Journey To Midwifery

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 ca...

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 h...

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/...

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 th...

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...

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 fr...

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.facebo...

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/?...

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...

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...

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. ...

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 midwi...

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...

Leslie Cornwell, MSN, CNM, APRN, RNC-OB, C-EFM passionate about women'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 re...

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 retiremen...

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. ht...

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...

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