Send us Fan Mail In this powerful first installment of our conversation with Certified Nurse Midwife Amie Hernandez, we unpack what really happens during emergencies at a home birth — from shoulder dystocia and “big babies” to cord prolapse, small pelvic bones, whether or not a C-section is truly necessary, the wild inaccuracies of sonogram weight estimates and how fear-based decisions are often made around numbers that simply aren’t reliable.. Amie shares how the art of using hands in midwi...