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What every mom should know about pelvic floor therapy after birth, as told by a physical therapist and mom of two

Dr. Margaret Archer is a pelvic floor physical therapist with Mère Health and a mom of two boys. She specializes in pregnancy and postpartum recovery, with a fitness-forward, evidence-based approach ...
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Pregnant Woman Gives Birth on Floor of Her Mom’s Pickup Truck: 'She Fell on the Floor, I Was Freaking Out'

A Los Angeles woman gave birth to her third child, a baby girl, on the floor of her mother's pickup truck Sandi Mendoza planned without an epidural and asked her mom to drive her to the hospital "My ...
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As midwife-assisted home births rise, so too do high-risk births outside hospitals

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...
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Having baby at home: Film gives behind-the-scenes look at midwife-assisted home birth

ST. PAUL - Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Biermeier doesn't fit the midwife stereotype. "I'm not a hippie with a long, flowing dress and Birkenstocks waving my smudge stick around," she says with a laugh.