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From an outsider's perspective, midwifery sounds like a fascinating profession. But what does it feel like to juggle life's demands in a career that doesn't allow you to have a bad day? This is an insider's view of the labor behind labor. Join Katie O'Brien, Certified Nurse Midwife, for frank conversations with frontline midwives about the joys, challenges, and politics surrounding the work of midwifery while trying to maintain a quality life away from the job.
Katie hosts Mindful Midwifery Presents: The Labor Behind Labor, a health show with 14 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In this season finale, Katie reunites with Laurel and Lindsay — two of the OG guests from the very first episodes — for a conversation about what a year actually does to a person. They dig into where the
Send us Fan Mail Carrie knows how bodies work. She's spent decades supporting women through some of their most vulnerable moments — and yet, nothing quite prepares you for becoming the patient yourself. In this episode,
Send us Fan Mail Angela came to the United States from Venezuela as an undocumented teenager, speaking just enough English to interpret for her grandmother in an ER — and somehow found herself captivated by the people ru
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Katie sits down with Cori — nurse-midwife, gestational carrier, and quite possibly the most interesting person you'll meet this week. Cori has spent her career advocating for better birt
Send us Fan Mail Holly never set out to have a career. She wanted to be a wife and a mom — and for a long time, that's exactly what she was. But somewhere between homeschooling three kids, working night shifts as an L&D
Send us Fan Mail Before water births were trendy, before fathers were allowed in delivery rooms, before midwives could legally do a pelvic exam in Maryland — there was Kathy. the midwife who wouldn't be managed. In this
Send us Fan Mail Taking a step back in your career isn't always a bad thing or an indicator of lack of commitment or drive. Sometimes it's just plain common sense and self-love. In this episode, Katie sits down with her
Send us Fan Mail Being a homebirth midwife is an all-encompassing, 24/7 career choice. Most homebirth services are offered by Certified Professional Midwives, but why don't more Certified Nurse Midwives offer homebirth s
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the midwife becomes the patient? Katie O'Brien sits down with Jenna — a newly minted midwife and an even newer mom — to find out. With 10-week-old Celeste in tow (and occasionally on th
Send us Fan Mail Not all midwives feel they were called to be a midwife! In this episode, Hadja traces her path from a double major in international studies and nursing to the delivery room, driven not by a "calling" but
Send us Fan Mail It's hard to be vulnerable, especially in the medical field, but if you can't show vulnerability at work are you in the right place for you to thrive? Katie and Lindsay explore the invisible weight midwi
Send us Fan Mail What if the best thing about being a midwife was that it wasn't the most important thing about you? That's the philosophy Carrie lives by — and in this episode, she unpacks what it really means to be pre
Send us Fan Mail Midwife and podcast host Katie reconnects with longtime colleague and friend Laurel, a certified nurse midwife of 15+ years, to kick off the podcast series! Laurel stumbled into midwifery as a nursing st
Send us Fan Mail What's this podcast about? Midwives, of course! Find out more in this introduction to the series.
Laurel
certified nurse midwife · CRANEiacs
2 appearances on this show
Lindsay
Financial Therapist · grief and life coaching
2 appearances on this show
Carrie
Communications Specialist · AEA's Learn and Lead
2 appearances on this show
Angela
AVP of Management Liability Claims & Counsel · IAT Insurance Group
1 appearance on this show
Cori
Attorney & Entrepreneur · Nikkei Uprising
1 appearance on this show
Holly
first-year Law student · Library
1 appearance on this show
Beverly
1 appearance on this show
Jenna
Head of Futures · Blueberry Creative
1 appearance on this show
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