Green Options » Traverse City MI http://greenoptions.com/tag/traverse-city-mi Posts tagged 'Traverse City MI' Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Support the MANA Midwives Conference http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/24/suport-the-mana-midwives-conference/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/24/suport-the-mana-midwives-conference/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:16:21 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/24/suport-the-mana-midwives-conference/ Guest Contributing Writer Philip Proefrock is more frequently found writing about green building and design issues at our sister blog Green Building Elements. His wife, Stacia Proefrock is a homebirth midwife, doula, and fertility consultant and is a member of the Michigan Midwives Association organizing committee for the MANA conference.

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) annual conference will be held in Traverse City, Michigan later this October. MANA is a professional organization for midwives throughout North America. “MANA’s goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities.”

You can help support the work of midwives.  MANA is working to push legislation in a number of states where the practice of midwifery and homebirth is not fully legal.  While some states have laws that support and encourage the practice of midwifery, many other states are less supportive.  MANA is also advocating for insurance companies to allow homebirth options as a safe, less-expensive and less resource consuming alternative to standard hospital births.

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