A home birth that was nearly “not allowed” in Iowa planted a seed that never stopped growing, and our anonymous guest follows that seed all the way into a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) apprenticeship. 

Along the way, she takes a real detour, walking away from midwifery hierarchy, studying linguistics, working jobs like Starbucks and publishing, and spending years raising and homeschooling kids. 

Then a visceral dream pulls her back toward birth work, and we talk through what it really takes to return to a calling with more maturity and a clearer sense of the costs.

We get specific about the difference between a doula and a midwife, what each role does during labor, and how midwifery training works in the home birth setting. 

If you care about home birth, midwifery care, doula support, patient advocacy, and the real meaning of informed decision-making, listen through to the end. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s expecting or supporting someone who is, and leave a review so more people can find these behind-closed-doors work stories.

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