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Listen to the first episode of the Birth Warrior Podcast, hosted by Tina Fulton and featuring Emmy Kissinger on this episode. Storytelling is a powerful agent of change. We are so excited to be offering a new podcast series of inspiring stories of birth from our Indie Birth Community. Listen in and learn from these […]

Emmy’s Story on the Birth Warrior Podcast

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Kid’s Ask Questions About Midwifery

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Guest Post by Sara Philkill I have the pleasure of teaching our Speaking Your Truth: Content Creation for Birth Workers course once a year for the Indie Birth Midwifery School, and I love sharing (with permission!) some of our standout pieces that students create. It is so exciting to see awesome content generated, and to […]

The Impact of Social Support on Postnatal Mood Disorder

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A guest post by Jaden Graham I have the pleasure of teaching our Speaking Your Truth: Content Creation for Birth Workers course once a year for the Indie Birth Midwifery School, and I love sharing (with permission!) some of our standout pieces that students create. It is so exciting to see awesome content generated, and […]

Abnormal cord insertions and assessing true risk

Labor and Birth

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On this episode of Well, Actually, Margo talks with Lisa Henrickson-Jack of the Fertility Friday podcast! Fertility Awareness was the way that Margo became interested in women’s health and bodily autonomy, and has the potential to capture the imagination and excitement of a whole new generation of powerful women. Listen in as she and Lisa […]

Episode 17: Actually You Can Observe and Tend Your Own Fertility

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This time I get to sit down with Jessie Harrold and talk about how the shift into motherhood takes way longer than the typical 6 weeks that we think of in our dominant culture. Join us as we explore – how this looks – what this means for us as mothers – how we can […]

Well, Actually Episode 16 – Talking with Jessie Harrold about the MotherSHIFT, the Two+ Years of Transitioning into New Motherhood

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**I actually wrote this awhile ago and hadn’t gotten around to posting, when this week I was quoted in an article and radio piece on unlicensed midwifery. It is quite clear to me that we will need to tell our own stories, and share our own perspectives. So I was inspired to share this now, […]

I’m a Self-Proclaimed Midwife

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**I wrote this back when I was a student midwife. Someone mentioned the book again recently and I recalled that I had wrote this, and decided I should share it publicly so next time someone bring it up I can point them here! I am guessing Ina May has since revised her position on many […]

Spiritual Midwifery Side Eye

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I was on Facebook and came across a post where an essential oil company was trying to market one of its gadgets to “KonMari lovers”. This made me laugh, and I thought “how silly to use this craze for click bait!”. 5 seconds later I realized it was genius, and it gave ME what felt […]

Let Your Birth Spark Joy: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Birth Vision

Pregnancy

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