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Thanks to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar bringing their 19 children in the spotlight, we’ve gotten to watch the kids grow up over the years. And Jill Duggar has attained a serious following even though ...

Rachel Mealey: Families and health professionals are calling for better training around stillbirths and bereavement care. For midwife students, their formal education on bereavement care could be just ...

All midwives deliver babies, but not all midwives are the same -- which has caused a heated debate in Illinois over their licensing, regulation, and what they call themselves. ``It's a very ...

Midwifery training that’s closer to home for regional students will be an asset to recruiting and retaining locally trained midwives and continuing our midwifery services for women in our community.

The community college in Lafayette plans the first degreed midwife training program in Louisiana and four nearby states.South Louisiana Community College's Dean said that the program could begin as ...

The California Health Care Foundation reports that in 2023, there were 30 practicing midwives per 10,000 births statewide.