Lisa's journey to midwifery started in the 1950's which many turns along the way. She went from an informal "lay" midwife to eventually a CNM in the hills of North Carolina. Lisa shares her story to get her history recorded after several strokes and some memory loss. Her story is amazing and inspiring, and I am honored that she chose this platform to share it with everyone. Happy 76th Birthday on 2/25 to Lisa! Link to Lisa's website https://www.lisasremedies.com/about
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Arielle is a CNM in Connecticut and shares her journey of how she got tired of watching women treated in labor "by the rules" and wanted to provide care with autonomy. She is now at a wonderful collaborative practice that is fully supportive of midwifery care and patient choice
Feb 17, 2022•53 min•Ep. 81
Cheryl is Certified Professional Midwife in Colorado and owner of Your Thriving Pregnancy (links below). Cheryl shares her journey and career path that has now culminated into starting Your Thriving Pregnancy, a fantastic online resource for pregnant families! Listen to hear more! Links: This is the link to the app and the Your Thriving Pregnancy Roadmap: Free 5 week Challenge: http://onelink.to/yourthrivingpreg (This link will take them to the web, Apple, or Google Play Store depending on their...
Jan 31, 2022•54 min•Ep. 80
Belinda Lashea is a Certified Nurse Midwife, a Direct Entry Midwife and a PHD candidate. She is a faculty member at ECU in North Carolina, runs an herbology business and is practicing and a director of a birth center. Belinda has a journey to midwifery that is literally from the ground up. She was a teen mother, living in poverty, unable to buy groceries, and now has a voice in midwifery as a leader, she is an expert in so many subjects and is a doctoral candidate. https://www.facebook.com/bearr...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 79
This episode is with Angela Lugiano who is a retired CNM with over 40 years of experience in birth work. She shares her journey and many words of wisdom along the way. I hope you will take the time to hear the advice and story of an experienced midwife. (This is an updated and re-recorded version of Angela's journey, if her story sounds familiar to you.)
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 78
This episode is with Pamela, a CNM that has been in practice for 18 years. She shares her journey, her experiences, and resources available to her community for both clients and midwives. Check it out!
Jan 12, 2022•50 min•Ep. 77
In this episode I get to talk with Heather, who was born and raised on Scotland and has been a practicing registered midwife for over 7 years. She and I talk about her journey, the differences of midwifery pathway and practice in the U.K versus the U.S, and some talk of the massive midwife shortage happening in the U.K. It was super fun to have this chat with Heather!
Dec 18, 2021•45 min•Ep. 76
Jessica is a Certified Professional Midwife in Anchorage, Alaska and co-founder of the Pacific Birth Institute created to train birth assistance. This episode IS about Jessica's journey, or her call to midwifery, but also about the dynamics of midwifery education and salary, some of the thoughts behind maternal mortality and morbidity and lots about community birth care. (there are a few curse words in here, just a few...in case you need to know that) Links below mentioned in the show: https://p...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 76Ep. 75
Marielle Tomlin is a CNM practicing in rural Lancaster PA. She is the new sole owner of WomanKind Midwifery and is venturing her first year of practice AND business ownership! She shares her journey to midwifery and how she balances life with a busy homebirth practice with upwards of 15-20 births a MONTH! Here are links to her social media pages as well. Marielle is on a mission to spread the word and beauty of physiologic birth. https://www.facebook.com/womankindmidwiferyllc IG: @SimplyMamaLLC ...
Dec 05, 2021•42 min•Ep. 74
Deidre DeGrado is a wife, mother, and Certified Professional Midwife practicing in the Wichita Kansas area. Deidre shares her calling to midwifery with a passionate and powerful story. She has been in the world of midwifery for over 30 years!
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 73
This episode is with Dr. Stephanie Mitchell, CNM, DNP and very soon to be CPM. She is on Instagram as @doctor_midwife. Stephanie interviewed originally in Dec 2019 sharing her Journey to Midwifery...you should definitely go check that interview out, it's under "REPLAY..." This episode is an update on Stephanie's journey over the last 24 months and how she has moved from Boston to Alabama, taken steps to get her CPM licensure and open a free-standing birth center in Alabama, AND written a book! S...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Carolyn is a CNM with a long history of midwifery and birth work, dating back into the 1970. She has part in theicipated writing of Varney's Midwifery, she has been in clinical practice, has taught and led the midwifery program at Georgetown, and is currently the owner and instructor of Ultrasound for Midwives--an excellent course offering both didactic and hands-on skills for midwives. Check out the episode and links below to ultrasound course website. https://www.ultrasoundformidwives.com/abou...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Megan Gross is a CNM in Dubuque Iowa that owns her own practice specializing in fertility care, hormone balancing and much more. In this episode, Megan shares her journey and why she loves having her own practice. We chat about midwifery, motherhood, kids and more. This was a super fun "coffee date" chat with Megan and I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting.
