>Sent: 06 July 1999 16:01 >Subject: [professionalmidwife] ACNM trying to oust MANA > > > From: "Keta Joy JOhnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, ladies, what do you think about this? > > Keta Johnson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 3:34 AM > Subject: [AspiringMidwives] Digest Number 187 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >To empower, support and honour birthing women! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >There is 1 message in this issue. > > Topics in today's digest: > > 1. Re: Interesting Report > From: "greg cryns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:29:59 -0500 > From: "greg cryns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Interesting Report > >Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. ACNM looking for backing >from the formula companies?? Trying to oust MANA from the ICM?? Bickering >and >backstabbing continue?? No midwives or homebirth in Cuba?? Until midwives of >all kinds close their ranks I think they will always be under the fat thumb >of the men who control their lives. Read on......... >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) >1999 Conference, May 22 to 27, Manila, Philippines > > by Marina Alzugaray > >The Conference itself was intense, with antagonism between north American >midwives. > >Peru seems to be the leader in midwifery in the Americas They have had >training programs for a few hundred years, certify their own direct entry >midwives who are able to work in hospitals, homes, and clinics, prescribe, >teach, and run their own services. Their numbers are large and their status >in keeping with medical doctors. > >The ACNM, American College of Nurse Midwives, with support from two Canadian >provinces, pushed the idea of eliminating MANA, ( Midwives Associaton of >North America) which recognizes lay midwives and direct-entry midwives. >They even petitioned. It was about support for traditional midwifery and >educational requirements for the title of MIDWIFE. MANA supports all >midwives, whether traditional, apprentice, Masters, or Ph.D.; no matter >their educational route, MANA will embrace them. But the ACNM wants the >basic level to be a BA , BS and/or MS, and that there be no traditional >midwifery. > >Traditional Birth Attendant is the name given to traditional midwives; in >Canada it is illegal for a woman who has not attended a provincially >regulated midwifery school to call herself a midwife. > >Representatives from Mexico said they have generations of midwives teaching >each other and passing the wisdom of midwifery, and they call themselves >midwives without punishment. Mexico does not qualify to be a member of ICM >for that reason. > >MANA as a whole is not a member of ICM either; only the International >section of MANA is a member of ICM. We are confident that MANA will not be >kicked out. > >What about Midwife/Traditional Birth Attendant Ina May Gaskin, who is not a >certified nurse midwife? European speakers said they owe to Ina May and the >American home birth movement most of their radical stance in midwifery and >their ability to provide home births. MANA inspired the world to take a >fresh look at home births; the ACNM didn't! > > The ACNM also tried to pass a vote to welcome formula companies as ICM >vendors. It didn't happen. Thank God for Mothers' Milk! > > After ICM, eight of us flew to the remote Island of Cullion in the >Philippines. We landed in a field, then took a boat a banca, to another >island, housed in bamboo cabins and fed curries, fish, and rice. We met >other traditional midwives, or Hilots, certified midwives, and nurses. The >Hilots are loved and supported in their communities and work well with the >certified midwives. > >We explored the China Seas, snorkeling, boating, and hiking up to a lake >formed in the mouth of a volcano that was like swimming in clear amniotic >fluids. What a blessing! > >Marina at CoMadres, PO Box 420180 >Summerland Key, Florida, USA 33042 >tel (305) 744-3370 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >The International Cofederation of Midwives meets every three years. The next >one will be in Austria, in 2002, then Australia in 2005. > >Marina left Cuba at 17, and regrets that her homeland has no midwives and >no homebirths.. > > >>Greg Cryns >>The Compleat Mother Magazine >>http://www.compleatmother.com >>Birth Partners--Locate a Midwife, Doula, Childbirth Educator or Lactation >Consultant! >>http://www.birthpartners.com > >>Live simply so that others may simply live... Gandhi... > >>--------------------------------------------- >> Promoting the profession of midwifery > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ > > ******************************************************************************** Denise Hynd, Midwife, Lactation Consultant in Private Practice 173 Wilding Street, Doubleview (Perth) WA 6018 Phone (08) 9446 1917 Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> **************************************************************************** **** -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
