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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization extended the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife into 2021, to celebrate and recognize the hard work ...of nurses and midwives fighting the pandemic. 2021 also kicks off the Decade of the Midwife (2021-2030), an initiative led by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). We are at a pivotal point in history, and the actions we take over the next ten years will determine the future direction of healthcare. This initiative will aim to highlight the role of midwives as champions in their communities and disseminate evidence about the vital need for midwives to transform quality maternity healthcare for a sustainable future. See more

Long, but worth the read if you want to know how your body makes milk! https://www.laleche.org.uk/how-milk-production-works/

More often than not, bodies work the way they they should. The risks of messing with Mother Nature need to be weighed carefully.

#MidwivesOnMondays #WhatMidwivesDo When a pregnant woman needs a check-up or is ready to deliver, the parteras intervene on her behalf with the armed fighters," she says. "They often even have some authority over the fighters because they helped their mothers give birth to them." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201572