Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Every week in the US, a new birth center opens. Every week, one closes. We have been stuck at the same number of birth centers for nearly a decade.
In Norway — considered one of the safest countries in the world to give birth — midwifery-led units have dropped from 70 to just 4. One third of mothers are traumatized after birth. Women are being discharged six hours after heavily medicalized deliveries.
Norwegian birth photographer and advocate Eva Rose has watched this happen for 30 years — and her observations hold an uncomfortable mirror up to what is happening in the US right now.
#MidwiferyWisdom #BirthRights #BirthCenter #MidwifeLife #MaternalHealth #GentleBirth
Every week in the US, a new birth center opens. Every week, one closes. We have been stuck at the same number of birth centers for nearly a decade.
In Norway — considered one of the safest countries in the world to give birth — midwifery-led units have dropped from 70 to just 4. One third of mothers are traumatized after birth. Women are being discharged six hours after heavily medicalized deliveries.
Norwegian birth photographer and advocate Eva Rose has watched this happen for 30 years — and her observations hold an uncomfortable mirror up to what is happening in the US right now.
#MidwiferyWisdom #BirthRights #BirthCenter #MidwifeLife #MaternalHealth #GentleBirth
