Traditional midwifery and birth rites – a South American journey - Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Traditional midwifery and birth rites – a South American journey - Maternity & Midwifery Forum

For all of us in midwifery globally it is easy to feel there is only ‘our way’ of caring for women and forget midwives have been around for millennia and across all settings. Recently, Dianne Garland, Freelance Midwife, spent time travelling in South America, and shares some of her experience of birth practice in a different culture.     Two years ago my husband and I started to plan a once in a lifetime trip to South America. What had started a…