Journey To Midwifery: Recent Episodes
Host of Journey to Midwifery Podcast
This podcast is about the journey it takes to become a midwife. Listen each week as midwives tell the story of their very own Journey to Midwifery. Contact me at JourneyToMidwiferyPodcast@gmail.com ~~Instagram and Facebook at Journey to Midwifery Podcast or @JourneytoMidwiferyPodcast
Rose Watson-Ormond is a certified nurse-midwife based in Saxapahaw, North Carolina. She recently opened a home birth practice called Haw River Midwifery to serve her community. Her story is inspiring and she offers wisdom about being a doula, choosing a midwifery school, opening a home birth practice, balancing family and midwifery and the importance of focusing on sustainability with "eyes wide open!"Show notes:Home birth practice: Haw River MidwiferyBook recommendation: Feed the Baby: An Inclusive Guide to Nursing, Bottle-Feeding, and Everything In BetweenYale Midwifery Program - RN to MSN in 3 years: Graduate Entry Pre-Specialty in Nursing (GEPN)Home Birth Course: Empowering Midwifery
Dana has been a midwife for over 30 years and has many words of wisdom to offer while sharing her story. It's always so insightful to learn and hear the stories of "seasoned" midwives!
Dana also wanted to share in the podcast that her friend and colleague from Windy Hill Midwifery, located in North Central Wisconsin, near Wasau is looking for experienced midwives, student midwives, and semi-retired midwives who are passionate about providing high-quality care and making a positive impact on our community. She can be reached at thestorkflysopportunity@gmail.com You can also check on Dana's very own podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/31eQBV6lUHwW9qZRHIYWKn?si=8f1143b9b9064c0c
Guest host Jamie Guertin from A Midwife Nation talks with James Austen, CNM. As a new grad CNM, Austin stumbled upon the gold mine of midwifery residencies at El Rio Health in Tucson, AZ. Listen to her valuable experiences to see if a midwife residency after graduation may be the right step for you.
Carol is another wonderful trailblazing midwife that has spent her career in the North Eastern part of the United States. She has not only done birth work, but blazed the trail for midwives to practice legally in her area. She has also participated in birth internationally and has written 2 books! She is enjoying retired life in the woods of Maine now, but all midwives today are thankful for women like Carol who have pathed the way for those of us practicing today.
An American Midwife in Moscow (you tube link)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3GA5bsrMEk
Books:
Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga Bad Beaver Tales: Love and Life in Downeast Maine
Haley is not our typical guest on Journey to Midwifery, but she an amazing and wonderful perspective on having OT's (occupational therapists) as part of the prenatal/postpartum practice model for midwives. Hayley currently works with midwives at Tree of Life Midwifery for some fantastic collaborative care for their clients.
Check this episode out...guest hosted by Jamie from A Midwife Nation (thank you Jamie) and listen to this wonderful, passionate discussion about how to continue to support pregnancy and postpartum care.
Jamie from A Midwife Nation is the guest podcast host again, interviewing Jamie Peleaz CNM who works at a birth center in TN (linked below) AND is faculty and the midwifery program at Loyola University (linked below). Jamie has lots of wisdom that she offered along the way and she has worked in quite a few places in the past 5 years.Jamie's sister Samantha Lawson was on in 2019-here is her podcast link as well https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/nF5jfGhiNGb
Streams of Life Birth Center https://www.streamsoflifebirthandwellness.com/
Loyola University Midwifery Program https://www.loyno.edu/academics/colleges/college-nursing-health/master-science-nursing-nurse-midwifery
Megan Frank, who is a very recent graduate and a SOON to be Certified Nurse Midwife shares her very tumultuous journey as a midwife student. I encourage ANY one looking into midwifery to listen to this episode to understand the realities of what happens during the graduate program. Megan is happy to be done and excited to start working as a CNM, but it was a hard road for her to get there. Thank you to Megan for sharing her VERY real story
Jamie from A Midwife Nation is a guest host again with Diane Thomas, retired CNM. Diane is a prior collage of both Jamie and I and had LOTS of mentorship to offer when Jamie and I came through, she as a brand new midwife, and I was a student.
Diane shares her journey and long-time career of about 30 years before retiring. Be prepared to CRY as Diane shares two of her most memorable birth stories!!
Kelli shares her journey to midwifery and starting in a practice with no other midwives, the challenges, and growth of that practice and what it is today. She offers some great advice for midwives that may be the first in a practice with only doctors, for midwives starting in a busy practice and for student's.
