Women’s rights and the Home Birth Movement

As birth workers, we are sometimes exposed to unnecessarily violent obstetric acts, or we are coerced to be an unwilling participant in them.

The decision to have a baby in the comfort of one’s own home has risen dramatically since the start of the pandemic.

As featured in The Times of Israel Blog https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-opening-of-a-natural-birth-center-in-israel/ Childbirth is a healthy, normal life event for most pregnant women and their babies which is not always best managed in a ‘house of sickness’ (Bet Cholim). A birth center is an alternative birth location in a home-like setting, where midwives can provide continuous, supportive and …

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Of a total population of 9 million, there are only about 30 working Israeli homebirth midwives, between the lush Golan heights and the deserts of Eilat. We independent midwives are a curious breed, so let me tell you a little about how I got here and shed some light on my profession. Growing up in …

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