Birthing Instincts

#288 Continuity of Care with Naomi Drucker


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Dr. Stu and Blyss are joined by Certified Nurse-Midwife Naomi Drucker. Today, you’ll hear about the inside workings of Naomi’s model of care, which gives women the option of having a home birth or hospital experience with a midwifery team.


In this episode of Birthing Instincts:

  • Naomi’s practice: offering hospital & home births with midwives
  • Ways to get doctors to support midwives in hospitals
  • Challenges Naomi faces in the hospital as a nurse-midwife
  • How Naomi’s pregnancy experiences led her into nursing & midwifery
  • Pediatrician offices not accepting newborns born at home


Naomi’s Bio:


"I am, in chronological order; a sister, wife, mother, doula, nurse, and midwife. I met both Dr. Stu and Blyss years ago, just before they changed course to what they are doing now. I was born and mostly raised (till 15) in Montreal, Canada, and moved here with my mom and sister in 1992. I met my husband 6 months later which was unexpected!


I took Ellie Shae's doula training in 2000, graduated nursing school at LACC (Los Angeles City College) in 2005, and worked nights in L&D at Cedars from 2005-2018 when I graduated from midwifery school at Frontier Nursing University. I worked at GraceFull Birthing Center first and then started a private solo practice offering both home birth and hospital birth. In 2020 I took on a partner midwife and we launched Los Angeles Midwives which is where I am currently practicing.


I am so happy to now be able to offer a close enough version of ideal care to the clients that find me. I have 5 sons ages 23!!!, 19!!, 14,14 (twins), and 18 months old. 2 hospital births (Kaiser West LA, Cedars), one birth center (The Hollywood Birth Center), and my grand finale at home!


My 5-year plan includes growing my practice, normalizing physiologic birth in the hospital, normalizing and streamlining the home-to-hospital transfer experience, and supporting other midwives to offer this type of care here in LA."



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Follow Naomi:

  • Website: losangelesmidwives.com 
  • Instagram: @losangelesmidwives 


Connect with Dr. Stu:

  • Instagram: @birthinginstincts
  • Website: birthinginstincts.com


Connect with Blyss:

  • Instagram: @birthingblyss
  • Website: birthingblyss.com



This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

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