Mother’s Day Donation Request Safe Motherhood for All Inc; aims to be a low budget organisation, growing the community movement to achieve respectful maternity care.  However we do needs funds to meet our legal reporting requirements, maintain our website and develop education resourc

Safe Motherhood for all would like to recognise all midwives on The International Day of the Midwife 2016.  We would like to thank the midwives for the safe they provide child bearing women. Do you know that; women who partner with a midwife for maternity care are less likely to have

Do you know in Australia, with the exception of indigenous populations, there has been no major improvement in maternal mortality over the past 10 years even given the high level of interventions during pregnancy and birth. Yet the burden of maternal mortality is only a small fraction

Mother knows best: why hospitals should always respect maternal instinct Marika Dobbin The ‘doctor knows best’ culture that still dominates our maternity wards not only infantalises women, it is downright dangerous to the health of mothers and babies. Time and time again,

The Myth of Women’s Choices in U.S. Maternity Care Nancy K. Lowe, Editor Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal NursingVolume 44, Issue 6, Article first published online: 9 OCT 2015 The Editorial in the JOGNN discusses the two side of the maternity care debate.  While the a

Is it safer to have a baby at home or in a hospital? Depends on your country. By Michael E. Hochman , Pieter Cohen January 19, 2016, Center for Health Journalism A review article published several months ago came to a startling conclusion: For low-risk pregnant women, it is safer to h

‘Spontaneous labour in a normal woman is an event marked by a number of processes so complicated and so perfectly attuned to each other that any interference will only detract from the optimal character.  The only thing required from the bystanders is that they show respect for

Australia’s mothers and babies 2013—in brief presents key statistics and trends on pregnancy and childbirth of mothers, and the characteristics and outcomes of their babies. The report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the rate of women aged between

On this anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights let us work towards women birthing in all babies starting life in an society that respects human rights. December 10 is the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Roar Behind the Silence: why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care For many years there has been growing concern about the culture of fear that is penetrating maternity services throughout the world, and that the fear felt by maternity care workers is directly