Enjoy this fabulous interview, with Cynthia Jaffe, who is now retired after a long and rewarding career. This interview is done by guest host Jamie Guertin, founder of A Midwife Nation. Thanks to both for a another fantastic podcast episode.
Silvia Esparza, CNM runs a solo out of hospital birth practice in Texas. She shares her journey to midwifery from active duty Navy corpsman to full scope practicing midwife today!
Laura Denman is a midwife in the Seattle Washington area, who shares her journey and insight over her 36+ years career in midwifery.
Rebecca Feldman is the owner and practices at Brooklyn Parent Support, a practice specializing in pregnant and postpartum mental health. She shares her journey to and through midwifery and how every piece of that journey led to her being prepared for her practice she has today.
https://brooklynparentsupport.com/
If you love research, this is the podcast for you! Judy has had a long, rewarding career with the last 20 years spent doing research, in particular with the benefits of delayed cord clamping. Judy is a brilliant woman with so much going on in her mind, she is fascinating! Here's a link that lists the many articles Judith has published:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Judith-Mercer
Cynthia shares her journey to midwifery that happened later in life at age 47, after she had raised and homeschooled her 8 children. I love Cynthia's story that says it's OK to wait! Midwifery will be here when you are your life are ready! She also shares how her midwifery colleagues and her share a birth co-op, super neat concept! http://www.wichitabirths.com/cynthia-barger-cpm1.html
Nancy is a CPM in North Carolina who has been practicing the art of midwifery since the 1970's. She has worked for families and advocated for midwifery for all those years. We talk in depth about business and owning a birth center and the legalities of midwifery in North Carolina.
Meg, CNM who is currently spending her retired years in North Carolina discusses her long career of over 40+ years as a midwife. She has cared for such a diverse population in the United States. She has done everything from birth, to family planning, to abortion care. She has some beautiful insights looking back at her career that we have the pleasure of hearing from her story. Thank you Meg for sharing your experiences and thoughts with this community!
Elizabeth "Liz" Munoz, CNM on to the podcast today to share her journey to midwifery from being in theatre as an actress, to feeling a change inside of her after seeing "The Business of Being Born." Liz shares her journey through school, her career past, current and really awesome FUTURE endeavors (yay for new schools of midwifery opening up!!). Finally, we talk about the birth of her own children and how they played a role in her practice as a midwife.
Christine shares her journey to midwifery from RN to CPM, and now educator along with continuing her home-birth practice. Here are links to the websites she discussed:
http://www.purebirthmidwifery.com/
https://www.carolinabirthjunkies.com/
Sarah Thompson is the author of the book, Functional Maternity - Using Functional Medicine and Nutrition to Improve Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes.
She brings over 20 years of experience working directly with medical doctors in the fields of Pain Management, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and advanced studies in both Acupuncture and Functional Medicine. In this podcast she shares some pieces of her VAST knowledge toward prenatal nutrition and functional medicine. Sarah's book is a must-read and I hope you can enjoy a little sneak peak of what you'll learn in her book by listening to the podcast episode.
https://www.sacredvesselacupuncture.com/
www.functionalmaternity.com.
Kelly and Tiffany from Beautiful One Midwifery, based out of San Diego discuss their journey into midwifery and lots of talk about how they run their business sustainably and have an actual work/life balance as homebirth midwives
FREE Roadmap to Sustainable Midwifery guide: https://beautifulonemidwifery.mykajabi.com/roadmap-to-sustainability
Beautiful One Midwifery Website:
https://www.beautifulonemidwiferysandiego.com/
Lisa's journey to midwifery started in the 1950's which many turns along the way. She went from an informal "lay" midwife to eventually a CNM in the hills of North Carolina. Lisa shares her story to get her history recorded after several strokes and some memory loss. Her story is amazing and inspiring, and I am honored that she chose this platform to share it with everyone. Happy 76th Birthday on 2/25 to Lisa!
Link to Lisa's website
https://www.lisasremedies.com/about
Arielle is a CNM in Connecticut and shares her journey of how she got tired of watching women treated in labor "by the rules" and wanted to provide care with autonomy. She is now at a wonderful collaborative practice that is fully supportive of midwifery care and patient choice
Cheryl is Certified Professional Midwife in Colorado and owner of Your Thriving Pregnancy (links below). Cheryl shares her journey and career path that has now culminated into starting Your Thriving Pregnancy, a fantastic online resource for pregnant families! Listen to hear more!
