The story of midwifery in America is a classic power struggle for women’s rights, respect and choice; a tale of the clash of women’s cultu...

Many women who birth outside of a hospital setting are changed by that experience for the rest of their lives. It begins in pregnancy as the...

The American Academy of Pediatrics latest guidelines on car seat safety recently hit the news. Are you confused about which seat in your car...

There is nothing more earthbound than a heavily pregnant woman. Waking or sleeping, she feels more and more weighed down as she slowly plods...

Publised in the SLO New Times April 14, 2010 Picked up by the American Association of Birth Centers for their web site. BY JENNIFER STOVER ...

Published in the SLO Tribune on Friday March 26, 2010 Hidden in the thousands of pages of the Health Care Bill that President Obama signed i...

“Because the Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care about the quality of their patient’s deliveries and are very concerned about the welfar...

Over the years as a doula I have been invited to many baby showers. Some have been traditional American showers with silly games, arrival da...

Recently I missed a birth. I am a doula. I help guide women and their partners during pregnancy, labor and birth. I had been hired by a woma...

There is an organization of tireless volunteers working in our community who, like those in many other “women’s” organizations, receive litt...