by Hillary Melchiors | Jul 24, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Cesarean Section, Childbirth Education, Communication, leadership, Midwife, Podcast, Postpartum Doulas, Research
This episode was so much fun because we got to talk about helping to create change in our local hospitals! As doulas, we see all kinds of different ways that different locations take care of business. We definitely have some ideas both at the policy and practical...
by Hillary Melchiors | May 6, 2020 | Birth Doula, Connections, Doula, Midwife, Podcast, Postpartum Doulas
I was so excited to talk to Erin Underwood this week all about how childbirth professionals can use movement for strength, stress relief, and occupational longevity! Erin is full of fantastically helpful information and I felt like I could talk to her for days about...
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...
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