Links:
This is the link to the app and the Your Thriving Pregnancy Roadmap: Free 5 week Challenge: http://onelink.to/yourthrivingpreg (This link will take them to the web, Apple, or Google Play Store depending on their device)
They can also find out more about us here: https://yourthrivingpregnancy.com/
Instagram: Your Thriving Pregnancy (@yourthrivingpregnancy) • Instagram photos and videos
Facebook: Your Thriving Pregnancy | Facebook
Belinda Lashea is a Certified Nurse Midwife, a Direct Entry Midwife and a PHD candidate. She is a faculty member at ECU in North Carolina, runs an herbology business and is practicing and a director of a birth center. Belinda has a journey to midwifery that is literally from the ground up. She was a teen mother, living in poverty, unable to buy groceries, and now has a voice in midwifery as a leader, she is an expert in so many subjects and is a doctoral candidate. https://www.facebook.com/bearrootmidwife/ IG @bearrootmidwife
This episode is with Angela Lugiano who is a retired CNM with over 40 years of experience in birth work. She shares her journey and many words of wisdom along the way. I hope you will take the time to hear the advice and story of an experienced midwife. (This is an updated and re-recorded version of Angela's journey, if her story sounds familiar to you.)
This episode is with Pamela, a CNM that has been in practice for 18 years. She shares her journey, her experiences, and resources available to her community for both clients and midwives. Check it out!
In this episode I get to talk with Heather, who was born and raised on Scotland and has been a practicing registered midwife for over 7 years. She and I talk about her journey, the differences of midwifery pathway and practice in the U.K versus the U.S, and some talk of the massive midwife shortage happening in the U.K. It was super fun to have this chat with Heather!
Jessica is a Certified Professional Midwife in Anchorage, Alaska and co-founder of the Pacific Birth Institute created to train birth assistance. This episode IS about Jessica's journey, or her call to midwifery, but also about the dynamics of midwifery education and salary, some of the thoughts behind maternal mortality and morbidity and lots about community birth care. (there are a few curse words in here, just a few...in case you need to know that) Links below mentioned in the show: https://pacificbirthinstitute.com/ Use the code “JOURNEY “ for 10% off! https://www.facebook.com/pacificbirthinstitute https://www.instagram.com/pacificbirthinstitute/?hl=en
Marielle Tomlin is a CNM practicing in rural Lancaster PA. She is the new sole owner of WomanKind Midwifery and is venturing her first year of practice AND business ownership! She shares her journey to midwifery and how she balances life with a busy homebirth practice with upwards of 15-20 births a MONTH! Here are links to her social media pages as well. Marielle is on a mission to spread the word and beauty of physiologic birth.
https://www.facebook.com/womankindmidwiferyllc
IG: @SimplyMamaLLC
TikTok SImplyMamaLLC
Deidre DeGrado is a wife, mother, and Certified Professional Midwife practicing in the Wichita Kansas area. Deidre shares her calling to midwifery with a passionate and powerful story. She has been in the world of midwifery for over 30 years!
This episode is with Dr. Stephanie Mitchell, CNM, DNP and very soon to be CPM. She is on Instagram as @doctor_midwife. Stephanie interviewed originally in Dec 2019 sharing her Journey to Midwifery...you should definitely go check that interview out, it's under "REPLAY..." This episode is an update on Stephanie's journey over the last 24 months and how she has moved from Boston to Alabama, taken steps to get her CPM licensure and open a free-standing birth center in Alabama, AND written a book! She's been busy!
Birth Sanctuary IG page....go to make donations!
https://instagram.com/the.birth.sanctuary?utm_medium=copy_link
IG page for @doctor_midwife https://instagram.com/doctor_midwife?utm_medium=copy_link
Link for Stephanie's book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/164876200X?maas=maas_adg_7DEAC3B1E36A6B1DACAF4B72F1686CA5_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas
Carolyn is a CNM with a long history of midwifery and birth work, dating back into the 1970. She has part in theicipated writing of Varney's Midwifery, she has been in clinical practice, has taught and led the midwifery program at Georgetown, and is currently the owner and instructor of Ultrasound for Midwives--an excellent course offering both didactic and hands-on skills for midwives. Check out the episode and links below to ultrasound course website.
https://www.ultrasoundformidwives.com/about-1
Megan Gross is a CNM in Dubuque Iowa that owns her own practice specializing in fertility care, hormone balancing and much more. In this episode, Megan shares her journey and why she loves having her own practice. We chat about midwifery, motherhood, kids and more. This was a super fun "coffee date" chat with Megan and I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting.
