Maria Mengel joins Margo on the podcast to talk about her birth experiences and the lessons she has taken away from them. Maria is a mother of two, wife, music teacher, doula, childbirth educator, placenta specialist, and owner of the newly launched Thrive Birth Services of Delmarva. She began her professional career as a musician […]

I just moved across the country with my family and am still not done unpacking boxes or getting our house set up. I wanted to read something while my daughter played the other afternoon, so I opened one of my boxes of books and decided to read the first thing I found. It happened to […]

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about productive ways to respond to the “my baby almost died, but was saved by X” conversations. Download this podcast transcript

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk with Julia Aziz about her book, LESSONS OF LABOR: One Woman’s Self-Discovery Through Birth & Motherhood. Get more information at LessonsofLabor.com.

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about my own journey through apprenticeship… from being a midwife by the numbers to becoming a midwife of the heart. Download this podcast transcript

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk with Nekole Shapiro about a radical approach to healing yourself and facilitating healing for others.

Zoey Jean, The beginning. Ever since I was little I always pictured Zoey as one of my little blond babies, running around the farm naked. At 32 years old she finally found me and decided she would rather be a redhead. She was a surprise baby. Babies were not on the table since I was […]

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about the clues I see that show the end of midwifery regulation is near. Download this podcast transcript