Midwifery care I received as my guide in becoming a midwife
I have given birth to two wonderful daughters. First one by an elective C-section and the second vaginally after induction. With both pregnancies and births I have been attended to →
Author Archives: Anu Lampinen
The Birth of a Stargazer
The writer is web-mama and content coordinator at the House of Midwives. My baby suddenly turned into a breech position two weeks before the due date. This happened unbeknownst to →
Thatcher’s testimonial of the home birth of his son ♥
My two brothers and I were all born at home, so for me deciding on a home birth was easy. Finding Johanna and Anu here in Helsinki, however, was a →
Midwife along you – three times already ♥
I massage the feet of this mama expecting her first child. The due date written on her maternity card has been past by a week and restlessness enters her mind. →
World AIDS Day
Today we are celebrating World AIDS Day. Globally it is estimated that 34 million people live with HIV. Despite the fact that there are more people with HIV than ever →
Mothers, daughters and midwives
One Birth in Malawi Powerful sounds of ululating and singing emerged from the group of women outside the birthing-room of the rural health center, when the news of the baby-girl →