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Midwifery for the People

Midwifery for the People

Margo Blackstone

Midwifery for the People is a podcast about reimagining the way we approach the entirety of the birthing year. Margo’s goal is to combine her radical imagination with her knack for strategizing to bolster the birth revolution and a larger global revolution of feminine consciousness.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Midwifery for the People episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Midwifery for the People for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Midwifery for the People episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Listen in on a recent conversation I had with midwives Jessica and Bethel! We talked about the difficulties of educating midwives, why we should focus on educating more awesome birth assistants then, how mandatory MEAC education is crippling Alaskan midwifery, and how Alaskan regulation is restricting women’s access to midwifery care. These two midwives are really lovely, passionate women and I had so much fun chatting with them. I think you’ll enjoy listening in on the conversation – tell me what you think! Maybe I’ll create more midwife shop talk episodes

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Indie Birth Midwifery School

Pacific Birth Institute

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Jennifer Summerfeldt, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP), has nearly two decades of experience in maternal health and psychology. In addition to being a counselor, Jennifer has also been a childbirth advocate, maternal educator, doula, midwifery apprentice, and published writer.

As the founder and creator of the Healing After Birth program, Jennifer uses her expertise and pioneering voice to help advance the dialogue on motherhood, mental health, and healing.

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https://www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/

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Listen in on Margo’s preconception consultation with a woman who had a full term birth 5 years ago with her first pregnancy, and then had two first trimester miscarriages last year in 2020. We talk about blood work (including the blood work her OB did and didn’t order!), uncovering possible causes, ideas to strengthen her fertility, the emotional and spiritual processing of loss, and the surprising studies around “TLC” reducing miscarriage rates in women who have experienced loss. Margo also shares some of her own similar experiences with loss, and the decisions she made in terms of treatment.

Margo is offering a limited number of free virtual prenatal sessions in exchange for recording them as Well, Actually... episodes. The world needs to know what real prenatal care sounds like! To have your virtual prenatal be featured on this series,
sign up here.

To simply book a virtual, one-on-one prenatal with Margo (or Maryn), click here for more details.

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Duluth Midwife
Natural Fertility Info: Your Complete Source for Fertility Information and Products
“A Miscarriage Story” by Margo Blackstone (blog post)
“Pregnancy After Loss” by Margo Blackstone (blog post)
Natural Conception Plan for Women with PCOS and Unexplained Fertility Issues
“The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility” by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
“Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage” by Jon Cohen
“The Garden of Fertility: Reading Your Fertility Cycles for Natural Family Planning and Reproductive Health” by Katie Singer
13 Moons: Epic Education for The Birthing Year
Birth Warrior Project: 120 Day Doula Training and Transformation Indie Birth Midwifery School

In an effort to support small businesses, all of the book titles listed above are linked for purchase from Zenith Bookstore, an independently owned book shop in Duluth, Minnesota – Margo’s stomping grounds. Find out more about them at www.zenithbookstore.com . All of these titles are also available via Amazon.

TRANSCRIPTION: In The Midwife’s Office #1 – Pre-conception Planning After Two Miscarriages

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Midwifery for the People - Jane’s Breech Birth

Jane’s Breech Birth

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01/13/16 • 46 min

On this episode I talk with my friend Jane about her breech birth.

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In this episode of Well, Actually... Margo interviews Keli Garza of Steamy Chick (steamychick.com)

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Midwifery for the People - But Who Cuts the Cord?

But Who Cuts the Cord?

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07/24/15 • 39 min

In this episode of “Well, Actually...”, Margo talks all about the cutting of the cord.

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Midwifery for the People - Death, Blame, Grief and Healing: Personal Notes from a Midwife
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04/14/24 • 43 min

In this episode of ‘Midwifery for the People,’ host Margo Blackstone shares deeply personal experiences exploring her evolving relationship with death, both in her personal life and professional work as a midwife. She reflects on the profound impact of attending a birth where a baby unexpectedly died, which contributed to her first panic attack and a journey into understanding her fears related to death and leaving her children behind. Margo discusses the importance of confronting and understanding one’s relationship with death for birth workers and society at large. She emphasizes the need for a regulated nervous system in the birth work environment, acknowledging the inherent risks of childbirth.