Astrid is a Certified Professional Midwife practicing midwifery in the paradise community of SteamBoat Springs, CO. She also is a teacher of herbal medicine and has a Women's Herbal Gathering retreat coming up very soon (see links below). Astrid shares her journey to midwifery and how herbal medicine plays a role in her every day life and practice as a midwife.
Astrid's website: www.astridgrove.com
Link to the Herbal Women's Retreat: www.redearthherbalgathering.com
For cottonroot bark tincture: https://www.wishgardenherbs.com
Sharon shares her Journey to Midwifery that starts in Alabama and will come full circle back to Alabama! What is up with Midwifery care in Alabama?? Take a listen to this episode to hear some insights into that. Sharon is currently the Chief Director of the Midwifery program at Bay State but has some big future plans to improve Midwifery care in Alabama! She also shares some great words of wisdom she has gained from her many years of practice and in Midwifery education. Thank you Sharon! (**Please note the error in my opening statement, Bay State is NOT a University, it would be correctly stated as "Bay State Medical Center")
Here's a link to more information about Sharon:
https://www.baystatehealth.org/education-research/education/umms-baystate-campus/academic-departments/obstetrics-gynecology/holley
For those of you who asked me, If you want to donate to the podcast, here's a venmo link:
@amber-wilson-315
Bethany Arrington is a Certified Nurse Midwife and owner of Genesis Birth and Wellness, a home-birth practice in Greenville, South Carolina. She is currently the only black-owned home-birth practice in her area, and very proud of that fact! She shares her Journey to Midwifery and her lessons learned opening a home-birth practice.
Link to Bethany's website:
https://genesisbirthandwellness.com/
IG: @Genesisbirthandwellness
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Genesis-Birth-and-Wellness-109077667638359
Want to take a trip around the world and practice Midwifery? Take a listen to Kristine's Journey to Midwifery and her amazing career in humanitarian work. She shares stories of traveling with her young son, living the life of a humanitarian midwife and her recent work with Doctors without Boarders.
A link to Kristine's Blog: https://midwifewithoutboundaries.wordpress.com/
A link to Doctor's Without Boarders to learn more about careers as a midwife with them: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/careers/work-overseas/find-role/midwives
Mari-Carmen Farmer, MSN, CNM, WHNP-BC works in Philadelphia as a midwife. She shares her 22 year long journey to midwifery, entangled with working, motherhood, growing her family and the loss of a child. Mari-Carmen continues her work in anti-racism and inclusion in birth work, and shares her philosophy and perspective on this subject, as well as some projects she is doing to advocate this work within the community. If you are interested in learning more about Mari-Carmen's work you can email her at midwifeymaestra@gmail.com or find her on IG @mc_mama_osa https://www.instagram.com/mc_mama_osa/
Sukey Krause, MSN, CNM, FACNM is the Director of the Midwifery Education Program at Baystate Medical Center and Assistant Professor, UMass Medical School. She shares her journey to midwifery and her thoughts on midwifery education and WHY we need MORE education programs, as well as ideas on how to get that going! If you work for an academic medical center and want to get a midwifery program started, this is a great episode for you!
Catherine is a retired CNM with a varied career in hospital, home birth, a military career and motherhood. She offers insight and lessons learned through her journey to midwifery and throughout midwifery. Listening to experienced midwives is a great lesson for all of us newer to the career, and I'm so thrilled she was willing to share her story. She also creates some beautiful pregnancy glass art work now and you can find her on @cjonescnm at IG, I will also be sharing some of her artwork on my page as well.
Have you ever wanted to chat with your ACNM chapter president? Have you ever wanted to chat with a midwife involved in legislative work? Well, on this episode, you get BOTH!! Katie is an experienced CNM with a wealth of knowledge and a giving heart! You will love hearing her speak and tell her story of advocacy work for midwives in Virginia, as well as her own personal journey to midwifery. You can find her on IG at @virginiaacnm
Yvonne Heavyside, a British trained Health Visitor, lactation consultant and community nurse who has more than 35 years working experience in obstetrics, health visiting, lactation advice, family planning and maternal and child health nursing owns and operates the Family Zone, a home visiting business that supports postpartum families in Hong Kong. In this interview, Yvonne and I talk about how she came to be in Hong Kong and and her many years of stories and experiences with the families of Hong Kong. Wonderful episode packed full of cultural diversity!
