Pioneer, MacArthur Fellow, and nurse-midwife Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM opened the nation’s first freestanding birth center in 1975, challenging a system where women often had little voice in their own maternity care. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, she reflects on the movement that grew from one center in New York City to more than 350 across the country, and the transformational power of centering families in childbirth.
And this young woman, when she was asked what she thought about the care that was given, she said, you know, if you’ve given birth, then you’ve given life. And if you’ve given life, you can do anything.
Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM
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