Melissa Fleming

From the Midwife’s Desk: Infertility and Faith

“And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous.’"

(Surah Al-Furqan, 25:74)

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From the Midwife’s Desk: Perinatal Depression, Not Just the Baby Blues

Melissa Fleming

We Wear the Masks

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

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From the Midwife’s Desk: COVID and Pregnancy

Melissa Fleming

Living through a pandemic is not an event that every generation will be able to claim. COIVD-19 has altered our daily lives, filled many of us with fear, has claimed the lives of loved ones, or perhaps caused serious illness.

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From the Midwife’s Desk: When Pregnancy Ends in Miscarriage

Melissa Fleming

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “By the One in Whose hands is my soul, the miscarried fetus will drag his mother to paradise by his [umbilical] cord if she was patient [with the miscarriage], hoping to be rewarded.”

(Ahmad)