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Midwifery for the People - In The Midwife’s Office #3: Visit With a 37 Week First Time Mama
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04/20/21 • 59 min

Join Margo and this mama who has reached her “due window” and is excited to chat with a midwife outside the system about everything from labor preparation as a first time mom, to induction at 41 weeks (and how to not go down that road), to postpartum baby choices like vitamin k, the newborn screen and vaccines.

Margo is offering a limited number of free virtual prenatal sessions in exchange for recording them as Well, Actually... episodes. The world needs to know what real prenatal care sounds like! To have your virtual prenatal be featured on this series,
sign up here.

To simply book a virtual, one-on-one prenatal with Margo (or Maryn), click here for more details.

LINKS, SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT
Duluth Midwife
13 Moons: Epic Education for The Birthing Year
Birth Warrior Project: 120 Day Doula Training and Transformation Indie Birth Midwifery School
TRANSCRIPTION: In The Midwife’s Office #3-Visit With a 37 Week First Time Mama

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Isa is the author of The New Return to the Great Mother: Birth, Initiation, and the Sacred Feminine and I had her on the podcast to share more about how we might implement these incredible tools and perspectives into the work we are doing as mothers, doulas and midwives. Join us as we explore Isa’s background, including her experience during the 70’s and 80’s during the renaissance of home birth, her birth experiences as a medical interpreter, and how her meditation for connecting with The Great Mother has impacted many thousands of women already. I am really excited to have her book to hand out to clients at the first visit, so that she can come to her second visit ready to more explore her relationship with her body, her spirituality, and the initiations she has already been through. All so that we can help her ready and steady herself as she prepares for BIRTH, one of the most intense initiations of all.

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Learn more about Isa’s work at sacredstream.org

Isa is generously offering a free “Great Mother” meditation to all listeners of this podcast! Use the code INDIEBIRTH at checkout.

To receive future special offers, exclusive discounts, course announcements, and featured content, subscribe Sacred Stream’s email list today. New subscribers will receive a free guided meditation download, delivered straight to their inboxes.

Order the signed collector’s edition of “The New Return To the Great Mother...” from The Sacred Stream Store

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Duluth Midwife

Order “The New Return to the Great Mother...” on Amazon

13 Moons: Epic Education for The Birthing Year

Birth Warrior Project: 120 Day Doula Training and Transformation

Indie Birth Midwifery School

TRANSCRIPTION: A Conversation about The New Return to the Great Mother_ Birth, Initiation, and the Sacred Feminine with author Isa Gucciardi

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This is a unique episode where you can listen in on a section of our Answering the Call to Radical Midwifery Retreat from April 2022 where Maryn and Margo share the origins of Indie Birth and answer questions from attendees about licensing, underground midwifery, what happens when clients aren’t a good match, fear of persecution and more!

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Answering the Call from Radical Midwifery

TRANSCRIPTION: An Intimate Retelling of the Indie Birth Story from the Answering the Call to Radical Midwifery Retreat

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How many episodes does Midwifery for the People have?

Midwifery for the People currently has 56 episodes available.

What topics does Midwifery for the People cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Alternative Health and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Midwifery for the People?

The episode title 'The Relationship Between Midwifery Education and Midwifery Regulation, a Lively Conversation with Jessica from Pacific Birth Institute and Bethel, Chair of the Alaska Board of Certified Direct Entry Midwives' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Midwifery for the People?

The average episode length on Midwifery for the People is 56 minutes.

How often are episodes of Midwifery for the People released?

Episodes of Midwifery for the People are typically released every 22 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Midwifery for the People?

The first episode of Midwifery for the People was released on Jul 24, 2015.

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