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Kathleen McClelland has been a midwife since 1990. Prior to that she was a Family Nurse Practitioner, with an emphasis on Women's Health Care, working mainly with the Deaf and Native American populations.

As a midwife she has worked in large and small health care settings, from a a large health maintenance organization to a small private practice in a rural community to a medium size hospital caring for indigent women.

She has attended one home birth, as the birth assistant to the midwife, of a very dear friend. The birth of her son was at a free-standing birth center in Alexandria, Virginia, attended by two of her midwifery classmates as well as her husband, sister, and father.

 

Midwife Kathleen McNellis

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Question submitted June 1, 2002.

Could you give me a photo of the mucos plug and let me know about it?

I've never seen a photo of the mucous plug. I doubt anyone one would think to photograph it. But you will know it has passed out of the vagina if you see reddish or brownish muocusy stuff, like "snot" when you wipe or on your underwear. You may notice it about a week or two before labor starts. It is just one of the several signs that labor and birth are not long off.

Kathleen

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Read a transcript of a chat with Kathleen McClelland and Pam Cass about Midwives and Doulas: How They Support the Birthing Woman.

Kathleen McClelland | Pam Cass | Cindy Curtis

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