• Ask the Midwife: A Discussion of the Safety and Options for Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital

  • Dec 24 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
  • Podcast

Ask the Midwife: A Discussion of the Safety and Options for Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital

  • Summary

  • On this episode of Birth, Baby! we have midwife Leonora Colen on with us to talk about out of hospital birth. We will discuss birth center and home birth options and the safety of them as well as what the care with midwives looks like in these settings. Leonora has been a birth center and home birth midwife, so we’re excited for her to share this information with us!

    Leonora is a midwife, mom, and a human who believes that birthing people should have autonomy in their birthing experience. She grew up splitting time between the foothills of Northern California and the Bay Area, took a gap year, and studied abroad for a year in Ecuador. She got a BA in Filmmaking at Bard College in upstate New York and took another year studying abroad in Spain. After graduating she moved to Austin, Texas and began a midwifery apprenticeship in a thriving home birth practice and, after graduating from the Association for Texas Midwifery program, she started working at Austin Area Birthing Center where she worked for 10 years.

    She is licensed through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) and the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). 12,000 prenatal and postpartum visits and over 500 deliveries later Leonora felt called to return to her home birth roots and do everything possible to keep birth safe and normal especially in the midst of a global pandemic.

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    Intro and Outro music by Longing for Orpheus. You can find them on Spotify!

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