Your Birth Bestie: The Pregnancy Podcast

I am a certified nurse midwife, birth doula, and childbirth educator in Milwaukee, WI. I am a passionate advocate for informed choice and bodily autonomy in women’s health. I experienced a traumatic first hospital birth where I didn’t understand at the time, the magnitude of the lack of control and how unnecessarily rushed my birth was with medical intervention. The moment I was admitted into the hospital, I gave away my autonomy, I didn't know I had choices, and I was very good at being a compliant patient. My baby and I were healthy, but I still grieved the birth I deserved. 

Since then, I have worked as a labor and delivery nurse, became a certified nurse midwife, and had my second daughter in an incredible, redemptive hospital water birth. It became clear to me that pregnancy and birth could be beautiful, and women should feel empowered to trust their bodies, not viewed as a fearful, medically managed condition. You are in control of your birth!