From my archive of press clippings:
Houston Chronicle
U.S. citizens born at home face struggle for passports
By STATE SEN. EDDIE LUCIO JR.
Aug. 5, 2009, 8:04PM
On Jan. 20, 1946, a midwife delivered me in the Texas border town of Brownsville. This was not an uncommon happenstance, particularly at the time, when many women delivered their children at home with the assistance of such a health care provider.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
S&S - Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Hiles, the hospital’s other midwife, gives Izumi Flynn her first look at her baby. “Oh my god,” Flynn, a Navy spouse, said. “You think he’s sleeping now?” Flynn asks. “Yes,” Hiles says. “It’s very reassuring. Everything looks perfect, perfect.”
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Late last fall, as Mindy Adorador was just beginning to show during her first pregnancy, she told a midwife at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka about the slight whispers in her belly.
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Snippet(s):
"The military has more than 70 midwives, according to military health officials. These registered nurses do much of the same work as gynecologists and obstetricians — providing prenatal care, performing women’s wellness exams, administering birth control and delivering some of the thousands of babies born in military facilities each year."
Stars and Stripes
Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Hiles, the hospital’s other midwife, gives Izumi Flynn her first look at her baby. “Oh my god,” Flynn, a Navy spouse, said. “You think he’s sleeping now?” Flynn asks. “Yes,” Hiles says. “It’s very reassuring. Everything looks perfect, perfect.”
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Late last fall, as Mindy Adorador was just beginning to show during her first pregnancy, she told a midwife at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka about the slight whispers in her belly.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The military has more than 70 midwives, according to military health officials. These registered nurses do much of the same work as gynecologists and obstetricians — providing prenatal care, performing women’s wellness exams, administering birth control and delivering some of the thousands of babies born in military facilities each year."
Friday, February 13, 2009
KRGV - Valley Residents Hit Passport Problems
KRGV
Valley Residents Hit Passport Problems
Reported by: Becky Medellin Email: beckym@krgv.com
Last Update: 12:58 pm
HARLINGEN - Several Valley residents not born in a hospital are finally getting their passports, after being denied them.
Read the whole article here.
Valley Residents Hit Passport Problems
Reported by: Becky Medellin Email: beckym@krgv.com
Last Update: 12:58 pm
HARLINGEN - Several Valley residents not born in a hospital are finally getting their passports, after being denied them.
Read the whole article here.
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