Midwifery Wisdom Podcast

Welcome to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast This podcast is your go-to resource for practical education, thoughtful insights, and relevant conversations tailored to modern midwives. Each week, we bring fresh content and engaging guest speakers to explore key themes in midwifery, including: Advocacy, business, and clinical skills Self-care and professional growth Current issues shaping midwifery today Listen to meaningful stories and essential advice from leading midwives working to elevate care for families across the globe. Gain clarity, encouragement, and actionable guidance to support your business, practice, and personal life. Wherever you are in your journey, the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast is here to empower you. Together, we strive to make midwifery the gold standard of care worldwide.

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  Midwifery Wisdom Podcast

  Rerun: Understanding Postpartum Psychosis (Beyond The Lindsay Clancy Headlines) with Aaisha Alvi

  Aug 19, 202642 minS6

  When high-profile cases like Lindsay Clancy hit the news, public fear and sensationalism surrounding Postpartum Psychosis (PPP) spike—making clinical clarity and lived experience more vital than ever. In this special re-released episode, we sit down with Aaisha Alvi, author of "A Mom Like That: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis." Aaisha is a two-time PPP survivor who navigated severe hallucinations, delusions, and several medical dismissals before finally receiving life-saving psychiatric treatment. Community birth workers, midwives, and doulas are often the primary line of defense in the first 14 days postpartum. In this conversation, we break down: * The clinical differences between Postpartum Depression (1 in 5) and Postpartum Psychosis (1-2 per 1,000). * What hallucinations and delusions actually look and feel like from the inside. * Why calling PPP "rare" leads to dangerous medical dismissals in emergency rooms and clinics. * Exact red flags, key phrases, and emergency protocols birth workers must use when advocating for a client in crisis. CONTENT WARNING: This conversation includes discussion of severe perinatal mental health crises, intrusive thoughts, and psychiatric emergencies. RESOURCES & LINKS: • Learn more about Aaisha Alvi & grab her memoir: https://www.aaishaalvi.com • Follow Aaisha on Instagram: @AaishaAlviWrites • Postpartum Support International (PSI): Call or text 1-800-944-4773 | https://www.postpartum.net • National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 • Explore Midwifery Wisdom courses & resources: https://www.midwiferywisdom.com

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  Episode #149

  Building Against All Odds & the Cost of Calling with Althea Hrdlichka, CPM

  Aug 12, 202643 minS6

  Althea Hrdlichka opened a birth center in Colorado in 2020 — a state where CPMs were not legally allowed to practice in birth centers. She then changed the law. She opened a second location in 2026. She has attended over 1,000 births and she's far from done. In this episode Augustine sits down with Althea for one of the most unfiltered conversations this podcast has had about what it actually takes to build midwifery infrastructure in a hostile system — the legislation, the license battles, the EMS protocols that she believes are being used deliberately against out-of-hospital providers, the rivals who tried to bring her down, and the moment she almost didn't keep going. And why she kept going anyway. In this episode: Four births that led her to midwifery — and the one that changed everything Opening a birth center she couldn't legally practice in — and changing the law A two-year license battle, $70,000 out of pocket, and what pulled her back from the edge The EMS "stay and stabilize" protocol and what it means for out-of-hospital birth Why she pays herself zero and what her sustainability plan actually looks like The homegrown midwife model — and why it's the only one that works What midwives eating each other is costing the profession • Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MidwiferyWisdom • Birth Center Incubator: https://www.skool.com/birth-center-incubator-4343/about • Guest Contact: https://tendergiftsmidwiferyandbirthcenter.com/about-us/

