…home births to improve their birth outcomes. She also opened a midwifery school in Boston to increase the number of community midwives. Current Birth Work Shafia now runs the SMC…
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Pushing Back on Medical Authority with Jennifer Block
…intersection of medicine and feminism. I’ve been interested in the controversies around surrogacy and breastfeeding and homebirth, and of course abortion and contraception. My interest in all of those issues…
Why You Can’t Spoil Your Baby: The Science of Nurture and The Truth About Sleep Training with Greer Kirshenbaum
…a birth doula for a long time. I’ve seen a lot of hospital births where there’s really, I don’t even know how to say it. Terrible things happening in birth…
Herbs for an Easier Labor and Birth
…want to do everything you can to avoid unnecessary medical interventions at your birth, you’re in the right place. Thirty-five years of combined experience as a home birth midwife and…
Reclaiming Postpartum: A New (Old) Model of Mama + Baby Care
…and brought the care home. Reimagining Postpartum: One Home Visit at a Time Eight years ago, Eva founded Tova Health, a home-based fourth trimester practice now serving hundreds of families…
Normalize It: From Miscarriage to Midlife—Owning Our Stories Without Shame with Jessica Zucker
…you really want, and that can be home birth, hospital, birth, birthing up, really trying to be really empowered about it. We have a support group every two weeks, which…





