Today, May 5th, is International Day of the Midwife! This year, a big focus is on bringing more midwives into the “virtual” world to expand their reach through social media outlets, which in turn will help more women in more places.

My contribution to the Virtual celebration is a 1-hour special broadcast of TFB & Friends Radio featuring Amy Romano, Mary Murry, and Amie Newman.

Tune in at NOON central time* to listen, call in, and engage with my special guests. All you need is a computer! Visit this link to set yourself a reminder to listen to the show. In case you miss it, the archived recording will be available shortly after the end.

Amy Romano, MSN, CNM, is a Connecticut-based midwife and managing editor of Science & Sensibility, Lamaze International’s research blog for childbirth professionals. Earlier this year, she won a national advocacy award from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services for her work on the blog.

Amie Newman is the Managing Editor of RH Reality Check, an award-winning, daily online publication covering global reproductive and sexual health news and information. She writes frequently about childbirth, access to midwifery, and postpartum concerns of mothers and is passionate about bringing these issues into the broader reproductive and sexual health and rights movement.

Mary Murry, MSN, CNM is a nurse-midwife at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, co-editor in chief of the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy and author of the Pregnancy and Birth Blog at MayoClinic.com.

Check out the Twitter feed to keep up with the day’s events…

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U.S. Show times

1:00 pm Eastern
12:00 pm Central
11:00 am Mountain
10:00 am Pacific