The Case for Choice in Labor Pain Management

by Melissa Garvey, ACNM Writer and EditorEarly this year, ACNM released a new Position Statement on the use of nitrous oxide for managing labor pain. Unless you are a midwife or other clinician, it can be hard to understand why nitrous oxide and the ACNM Position Statement is such an exciting topic. I just finished combing through a thorough, informative post at Science and Sensibility that

Denis Walsh, mommy wars, and coming together On Common Ground

Originally published on Science and Sensibility by Amy Romano, CNM, for Lamaze InternationalLast week, I was thrilled and humbled to be asked to contribute to the On Common Ground collection at RH Reality Check. My assignment was to write a piece from the maternity care perspective that represents common ground for people on opposing sides of the abortion debate. I was asked to help readers who