You're listening to episode 101 of the Happy Homebirth Podcast.
In this week's podcast episode we'll be hearing from Jessica Johnston, CPM and co-founder of the Pacific Birth Institute.
Jessica and her co-founders are bent on bringing birth back into the community, which requires more hands and feet on the ground-- more birth attendants, more midwives. But how, when becoming a birth worker is fraught with barriers? Not everyone can give up their life to be constantly on call, sacrifice everything to attend school, and work as an unpaid apprentice for years on end.
Pacific Birth Institute is on a mission to help break some of the barriers. They've released an online pre-requisite birth assistant program (available for all), and they've created an incredible training program in Alaska-- one that I hope will pick up steam across the country.
This is so important, as we recognize that bringing birth back into the community is the best way to begin decreasing our national maternal mortality rate.
If you're considering working in the birth world, be sure to go to pacificbirthinstitute.com and check out the program!
Ep 47: Switching Care Providers Later in Pregnancy
Ep 46: Should You Have a Hospital Birth With Your First Baby?
Ep 45: This is The Birth I Wanted
Ep 44: Jessica's Snowflake Births
Ep 43: Fertile Minds, Fertile Bodies
Ep 42: Elizabeth Achieves a Mindful Birth
Ep 41: Giving Birth to Twins... at Home
Ep 40: Shayla Has an Empowered Freebirth
Ep 39: The Heart of Postpartum Together
Ep 38: A Look at Irish Prenatal Care and Homebirth with Emer
Ep 37: Alexa Chooses Homebirth With Her First Baby
Ep 36: The Transformative Nature of Birth
Ep 35: When Pregnancy Becomes High Risk...Twice
Ep 34: GlowbodyPT's Guide to a Fit Pregnancy and Post-Pregnancy
Ep 33: Jasmin Struggles with Stalled Labor
Ep 32: A Cultural Look at Postpartum Healing With Adilah
Ep 31: All Kinds of Motherhood: Sydney’s Journey as a Bio Mom, Homebirth Mother, and Surrogate
Ep 30: Katelyn's Peaceful, Undisturbed Birth
Ep 29: Rachael Births at the Birth Center... Before it was Cool!
Ep 28: MaternityWise's Anne Croudace Shares Her Birth Stories
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