In this episode, Julie sits down with Jennifer and her son, Rowan, to discuss Jennifer's home birth experience with Midwife Partners. Jennifer's first son was born at a birth center where she had a good experience, but decided that homebirth was a better option the second time around.
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Episode 8 - Transitioning To Home Birth
In this episode, Julie and Kara continue discussing their discussion of securing collaboration and how they then transitioned to attending home birth.
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Episode 7 - Kayla's Birth Story
In this episode, Julie interviews Kayla, a client of Midwife Partners about her birth experience with her son Jordan (who makes an appearance!).
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Episode 6 - Our Practice Part 2
In this episode, Julie and Kara continue to provide information on their journey to provide evidence-based care in the hospital setting. Listen to their experiences with unsupportive physicians and colleagues and begin to understand why they ultimately will leave that environment in order to provide the care to women and families that they deserve.
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Episode 5 - Our Practice, Part 1
In this episode, Kara and Julie discuss their practice in more detail, giving insight in what it was like to start an independent practice, the difficulties and barriers to practice, and then in attempting to practice evidence-based care first in a supportive hospital environment and then in an unsupportive one.
Listen to Kara and Julie, two seasoned nurse-midwives, discuss their journey from hospital to home birth attended deliveries, and hear why this matters to the future of maternal and child health in America. They share their experiences of how and why they have been drawn to home as the optimal place for most births and interview families who have chosen to birth at home. Midwifery care, health insurance, medical training, hospital care, and other birth-related topics will also addressed.
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