Link to Yvonne's business page:
https://thefamilyzone.hk/about-us/about-us/
THIS INTERVIEW! Augustine opens up to her very emotional and vulnerable path to midwifery and includes all the amazing work she has done along the way. Much of it with deep sacrifices. We can all learn from story's like Augustine and I am deeply thankful she came on to share this journey with all of us. You can check out her links below...
https://www.midwiferywisdom.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MidwiferyWisdomCollective
IG: @MidwiferyWisdom and @artofbirthing
This episode is with Dr. Rachel Reed, a UK and Australian midwife. She is the host of the podcast "A Midwife's Cauldron" and writes a blog "MIDWIFE THINKING." This is a great episode with Dr Reed who shares her journey, the differences of midwifery in the UK vs Australia, her PhD research (which is AMAZING!!) her blog, her podcast and books. Please listen you will love this! Then hop on over to the Midwife's Cauldron podcast and check that out too!
https://midwifethinking.com/
This is Lexi's short and sweet story of how she was called to Midwifery! She is currently practicing just outside of Detroit Michigan. Take a listen to her story, and thanks Lexi for sharing it!
This week we hear from Janelle, who started who own homebirth practice after her employer shut down the birth center she was working at. Take a listen on how she paid for school, opened her own practice, had a baby soon after opening and manages her business with 2 young kids. If you are interested in all in figuring out how to balance running a home birth practice and having kids, this podcast is for you. Check her out in Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/parismountainmidwifery/
Hilary Schlinger shares her journey toward becoming "all the midwives." She also deeply discussed the alphabet soup of midwifery in the United States and thoughts on how to make midwifery ONE community. This is a great discussion with wonderful insight from Hilary, from the history of midwifery to current education. Check it out! The 2 books she mentions are:
The Midwife's Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife by Nicky Leap and Billie Hunter Epiduralized Birth and Nurse-Midwifery: Childbirth in the United States. A Medical Ethnography First Edition by Maureen May PhD (Author)
Cassandra Aho, Midwife and owner of Midnight Midwifery discussed her journey to midwifery and her passion for educating others in Intimate partner violence. She brings her past experience into the birth work and how IPV impacts birthing families so greatly. Give this episode a listen and anticipate Cassandra's COURSE coming out very soon! Listen for details and find her at
https://www.facebook.com/MidnightMidwifery/
email: Midnightmidwifery@gmail.com
Stacy V, a CPM with over 30 years of experience in on the podcast today!! She is the owner of Oak Grove Midwifery in Wisconsin. She shares her journey of being a midwife in the early 90's and how that has shaped her calling today of archiving midwifery records! Here is a link below to her amazing presentation on the this future undertaking! https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/e0ylwpia73m/?mode=movie4
and a facebook inforgraphic.... https://www.facebook.com/motherofsalad/posts/10158841923591740
Aubre is a the director and a practicing CNM at the Seasons Midwifery & Birth Center in Thornton, CO. This is a super fun episode hearing Aubrey's wonderful journey to and through midwifery. You can also find her on social media at @AMidwifeOnThePath at both Facebook and Instagram and her beautiful website and blog is linked here: https://amidwifeonthepath.com/on-the-threshold-of-the-crone/ Birth Center is here: https://seasonsbirthcenter.com/ Book title here: "Midwifery for Expectant Parents: A Modern Guide to Choosing the Birth That's Right for You"
On this special podcast episode of “Journey to Midwifery” we hear from Margarita Rocío Pérez Silva, a Peruvian midwife for over 26 years. She is the National Dean for the College of Obstetrics and the President of the Peruvian Midwife Association. She is speaking on the state of midwifery in Peru during the Covid19 pandemic The episode is translated by: Sandra Oyarzo Torres, who is the Vice President of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), and is the first to Represent South America with the ICM. She has been a midwife for over 28 years and is now a professor at the University level. (Of note: this episode is in Spanish and English)
Taylor, a very recent CNM graduate, shares her journey of moving from Idaho to Ohio to start school to be a midwife with no job or plan! She and her husband and two babies persevered through some tough days to finally make it to graduation, with her dream job on the horizon! She shares the struggles of having a baby during graduate school, pumping as a student and clinicals during COVID-19.
