Ciara is an abortion care midwife, but we delve into so much more than that in this episode!! We talk about being a new midwife, finding a job when you yourself are pregnant, thinking about the dynamics of being pregnant and pumping when working, and her current role as a midwife and an abortion care provider. Information/clinical scenario page with evidence base research regarding abortion care @thenotoriousxcnm

Jamie, CNM, trained as an L&D RN at Parkland Memorial, a major medical center in Texas. She went on to become a CNM and has continued to work in busy clinic and hospital practices! She is currently an amazing midwife that regularly precepts new midwives and started an amazing website and resource for midwives called www.amidwifenation.com where she has tons and tons of resources! 

Victoria Pollack is a UK trained midwife. She has worked in several places in the UK, as well as internationally. She is currently in school get her her MS in Nursing and then her DNP graduating to become a Certified Nurse Midwife and practice in the states. Listen to Victoria tell the story of her beautiful journey and the differences of midwifery practice in the UK vs US. 

Listen to Kris' journey to midwifery, she waited 15 years until her kids were older to pursue her dream of midwifery. Now she's working a dream job and living in sunny Florida as a CNM. 

Listen to Mercy's story of becoming a home birth midwife, balancing births and single motherhood in North Texas. She is the owner of Comforts of Home Midwifery. Check her out in IG @dentonmidwife and at www.comfortsofhomemidwifery.com 

Quoted from www.growmidwives.com "For more than 40 years (35 as a Certified Nurse-Midwife), Ginger has worked to advance women’s reproductive health. She began her career in the late 1970’s working as a scrub-tech then charge nurse in Labor and Delivery at a community hospital in Topeka, KS. There she witnessed firsthand how healthcare systems could empower women and families, as well as where they fell short" Listen to Ginger's journey of pioneering midwifery, motherhood and still making huge changes in maternity care with grow midwives, march for moms and so much more! .

Listen to the Journey to Midwifery of Megan, a Certified Nurse Midwife. Megan tells her story of feeling overworked and stressed as a single mom practicing in Colorado, to her new location of southern Alabama, that has NINE CNM's and the highest maternal morbidity in the United States. I talk with Megan about the culture and acceptance of midwives in Alabama. 

Kim Pekin, CPM is an owner of TWO birth centers in Northern Virginia. Listen to her journey of midwifery, motherhood and midwifery. Kim is also a board member of NARM and explains some of the intricacies of CPM licensing. Take a listen to this wonderful, informative interview 

Mandy is an amazing RN and YOU TUBER full of wonderful information and knowledge! Mandy and I get emotional talking about her BIG BIG goals of leaving beside nursing giving people control of their own birth, keeping everyone trauma informed to avoid re-traumatization of people. We talk about informed consent, using peanut balls, how to properly perform a vaginal exam and so much more! This episode is full of information on how  to better care for our birthing families! check it out and you can also find Mandy at www.mandyirby.com as well as her FAMOUS you tube channel