Oct 25, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Astrid is a Certified Professional Midwife practicing midwifery in the paradise community of SteamBoat Springs, CO. She also is a teacher of herbal medicine and has a Women's Herbal Gathering retreat coming up very soon (see links below). Astrid shares her journey to midwifery and how herbal medicine plays a role in her every day life and practice as a midwife. Astrid's website: www.astridgrove.com Link to the Herbal Women's Retreat: www.redearthherbalgathering.com For cottonroot bark tincture: ...
Apr 30, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 69
Sharon shares her Journey to Midwifery that starts in Alabama and will come full circle back to Alabama! What is up with Midwifery care in Alabama?? Take a listen to this episode to hear some insights into that. Sharon is currently the Chief Director of the Midwifery program at Bay State but has some big future plans to improve Midwifery care in Alabama! She also shares some great words of wisdom she has gained from her many years of practice and in Midwifery education. Thank you Sharon! (**Plea...
Apr 11, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Bethany Arrington is a Certified Nurse Midwife and owner of Genesis Birth and Wellness, a home-birth practice in Greenville, South Carolina. She is currently the only black-owned home-birth practice in her area, and very proud of that fact! She shares her Journey to Midwifery and her lessons learned opening a home-birth practice. Link to Bethany's website: https://genesisbirthandwellness.com/ IG: @Genesisbirthandwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Genesis-Birth-and-Wellness-1090776676383...
Mar 29, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Want to take a trip around the world and practice Midwifery? Take a listen to Kristine's Journey to Midwifery and her amazing career in humanitarian work. She shares stories of traveling with her young son, living the life of a humanitarian midwife and her recent work with Doctors without Boarders. A link to Kristine's Blog: https://midwifewithoutboundaries.wordpress.com/ A link to Doctor's Without Boarders to learn more about careers as a midwife with them: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Mari-Carmen Farmer, MSN, CNM, WHNP-BC works in Philadelphia as a midwife. She shares her 22 year long journey to midwifery, entangled with working, motherhood, growing her family and the loss of a child. Mari-Carmen continues her work in anti-racism and inclusion in birth work, and shares her philosophy and perspective on this subject, as well as some projects she is doing to advocate this work within the community. If you are interested in learning more about Mari-Carmen's work you can email he...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Sukey Krause, MSN, CNM, FACNM is the Director of the Midwifery Education Program at Baystate Medical Center and Assistant Professor, UMass Medical School. She shares her journey to midwifery and her thoughts on midwifery education and WHY we need MORE education programs, as well as ideas on how to get that going! If you work for an academic medical center and want to get a midwifery program started, this is a great episode for you!
Mar 08, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Catherine is a retired CNM with a varied career in hospital, home birth, a military career and motherhood. She offers insight and lessons learned through her journey to midwifery and throughout midwifery. Listening to experienced midwives is a great lesson for all of us newer to the career, and I'm so thrilled she was willing to share her story. She also creates some beautiful pregnancy glass art work now and you can find her on @cjonescnm at IG, I will also be sharing some of her artwork on my ...
Mar 04, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 63
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 can find her on IG at @virginiaacnm
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 62
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 how she came to be in Hong Kong and and her many years of stories and experiences with the families of Hon...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 61
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/MidwiferyWisdomCollective IG: @MidwiferyWisdom and @artofbirthing...
Feb 13, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 60
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 the Midwife's Cauldron podcast and check that out too! https://midwifethinking.com/...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 59
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!
Jan 31, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 58
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 for you. Check her out in Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/parismountainmidwifery/
Jan 24, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 57
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 from Handywoman to Professional Midwife by Nicky Leap and Billie Hunter Epiduralized Birth and Nurse-M...
Jan 18, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 56
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.facebook.com/MidnightMidwifery/ email: Midnightmidwifery@gmail.com
Jan 10, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 55
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/?mode=movie4 and a facebook inforgraphic.... https://www.facebook.com/motherofsalad/posts/10158841923...
Jan 04, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 54
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 Center is here: https://seasonsbirthcenter.com/ Book title here: "Midwifery for Expectant Parent...
Nov 02, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 53