Here's a link to what Taylor is using to study for boards:
https://deliveredexamprep.com/
This episode with Anuka, we talk about hypnobirthing as prep for childbirth and parenting, and the powerful tools of mindfulness! You can find Anuka at https://janujoyfulservices.com/ and here are the courses with Inseus https://www.inseus.com/classes-events
Franka Cadée is an expert on Midwifery and advisor on international maternal health, with over 30 years of strategy and policy developments, advocacy, leadership, project management and partnership. She is the current International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) President. Franka talks about the state of midwifery on an international level, why midwives are very much needed and the state of midwifery during COVID-19. https://www.who.int/pmnch/about/governance/board/icnm/en/ Link to read Global Call to Action https://internationalmidwives.org/assets/files/news-files/2020/06/calls-to-action12.pdf
Emily is a Certified Nurse Midwife in Rural Wisconsin! In this episode, we hear Emily's journey of of becoming a midwife, taking a job she THOUGHT she wanted but didn't really follow her heart! When she did follow her heart, with massive support from friends and family, she found her Midwife HOME! Emily is a great story -teller and will have you feeling all the feels! You can find her on Facebook at Midwifing Midwives- Discussions, Thoughts, Reflections & All Things Midwife
(link below)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/168775710555461
Leslie Cornwell, MSN, CNM, APRN, RNC-OB, C-EFM passionate aboutwomen's empowerment and women business ownership, Leslie has committed her life to helping start your own practice or improve the current midwifery business you are struggling with. Whether you want a small home birth practice, large birth center practice, or booming hospital midwifery practice, I can provide guidance, support, and resources to make your midwifery practice dreams a reality! Find her at https://midwiferybusinessconsultation.com/
For the course discount use JOURNEY20DISCOUNT at https://midwiferybusinessconsultation.com/online-courses
Facebook Group: Let's Talk Midwifery Business
https://www.facebook.com/groups/244179746911378/
Blog postings: https://midwiferybusinessconsultation.com/blog
Scheduling complimentary consultations: https://midwiferybusinessconsultation.com/services-offered
Takiya shares her journey to midwifery in a story that will make you cry and laugh. Takiya's story is SO amazing, powerful and I am in awe of listening to her. This is a must-listen-to journey for ANY ONE wanting to become a midwife! Takiya shares her hurdles on this journey and speaks from a true genuine heart! She has given so much to the community as a midwife and now in her midwifery retirement, continues to give back as a mentor. You can find her at https://sakinahealth.net and on IG @sakina_health ("Sakina" means "calm" and "peace")
Stephanie AKA @feministmidwife shares her Journey to Midwifery and her reasons for starting her platform online and continued advocacy for sex positivity, reproductive justice, queer care, empowerment, trauma-informed care, consent and values clarification
Listen to Sarah's Journey to Midwifery...she attended University of Cincinnati, graduated in 2016 and has been working ever since. She is now part of opening a wonderful birth center near Chicago, Illinois that will welcome clients from all walks of life! You can find her birth center at:
Instagram: @brbirthcenter
Website: burrridgebirthcenter.com
Facebook : facebook.com/brbirthcenter
Author of the books "Real Food for Pregnancy" and "Real Food for Gestational Diabetes" Lily Nichols is a WEALTH of up-to-date and evidence based nutrition information. You will leave this podcast much more informed and be "hungering" for more when you are done!
Jill Roper is a midwife glowing in her "encore" career owning her own practice in the Flint Michigan area. Jill raised her own babies, was a stay at home mom for several decades and now with grand babies being born, she is an experienced midwife that gets to bask on the joy of catching her grand-babies. I hope you will love listening to Jill as much as I did! She sure has a great story to tell. https://chbirthservices.com/ and IG @compassionatehandsbirth
Courtney talks about her traumatic first pregnancy that involved many interventions such as induction, c/s, formula given without consent…and how this all played into her decision to become a midwife. She shares a great story about her job hunt, time in school and current practice. Courtney also is suffering with some health issues, she was diagnosed with MS, and she has a great discussion on how that impacts her now and she is still proudly serving in her role as a midwife @co_midwife @avistawomenscare
This is THE podcast for birth workers!! Erin works with people who are ready to move in their bodies with joy and strength, and are looking for practical answers to pain and dysfunction. https://www.erinunderwoodmovement.com/
Ana, who is originally from and trained as and RN in Israel migrated from there and trained in the US as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Her Journey including immigrating, motherhood, joining the Army, moving and job changes!
Aiyana is on a mission to provide facts, break myths, and get down to the nitty-gritty of all things vagina. She is using her voice as black midwife to speak up for black maternal health and to make an impact. Listen in today to hear Aiyana's journey and find her on IG @theVaginaChronicles AND at https://www.thevaginachronicles.org
Michala is a UK trained midwife, practicing independent of the NHS. Hear Michala tell her mesmerizing journey of persistence, trauma, healing and her passion for midwifery. Check out her IG page @MichalaMarling and her Podcast "The Midwife Coach" for more inspiration!
