I Can't Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues

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First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don't

Taking Back Birth

Are You a Birth Witch?

Spirituality

How We Named 
Our Babies

Mothering

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(A transcription of a Midwife Monday live talk; for future lives, go here) And here’s the video if you’d rather watch it! All right. You’ve got your tea, and I was going to talk a little bit about apprenticeships. Mostly because someone asked with some direct questions related. And I thought that would be a […]

Do I Really Need To Do An Apprenticeship?

Midwifery

It’s here! The episode on how sleep looks in our house; from newborns to teenagers, to what I have learned over the years about all of it; plus some pro tips I hope are helpful!

Mothering #8: Sleep

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I’ve been meaning to record this for a while but the timing is perfect because our own lives always get reflected in our midwifery work. In this podcast, I share my journey of spirituality from mindfulness to learning under a local shaman. I’m realizing more with each client and each experience that engaging in the […]

Midwifery as a Spiritual Practice

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This monthly Q and A podcast wound up holding this theme of how we are in our power, and where we still need or want to claim it. But detail-wise, this podcast includes responses to questions about Pitocin, the newborn screen, intuition, marketing my midwifery business, the most impactful birth I’ve witnessed and many, many […]

February 2021 Q&A and Claiming Your Power!

Taking Back Birth

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Listen in as I share how, when and where I moved from practicing as a licensed midwife to autonomous midwifery, practicing under a PMA (aka PCA) structure in a state that requires mandatory licensing. This is NOT a “how to” set up a PMA or why I think you need to, but a chronological explanation […]

Following Your Truth by Using a PMA (Private Membership Association)

Taking Back Birth

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How to sum up almost 20 years of breast-feeding my own 10 children? In a podcast of course! Impossible to completely cover this topic but in this one I talk about a few of my breastfeeding journeys, as well as nursing through pregnancy, tandem nursing, the tongue tie issue, how I’ve dealt with breast infections […]

Mothering #7 – My Breastfeeding Journey

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What will you be remembered for when you’re gone? The great midwifery mentor and educator, Carla Hartley, has died. I have strong memories of her presence and wanted to share how positively she impacted my life and my midwifery path. I enrolled in Carla’s Intro to Midwifery in 2004, and became an apprentice midwife and […]

What Will You Be Remembered For? (A Tribute to Carla Hartley)

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Maryn and Margo are together for this one! They discuss their “world view of midwifery” for anyone that is interested in this, and/or our Indie Birth Midwifery School. What is “midwifery” nowadays anyway? So many types of midwives, so many ways of practicing and so much confusing vocabulary and labels too (birthkeeper, anyone? We still […]

We Need More Midwives!

Taking Back Birth

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In this monthly series, I take questions that have been gathered from our followers on Instagram and go from there. These questions cover a lot of territory, from birth to death, and mothering and beyond. Take a listen and let me know by email or comment if you want me to expand on anything you […]

January 2021 Q & A

Taking Back Birth

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