MANA's goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities. MANA also welcomes student and midwifery advocate members as another valuable part of the organization. More > > >
Celebrate 30 years of the Midwives Alliance at MANA 2012 in Asilomar, California September 27-30, 2012!
Read the latest MANA Press release in response to the most recent ACOG statement about homebirth here.
Artwork to Benefit MANA
Due to a gracious donation from Denver artist, Amy Swagman, the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) will be receiving a gift that will assist MANA in seeking additional funding for its work. Through the sale of her Birth Art Mandalas, Ms. Swagman will be generously donating funds for printing of MANA’s organizational prospectus entitled "Why Birth Matters."
Visit her website here for information and to order. Enjoy your own Birth Art Mandala, and benefit MANA!
Doing some Holiday shopping? Want to help MANA at the same time? Click here for information on how you can do just that!
our consumer oriented public education web page designed to introduce the idea of midwifery care to women who might not otherwise have even thought about a midwife.
Click here for information on how to be included in the midwife referral list on that web.
Midwifery Organizations Unite in
Support of New M.A.M.A. Campaign!
Join our Facebook page to discuss this issue with other MANA members!
Click here to read more about this campaign to include midwifery in our new national health care! Visit the campaign website at mamacampaign.org.
This campaign will need not only your discussion and ideas but your donations as well. Please consider making a donation to help offset the many expenses we will have.
If you make a donation by clicking the button at the right, it will all be used for the MAMA campaign!
Read the results of the historic Homebirth Consensus Summit which convened a multidisciplinary group of key stakeholders to discuss improved integration of service across birth sites for all women and families in the United States. More > > >
MANA 2011 is a wonderful memory. Click here to see photos!
Celebrate Mom
Purchase your copy of Mom—the newest StoryCorps book—for your Mother!
MANA News on-line!
The MANA News on pdf are posted on-line in the "Members Only" area. This option is only available to MANA Members. The June 2012 issue is now posted!
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Announcing the availability of MANAStats data from 2004-2009. Click here for more information.
The Midwives Alliance has a new mailing address! Please update your address book with our new mailing address:
Midwives Alliance of North America
611 Pennsylvania Avenue
SE #1700
Washington, DC 20003-4303
"What Every Pregnant Woman Needs To Know About Cesarean Section" has been revised and is available to download in a pdf file from Childbirth Connection. Click here for more information.
Special Health Insurance Announcement for all MANA Members: With the costs of health insurance rising and underwriting becoming more difficult, you asked for more options to protect yourself and your
family. More > > >
MANA Statistics Project
Are you participating in the MANA Statistics Project? Did you know you can enter your data on-line and retrieve your own statistics? Use the MANA Statistics Project web site to enter your birth data and get your personal statistics! More > > >
MANA "Members Only" Section
MANA now has a "Members Only" section with features only available to members including a guestbook, chat area, and previously published Statistics Project reports. Soon we will be adding sample midwifery practice documents. We are brainstorming on additional special items to add to benefit MANA members. E-mail the MANA webmistress
here if you would like to suggest a feature to be added to this new section.
Join us for a general on-line chat every Thursday evening at 7 pm eastern time in the "Members Only" section!
If you are a MANA member, click here to sign up for this new section. If you are not yet a MANA member and would like to join, click here.
