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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 pla…

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  • Nov 11, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 32m AVG DURATION
  • 9 EPISODES


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Episode 9 - From Birth Center to Homebirth

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 36:16


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.

Episode 8 - Transitioning To Home Birth

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 34:47


In this episode, Julie and Kara continue discussing their discussion of securing collaboration and how they then transitioned to attending home birth.

Episode 7 - Kayla's Birth Story

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 28:00


In this episode, Julie interviews Kayla, a client of Midwife Partners about her birth experience with her son Jordan (who makes an appearance!).

Episode 6 - Our Practice Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 37:59


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.

Episode 5 - Our Practice, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 30:42


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.

Episode 4 - Jordan's Home Birth Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 36:55


In this episode, Julie and Kara sit down with one of their very own clients, a new mom of 5 months, Jordan. They discuss her experience with the Midwife Partners from basic women's health care to her pregnancy and home birth. Jordan shares her experience of suffering a miscarriage with a physician that lead her to the more compassionate and attentive midwifery care with Julie and Kara.

Episode 3 - What is Nurse-Midwifery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 32:23


In this episode, Julie and Kara discuss nurse-midwifery in more detail. They also discuss the requirement of a collaboration agreement in order to practice their chosen profession and how this unfairly and negatively affects access to care.

Episode 2 - Why We Started Our Own Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 29:40


Julie and Kara describe why they moved from one practice to another, and then again to another, and how these moves led them to ultimately open their own independent midwifery practice. Stay tuned for the next episode about the beginnings of our own practice.

Episode 1 - Why We Became Midwives

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 24:56


Julie and Kara explore and discuss what led them to pursuing their careers in midwifery. Along the way, both worked in various careers before ultimately leading them to their destined profession. On the next episode, they will discuss their early midwife experiences and how working for others motivated them to start their own practice.

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