Choosing a health professional to provide maternity care. Once you have found out you are pregnant, one thing to do is to decide who you would like to support you during pregnancy, provide your maternity care and where you would like to give birth. There are lots of resources about pr

This welcome article explores the concept of legal consent and the use of birth plans to inform the consent process. The article reflects Safe Motherhood for All’s view of consent.  A woman always has a right to informed consent and the right of refusal of care.  Women are able to and

Attending the Women Deliver Conference in May 2016 was an amazing experience and Safe Motherhood for All members met with others working to promote respectful maternity care.  It was reinforced at Women Deliver that maternity care can either protect or violate the fundamental human ri

A gift to future mothers on Mother’s Day On this mother’s day I call on all mothers to tell their birth stories confidentially and respectfully so as to encourage confidence in the next generation of mothers. We need to acknowledge that the process of labour happens for a reason and t

Safe Motherhood for all would like to recognise all midwives on The International Day of the Midwife 2016.  We also 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 an episio

Declare April 11 an International Day for Maternal Health and Rights April 11 2016, will be the third call to action to establish an International Day for Maternal Health and Rights.  There are several ways for you to show your support on (or before) April 11th: Please sign the petiti

The benefits of skin-to-skin contact for babies after birth have been well documented. But what about for mothers? After all, they, too, have been on quite a journey. New research to be presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition suggests mater

A new research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital says that skin-to-skin contact may reduce deaths for infants with low birth weight. Low birth weight infants are particularly vulnerable during their first month of life so the researchers

Safe Motherhood for All would like you to know about our initiative the Respectful Maternity Care Postcard. The Respectful Maternity Care Postcard is intended to be received by all pregnant women and hopefully this access will occur early in woman’s pregnancy. Safe Motherhood for All