Wildroot Midwifery was founded by two licensed midwives, Chloe Campbell and Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki. These two are direct entry Certified Midwives doing homebirth in the bustling city of New York, NY. Listen to the fun, wonderful journey of this team of midwives and check them out at https://www.wildrootmidwifery.com/midwives and on IG @wildrootmidwives
WORLD MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH DAY - 6 MAY 2020. This episode discussed the importance of postpartum care, preparing for postpartum--the 4th trimester--and how to best FIND resources and support families.
Madeline has made it her mission to education and support SUSTAINABLE MIDWIFERY. She wants to make more midwives to help more birthing families to make the world a better place! Listen to her journey and how she started Believe in Midwifery
Ciara is an abortion care midwife, but we delve into so much more than that in this episode!! We talk about being a new midwife, finding a job when you yourself are pregnant, thinking about the dynamics of being pregnant and pumping when working, and her current role as a midwife and an abortion care provider. Information/clinical scenario page with evidence base research regarding abortion care @thenotoriousxcnm
Jamie, CNM, trained as an L&D RN at Parkland Memorial, a major medical center in Texas. She went on to become a CNM and has continued to work in busy clinic and hospital practices! She is currently an amazing midwife that regularly precepts new midwives and started an amazing website and resource for midwives called www.amidwifenation.com where she has tons and tons of resources!
Victoria Pollack is a UK trained midwife. She has worked in several places in the UK, as well as internationally. She is currently in school get her her MS in Nursing and then her DNP graduating to become a Certified Nurse Midwife and practice in the states. Listen to Victoria tell the story of her beautiful journey and the differences of midwifery practice in the UK vs US.
Listen to Kris' journey to midwifery, she waited 15 years until her kids were older to pursue her dream of midwifery. Now she's working a dream job and living in sunny Florida as a CNM.
Take a listen to Stacy's amazing journey to becoming a Canadian midwife! She had to venture through the American education system at Frontier as well as the American healthcare system to return home to practice midwifery in Canada. You can find her @midwifestacy and her current practice is @cherryblossommidwives
Listen to Mercy's story of becoming a home birth midwife, balancing births and single motherhood in North Texas. She is the owner of Comforts of Home Midwifery. Check her out in IG @dentonmidwife and at www.comfortsofhomemidwifery.com
Quoted from www.growmidwives.com "For more than 40 years (35 as a Certified Nurse-Midwife), Ginger has worked to advance women’s reproductive health. She began her career in the late 1970’s working as a scrub-tech then charge nurse in Labor and Delivery at a community hospital in Topeka, KS. There she witnessed firsthand how healthcare systems could empower women and families, as well as where they fell short" Listen to Ginger's journey of pioneering midwifery, motherhood and still making huge changes in maternity care with grow midwives, march for moms and so much more! .
Listen to the Journey to Midwifery of Megan, a Certified Nurse Midwife. Megan tells her story of feeling overworked and stressed as a single mom practicing in Colorado, to her new location of southern Alabama, that has NINE CNM's and the highest maternal morbidity in the United States. I talk with Megan about the culture and acceptance of midwives in Alabama.
Kim Pekin, CPM is an owner of TWO birth centers in Northern Virginia. Listen to her journey of midwifery, motherhood and midwifery. Kim is also a board member of NARM and explains some of the intricacies of CPM licensing. Take a listen to this wonderful, informative interview
Mandy is an amazing RN and YOU TUBER full of wonderful information and knowledge! Mandy and I get emotional talking about her BIG BIG goals of leaving beside nursing giving people control of their own birth, keeping everyone trauma informed to avoid re-traumatization of people. We talk about informed consent, using peanut balls, how to properly perform a vaginal exam and so much more! This episode is full of information on how to better care for our birthing families! check it out and you can also find Mandy at www.mandyirby.com as well as her FAMOUS you tube channel
Christine is a CNM practicing in central New Jersey. Here her journey to midwifery as a feminist, pro-choice and LGBTQ ally! Here her current struggles to find her place in the world of private practice. Check out her IG page @midwifical
Today I share the interview with Lodz, @thehaitianmidwife practicing as a CNM in rural Georgia. We talk about her journey into midwifery, her practice now, her passions and how we as a midwife nation can increase and support midwives of color.
Listen to Amber share her journey to midwifery, from a difficult first job, with eventual transition to a PRN position and a place at the table of a medical research company. Amber has worked long and hard on her journey and now enjoys the benefits of excellent work-life balance all with a VOICE as a midwife to make positive changes at the clinical level
Yulia is a CNM practicing in Syracuse N.Y. She went right into midwifery with no nursing experience. She is active in organizations such as March for Moms and helping foster congressional changes to improve the morbidity of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States.
