I changed the name of my podcast! Now it is called Midwifery for the People and in this episode I will tell you all about why that is, and some of the history of this podcast and how it reflects my evolution as a midwife. I hope to provide even more aligned content that feels […]

This is an edited version of live chat I did in November 2020. I live here in Minnesota and I guess for the sake of shorthand it’s a blue state, and we are known for being “Minnesota nice”. So if you haven’t heard this term, it’s this idea that Minnesotan’s will do typically anything they […]

On my morning walks I have been listening on Audible to the book Braiding Sweetgrass and I really highly recommend. It is an amazing book for anyone who is interested in living in a way that is more harmonious with the Earth. So the chapter I was listening to recently was about the question “how […]

Hi, My name is Amelia! Not long ago, I became a last minute “postpartum doula” for my friend Margo last month. I made her some placenta smoothies, and my mom asked me to write them down and share them all with you. I hope you like the placenta smoothies:) It’s never too young to begin […]

Hey Birth Revolutionaries, it’s Margo here, in my new (to me) 2017 Sienna mini-van I just bought yesterday like a grown ass woman. I’m posting here to start a conversation that I would like to continue around birth doula’s and the M word – MONEY. I am a birth worker (I happen to be a […]

Part of the love/hate relationship with social media is the rise of this new generation of birth-lebrities who actually haven’t attended very many births at all and yet are crafting and sharing a largely fictitious narrative of birth with a sense of expertise. The formula is that they have pretty memes and grids, share the […]

It started 6 days ago, at 11+ weeks gestation. I offer my story of loss to the community for my own healing and maybe part of your own process. [photos are at the very bottom of the post] The first time I saw blood six days ago I panicked and cried and feared the worst. […]

Here is a recent newsletter I sent out 🙂 Hello Birth Friends, Big news! Or a few big points of news perhaps. The first really huge announcement is that we now have up to 12 month payment plans available for both our Birth Warrior Project and the Indie Birth Midwifery School program. In the past […]