clinical questions, please contact Emory Ship, CNM at: 917-205-1718 (pager), or 347-563-6010 (cell). For all other questions, please call Miriam's office at: 718-369-0769.
C A R A M U H L H A H N M I D W I F E R Y
WELCOME TO CARA MUHLHAHN MIDWIFERY ONLINE
This site is intended to serve as an online resource to answer questions and provide information and resources to aid you throughout and after your pregnancy. Please direct any questions not answered in the posted content to Cara.
Currently, the site contains information on birth preparation, prenatal health, postpartum issues and concerns, as well as resources for finding pediatricians, clothing, supplies for waterbirth and newborns, support people, and forums for breastfeeding and parenting decisions, topics, and communities. If there are resources not listed in these databases that you know about and think other parents and parents-to-be would find helpful, please let us know.
For administrative matters, insurance and medical questions, and to schedule an appointment, please contact the office. To schedule an initial interview/consultation, please click here.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
CARA MUHLHAHN'S LABOR OF LOVE COMING OUT IN JANUARY 2009!
In her first book, "Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir," (Kaplan Publishing, January, 2009) Cara Muhlhahn shares her fascinating personal story while providing an insider’s look at natural childbirth in the home setting. From tales of her formative adolescent experiences, to the home birth of her son, to engaging accounts of her 30-year-long practice of midwifery, Muhlhahn chronicles the unconventional decisions she made to honor her vocation.
In addition to offering a compelling personal narrative, "Labor of Love" gives readers insight into the home birth movement at a time when it is generating substantial mainstream interest – and controversy.
Coming in January, 2009, click here for more information.
BIRTH IN FILM
ORGASMIC BIRTH film screening in New York City!
Powerful, passionate and thought provoking, with commentary by a dozen preeminent health professionals, and 11 women and their partners who share their birthing journey, Orgasmic Birth dismantles untruths about labor and birth that women have been told for generations. The women in the film are transfigured and transformed by the power of their own bodies.
Put the date in your calendar and pass it onto your favorite e-groups, classes, friends, families, community of women who love working and supporting normal birth. For more details about the film and to see a preview go to: orgasmicbirth.com.
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 7 PM
Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 673-0090
THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN is now available on DVD!
New Line Home Entertainment has released the DVD for purchase. It is now for sale at The Business of Being Born Store. The DVD of The Business of Being Born is also available for rental and online viewing from Netflix.
To purchase a DVD or to access additional information, birth resources, and more about the film and how you can participate in spreading the word, please visit the film's website.
The film's website also features a question and answer section where Cara and other care providers respond to medical and philosophical inquiries regarding birth policies and choices.
BIRTH POLITICS AND POLICY
For the latest on birth politics and policy in the media, please visit "Pushed Birth" a fascinating blog that presents key findings, information, and press on birth and midwifery related news.
IN THE NEWS
~ Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, & Abby Epstein Respond to AMA Anti-Homebirth Statement.
~ Ricki Lake Fires Back at AMA for Childbirth Statement.
~ Product Recall: Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream for Nursing Mothers Could Harm Infants.
~ NYC Pediatrician charged with falsifying vaccination records.
~ Warning: Using a Cell Phone While Pregnant Can Damage Your Baby.