Episode 42: Doula Dreams of Change in Maternity Care

Episode Summary

Have you ever dreamed of what you would say if somebody asked you exactly how to change things to improve maternity care? We get that question often, as doulas and as scholars, and in this episode we talk about how we have learned to answer it.

We walk through what we say first, what we save for the second drink, and which changes most birth professionals reach for that miss the actual lever. Hint: it does not just involve changing the pictures hanging on the walls.

Useful for any birth professional building their own perspective on maternity care reform, and for anyone tired of the surface-level pivots being treated like the real work.

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Maternity care reform from a doula and scholar perspective

Practical levers for changing hospital birth culture