by Hillary Melchiors | Mar 25, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Communication, Doula, leadership, Midwife, Postpartum Doulas
I learned how to drive a stick-shift in my older brother’s very touchy small truck. We drove around his neighborhood with that truck jerking in fits for hours, and my brother was VERY patient with me. This may have been the only time in his life that he was...
by Hillary Melchiors | Mar 4, 2020 | Business, Connections, leadership, marketing, Midwife, Podcast
In this 25th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Hillary chats with Augustine Colebrook about midwifery practice around the world, midwifery training, the safety of home birth, what justice in the birth world really means and so much more. In case you don’t know...
by Hillary Melchiors | Feb 26, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Midwife
Burnout is real! Burnout is rough. Burnout can be prevented, or at the very least mitigated. I was listening to Madeline Murray’s presentation on Avoiding Burnout in Midwifery at the GOLD Midwifery 2020 conference. I found myself nodding along, and I’m not...
by Hillary Melchiors | Feb 20, 2020 | Birth Doula, Doula, Podcast
In this 24th episode of The Birth Geeks podcast we talk all about prodromal labor! Having both dealt with prodromal labor personally and professionally, we know just how awful it can be. We discuss signs that it might be prodromal labor, reasons it could be happening,...
by Hillary Melchiors | Jan 29, 2020 | Birth Doula, birth stories, Childbirth Education, Communication
As a childbirth professional, I find that I am often very frustrated with all the ridiculous messages that my clients are getting pinged with on a regular basis. Everyone wants to tell my clients their horror of a birth story. The receptionist at their OB’s...
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