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Trusting Your Birth Journey: Insights from Nikki Helms of San Diego Community Birth Center
In this episode, Midwife Nikki Helms is here! Nikki is the owner of the San Diego Community Birth Center which is our only black owned birth center in San Diego. Nikki’s birth center offers a lot of co care which means people see an OB…
What Is Birth Autonomy?
In this doula episode, Ashley and I are opening up a conversation with doulas on autonomy and it may get spicey. If you listen as parents – it will open up some questions for your doula as to what type of advocacy they are offering…
Do You Have The Right Doctor?
The importance of self-advocacy in a business-oriented healthcare system cannot be stressed enough. Our discussion today aims to help parents understand they are empowered already as expectant families to choose a supportive care provider and navigate the healthcare system confidently. I feel like so many…
How To Be A Birth Advocate
Todays show is all about advocacy in the birth room. While this episode is the third in our World Doula Week shows, I also don’t want to limit it just to doulas because parents will be using these skills in prenatal appointments and pediatric appointments…