BIRTH, by Ibone Olza.
January 31 2022
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Birth the English version of Parir, el poder del parto, is now published and available trhough amazon
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Annulment of conviction in a case of pregnancy denial
October 18 2021
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On the 8th September 2021, the Court of Criminal Appeal of San José, Costa Rica, decided to annul the trial in which a mother had been declared guilty. In the previous sentence, issued on the 3rd February 2021, it was agreed, unanimously, that Yoana was guilty of attempted manslaughter of her son; for which she had received a six-year imprisonment sentence (with the possibility of an electronically monitored house arrest as an alternative for the imposed sentence).
Oxytocin vs Coronavirus
April 22 2020
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Cooperate or compete. Trust or fear. Share or fight. Accompany or isolate. In the end, there are only two states: love or fear, and one
Dear Midwife, thank you
April 11 2020
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Dear midwife, How are you? I have spoken with several of your colleagues, others have written to me. They have told me of your feelings
Letter to a pregnant mother during the pandemic
March 26 2020
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Dear pregnant mother, Several close Friends have asked me to write this letter to you. Perhaps you are surprised that I call you “mother” if
Letter to a mother isolated from her newborn
March 22 2020
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Dear patient, Thinking about you, I realize you might be a mother who has been separated from her infant. Or perhaps a father. I know of
Breastfeeding and infant feeding in emergencies
January 9 2020
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Every time there is a catastrophe I cannot help thinking about the babies, the mothers, the pregnant women, haw how they all will fare. Now
Joyful as a painting child – an evening with Arno Stern
November 17 2019
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Last week Arno Stern invited me to his workshop in Paris: the Closlieu. Since I left there at 11 pm and began to stroll along
Listening to babies: a revolutionary act
November 11 2019
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Babies feel, listen, perceive, know, understand, are moved, express, communicate. Babies love. They give. Give smiles, caresses, gazes, babbles. They gift us. They move us.