Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Birth and Death: Right Around the Corner from Each Other

In yesterday's NYT, an eloquent realization that midwives care for women and babies, and not just at the beginning of life.

Anyone who cares for a woman during childbirth -- or in this case, stillbirth -- our near-sacred calling is to create and hold space for the pain, the ecstacy, the joy, and the loss.

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