Lara has a great story on her Journey to Midwifery. She had the amazing support of all of her family to move from Philadelphia to rural Indiana to follow her dream. Listen to her journey of being a mom, a nurse and finally a CNM.
Cindi is the owner of a home birth practice in South-Eastern Virginia called Three Rivers Midwifery. She was called to midwifery to ensure birthing families had choices, and that included the choice to birth at home. Join me on this episode to listen to Cindy's Journey to Midwifery and entrepreneurship
Hear Amber share her Journey to Midwifery! She attended Frontier Nursing University, had a baby, and currently practices in Lincoln, Nebraska, loving her job as a midwife!
Hear the wonderful journey to independent midwifery that Maryn has. From the hospital birth of her first child to owning and running her own independent practice and midwifery training school that is available globally! Maryn is an amazing, inspiring midwife
Kara is a CNM practicing in Omaha Nebraska. Kara has the privilege of caring for many at-risk women and families. She and her partner also run a non-profit agency Imana Kids that schools and provides for at-risk children in Africa. Listen to Kara's Journey to Midwifery
Courtney shares her Journey to Midwifery in the Dallas-Fort Worth Texas area of the country. Courtney has a great story to share, and become a mom of 2 young littles, with 1 soon on the way during her Journey!
This episode is a replay from DEC 2019: Dr. Stephanie, CNM, practices in Boston, MA. Stephanie took a long, troubled Journey to Midwifery. She overcame so much adversity to get to her calling. One of the most empowering, passionate stories you will hear. You can find her on Instagram @doctor_midwife
Join me on this episode as Ann Konkoly tells her Journey of becoming a midwife, making some major system changes at leadership levels, then transitioning to owning her own business as a Life Coach after experiencing some feelings of burn out and trauma. Check out her social media pages at @AnnKonkolyCNM Midwife & Life Coach
I had the great pleasure if intervieiwing Jeanice Mitchell, a pelvic floor therapist and owner of the thriving Instagram page @MyPFM. She shares lots of pelvic floor tips for midwives during patient care, when to refer to Pelvic floor PT and how to better help the population we care for.
Listen to Shauna tell her fun Journey to Midwifery that involved early career relocation, relationship changes and now a satisfying job in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Check her out in IG @midwife.shauna
On this episode we share Lauren's journey to midwifery. She is currently practice in a home birth setting in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. She and her partner are TWO of very few CNM's in Colorado Springs doing home births, and they run a wonderful practice called Mountain Miracles Midwifery. Check them out on the web and facebook
Laurie, a now-retired Certified Nurse Midwife shares her amazing story of her 40 year career. She is a mother, a driven career woman, an inspiration and a trail-blazer for all of us midwives!
Heather is the owner of a birth center/home birth practice called Central Texas Birth Center. Listen to her journey through motherhood, the challenges of raising a family during training and becoming an entrepreneur, opening her own practice and growing a community supporting birthing families in Central Texas.
Join me on this episode where we get to hear Angie's Journey to Midwifery as she went to school, worked TWO jobs, AND be a mom and wife, all while serving her country in the United States Navy.
Listen to Andrea's Journey to Midwifery. She is currently practicing at her dream job in Minnesota. It took her 18 years to finish her journey of becoming a midwife--she put being a mom first for a long time before pursuing her dreams. If you are struggling with choosing motherhood on your journey to midwifery, listen to Andrea's story, she will definitely inspire you.
Dr. Amber Price is the Chief Operating Officer of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Tennessee. Her Journey to Midwifery is unique, inspirational and empowering. She is leading the way to system changes that will provide optimal, patient centered care. You will enjoy hearing her story, her powerful words and you will walk away wondering what changes YOU can make to continue to to be the driving force of change!
This short episode is launched in honor of Midwifery week 2019. This episode focuses on what a Certified Nurse Midwife is, the education path, and scope of practice. Aspiring midwives, student midwives and international midwives will find this information really interesting!
Listen to the Journey of Midwifery for Samantha, who started graduate school for Midwifery at the young age of 23! Samantha is now serving her country in the U. S. Air Force as a full scope Certified Nurse Midwife AND Women's Health Nurse Practitioner with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree.
Alice is a music teacher turned midwife!! Join me today when talking with Alice about her Journey to Midwifery, how she made the decision to pursue a second career and her experience as a birth center Certified Nurse Midwife in North Carolina.
On this episode, we get to know Danielle, a practicing Certified Nurse Midwife in New Jersey. Danielle graduated in 2015 and has been in practice ever since. Hear her journey to midwifery and what's it's like to be a community midwife in central New Jersey.