The Midwife Podcast

Welcome back to The Midwife Podcast! In today's episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing the Leah Hatcher a midwife in Kauai. Leah is a passionate midwife who believes in the power and nuances of home birth. She shares her experience and insights into why some women choose home birth over hospital birth, and the importance of safety, support, and autonomy during this transformative time. Leah...

On this episode of The Midwife Podcast, Dana Fetherstonhaugh shares her experiences as a midwife in British Columbia in the eighties. She explains the importance of creating a strong connection with families during the period of care. We discuss the natural strength and internal knowledge of women during childbirth. Dana shares a powerful method of visualization to get birthing people in touch wit...

On this episode of The Midwife Podcast, we dive into the challenges midwives face when providing care in crisis and disaster situations. Midwives have to overcome a variety of obstacles to provide skilled and compassionate care in crisis zones. Laureli shares what it's like for midwives to work in Bangladesh with the Rohingya and in Greece with refugees. Additionally, we explore the work of Global...

Pat Chouinard tells stories of her experience as a lay midwife before licensure of midwives in British Colombia. She speaks of birth as a rite of passage and values giving the birth back to the birthing person. Mother to many she had one of the first VBACs in BC!

Wendy Clemens shares stories practicing as a traditional midwife in British Columbia. She engages us with an exciting account of her own birth in Mexico and her introduction to midwifery. There were many beautiful moments and stories in this episode.

Janette Gyesky & Morgan Miller discuss the ins and outs of the Bend Birth center, birth in central Oregon, and their passions about birth.

Carrie Neerland is a CNM and currently attends births at The University of Minnesota Medical Center. During the episode we speak about physiologic birth. Then we go on to explore Carrie's PhD, Maternal Confidence for Physiologic Birth. Near the end of the episode we explore how twin cities midwives have come together to create better home birth to hospital transfers. Since recording the episode sp...

What a captivating conversation with Barbara Belcore about midwifery in Illinois. Barbara is the president of the Illinois chapter of CPMs and a licensed midwife in the state of Wisconsin. She shares about the complex political atmosphere surrounding home birth in Illinois. Take a moment to like the Illinois Friends of Midwives facebook page and help homebirth become legal in illinois again! https...

Sarah Stetina, CNM Sarah is the first CNM on our podcast and currently works at AMITA Health OMG Women's Healthcare in Hinsdale, IL. We loved hearing about hospital birth through Sarah’s eyes. We also dive into conversations about word choices in birth and sensitive care for women who experienced sexual abuse. Mentioned in this episode: Feminist Midwife blog: http://www.feministmidwife.com/ Penny...

Wabanewquy, Dorene Day, is a traditional Anishinaabe midwife who captivated us with visions of reawakened traditional birthing practices. As we listened to her stories we cried, laughed, and dreamed better births for generations to come.

Julia melodically shares her path to midwifery, first as an RN then a traditional midwife. She no longer attends births as a midwife but occasionally works as a doula for friends and family. In conversation with Julia we explore song and birth, and what it’s like to practice with a group of traditional midwives.

What a delight to have Emme from Trillium Midwifery Care as our first guest on the podcast! I grew up with Emme’s kids and was always fascinated when she’d come home late a night with a fresh placenta. Check out our conversation where we talk about homebirth, CPMs and birth culture in the twin cities. Check out Emme here! http://www.trilliummidwives.com/

Sofia & Rinya bring you passionate conversations about midwifery! The spirit of this podcast draws upon the mystically modern experience of birth. We interview midwives from diverse backgrounds to paint a nuanced picture of midwifery! Stay tuned. Love, R & S