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  Episode #148

  From The Farm to Motherfly with Corina Fitch

  Aug 5, 202654 minS6

  Corina was literally born into midwifery. She came into the world in an old school bus on The Farm — the legendary intentional community in Tennessee founded by Stephen Gaskin and Ina May Gaskin — and grew up surrounded by communal living, the absence of money, and birth as an ordinary, community experience. After years of practicing midwifery across six countries, raising three daughters as a single mother, navigating a nine-year mental health journey, and returning to The Farm as part of a new generation of midwives, she has arrived at something extraordinary: a framework for motherhood that she believes could change everything. This episode is for every midwife who has ever burned out, every mother who has lost herself, and everyone who believes birth work is about so much more than catching babies. In this episode we cover: Growing up on The Farm — communal living, kid herds, no money, and birth as a normal community event Leaving The Farm at 10, landing in Hollywood Florida, and the culture shock of the "real world" Her first birth on her 21st birthday — and three months apprenticing with Ina May and the Farm midwives that summer Getting licensed in 1999, practicing in Florida, taking students to Honduras, and attending births across six countries Becoming a mother as a midwife — and how her first postpartum experience shattered every expectation she had A nine-year mental health journey including depression, anxiety, and eventually a bipolar diagnosis — and the shame of suffering in silence as "the one who knows" The vision for Motherfly — a new archetype for motherhood rooted in self-compassion, creativity, and community rather than martyrdom and supermom mythology What matrescence is, why it matters, and why it should be a household word Returning to The Farm in 2020 — driving through the Confederate-flag South with her Black daughters, the financial relief, and the racial reckoning of arriving in a predominantly white community The onboarding meeting that became a confrontation — and the "Midwives for Black Lives" sign that nobody would respond to Holding Ina May's legacy with nuance — the good, the harm, and the missed opportunity Founding Community Birth and Wellness with three other midwives — and the spontaneous passing of the torch at the Sanctuary Summit The Motherfly nine-month group coaching container, the Matrescent Circle, and what's coming next Why our culture does a so-so job birthing babies and a terrible job birthing mothers Resources & Links: Learn more about Motherfly: motherflymom.com Instagram: @motherfly.tribe ️ Corina's podcast: Mother Tongue — Reclaiming Motherhood from the Patriarchy Join our Skool community: skool.com/midwiferywisdom Birth Center Incubator: https://www.skool.com/birth-center-incubator-4343/about

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  Episode #147

  Mother-Assisted Cesarean: Reclaiming Choice with Dr. Koen Deurloo

  Jul 29, 202650 minS6

  In this episode, Augustine sits down with Dr. Koen Deurloo, a Dutch gynecologist at the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht and the first physician in the Netherlands to perform a maternal-assisted cesarean (MAC) — a technique that lets the birthing parent help lift their own baby from the incision during a planned cesarean. What began as a single patient's request in 2018 has grown into a practice Dr. Deurloo has now performed more than 200 times, and one he freely shares with hospitals around the world. This conversation goes far beyond the surgical technique. Dr. Deurloo talks candidly about the home births of his own two daughters and how that experience shaped his respect for the midwifery model of care, learning to ask "why" instead of overriding a patient's choice, and building one of the most collaborative OB-midwife relationships in the Netherlands — a country where roughly 90% of pregnancies start with midwifery-led care. He shares research on women who request care outside standard guidelines, why the "dead baby card" says more about a provider's own trauma than about safety, and how he trains residents, midwives, and doulas to work from a shared goal instead of competing silos. Dr. Deurloo is also the author of Door de ogen van een gynaecoloog ("Through the Eyes of a Gynecologist"), a collection of 35 stories from his clinical life. Whether you're a physician, midwife, doula, or student, this episode offers a rare, first-hand look at what it looks like when a high-risk hospital system chooses trust and autonomy over rigid protocol — and how that shift actually happened, person by person. In this episode we cover: The story behind the first maternal-assisted cesarean in the Netherlands and how the procedure has evolved since 2018 What selection criteria Dr. Deurloo uses for MAC, and why he doesn't offer it routinely to every patient How the Dutch maternity system integrates first- and second-degree midwives with hospital-based obstetric care Dr. Deurloo's research on women who request birth outside clinical guidelines — and what happened to their outcomes Reframing the "dead baby card" as a signal of provider trauma, not patient risk How to build trust between physicians, midwives, and doulas without changing the actual clinical care Practical advice for starting pilot programs and finding your "pioneers" when introducing new practices into a hospital system Resources & Links: Follow Koen on Instagram for MAC photo series and behind-the-scenes footage: www.instagram.com/kldloo

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  Episode #146

  One Fellow's Journey Through Burnout, Betrayal, and Rebuilding with Emmelia Cappelletti

  Jul 22, 202650 minS6

  In this episode, Augustine shares a real one-on-one consult from the very first Midwifery Wisdom Fellowship cohort — a conversation with Emmelia. Emmelia is navigating a question many apprentice and student midwives face: what does a sustainable path in this work actually look like? She's processing betrayal by a preceptor who left her stranded without signed-off skills, wrestling with whether solo practice or a birth center model fits her life, and trying to figure out if she can be both a hands-on provider and a business owner without losing herself — or her family — in the process. Augustine and Emmelia talk through the Dunning-Kruger effect and why that crash in confidence after early competence is actually a sign of real growth. They talk about processing trauma from an unsupportive preceptor relationship, the difference between scarcity and abundance mindset in a competitive field, and why so many birth centers close within a few years while others last for decades. It's an honest look at the tension between calling and capacity — and a reminder that building something sustainable is its own form of midwifery. Emmelia generously gave us permission to share this consult, believing other students and apprentices working through similar struggles might find something useful in it. To learn more about the next cohort of the Midwifery Wisdom Fellowship starting September 1, 2026, visit our website https://www.midwiferywisdomcollective.com/midwifery-wisdom-fellowship-2

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