Ep. 9 Giving Birth Back to the Family - Pat Chouinard

01/11/23 • 49 min

Pat Chouinard tells stories of her experience as a lay midwife before licensure of midwives in British Colombia. She speaks of birth as a rite of passage and values giving the birth back to the birthing person. Mother to many she had one of the first VBACs in BC!

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Wendy Clemens shares stories practicing as a traditional midwife in British Columbia. She engages us with an exciting account of her own birth in Mexico and her introduction to midwifery. There were many beautiful moments and stories in this episode.

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Ep. 10 Global Midwife Response, Humanitarian Midwifery - Laureli Denique Morrow

On this episode of The Midwife Podcast, we dive into the challenges midwives face when providing care in crisis and disaster situations. Midwives have to overcome a variety of obstacles to provide skilled and compassionate care in crisis zones. Laureli shares what it's like for midwives to work in Bangladesh with the Rohingya and in Greece with refugees. Additionally, we explore the work of Global Midwife Response (formally known as Midwife Pilgrim), an organization that provides midwifery care in low-resource areas. They aim to fill gaps in disaster relief by prioritizing reproductive health. This is an inspiring episode about providing midwifery care to populations of people in the most vulnerable of situations.