May 19, 2022
Cynthia Barger, CPM is an amazing midwife part of the Witchita Midwives Coop that is ran with my midwife business consultant partner, Deidre DeGrado, CPM. Cynthia talks about her midwifery journey, ways to keep a positive attitude towards, birth, burnout prevention, and life. Cynthia was simply a delight to talk with and learn about her words of wisdom!
Cynthia Barger, CPM
Midwives - WICHITA BIRTH ASSISTANCE GIVING BIRTH A CHOICE (wichitabirths.com)
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
May 12, 2022
I had my favorite group of midwives that are "semi-retired" making big changes in their areas of the country and expertise wheelhouses! Cathy Gordan is running for office again and advocating strong for Kansas midwifery autonomy right. Carolyn Gegor is expanding access to midwifery ultrasound education in person and online to bridge the barrier to midwifery ultrasound certification opportunities. Hilary Schlinger is helping midwifery schools and access to midwifery services on state levels all over the country with her extensive educational advocacy background. She is helping a midwife program start in Florida, consulting for multiple state agencies to increase midwifery education and funding for midwifery services through grants and research work. Each of these ladies I simply admire their passions, tenacity, and determination to be continually improving access to midwifery well into retirement years!
Hilary Schlinger, CPM/CNM
Carolyn Gegor, CNM
Cathy Gordon, CNM
May 5, 2022
Jenny West, CPM and I spoke about the deep topic how can we support midwives and our clients through tough birth experiences. There is so much abuse and trauma occurring around the birth profession. We love to help midwives get through the trauma, so it doesn't get held onto for years and stop being a barrier to caring for families at our full potential as a midwife!
Jenny West, CPM
jwest959@gmail.com
Jenny West
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
info@midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
April 13, 2022
Augustine Colebrook, Midwife & Owner of Midwifery Wisdom Collectives, spoke with me today about our amazing consultation services and the vital need for midwives to do a paradigm shift about collaboration and opportunities available to us. We are in a critical place in midwifery history with massive demands and burnout all over the US and world. Families are wanting midwives more than ever and many practices aren't equipped on the business side to handle that influx of demand. This was a great discussion about midwifery history, barriers we see and what to do about them, and resources available to help midwives be long term sustainable.
Augustine Colebrook, Midwife
Midwifery Wisdom Collectives
www.midwiferywisdom.com
School • Midwifery Wisdom Collective
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
Midwifery Business Consultation
www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
www.empoweringmidwiferyeducation.com
April 6, 2022
I wanted to do a different style of talk this time around. Most of my conversations tend to be business related and more serious in nature. This one was a fun talk between Deidre DeGrado, CPM and I talking about our craziest midwifery experiences and how we handled them and things we wished would have done differently. Please learn from our fun adventures and many more to your midwifery journey!
March 21, 2022
Katrina Jonasen talk about all the amazing waterbirth training resources available with GynZone. The "underwater ninja team" really dives deep into waterbirth topics like positions, labor management, estimated blood loss, delivering baby and placenta, when to use water and when is it not indicated, benefits of hydrotherapy, and so much more! They do regular webinars that the public can watch and recordings of those webinars are available with the membership access. GynZone is a very affordable monthly membership with high quality content to learn from. Try a 7 day free trial today!
GynZone
www.gynzone.com
Midwifery Business Consultation
www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
March 17, 2022
Lilly Mason, CPM was driven to be a midwife since 3yr old playing with her dolls and always surrounding herself with pregnancy advocacy. It was not until pre-med school and being invited to her friend's homebirth that a life altering professional direction occurred to learn what a midwife really is. Once she saw that homebirth experience, she shifted from Obstetrician training to midwifery and never looked back.
Second half of talk Lilly goes into her 2yr journey of writing a book about first trimester symptom relief from the angle of midwifery wisdom. She will eventually have a series of all trimesters completed and spread the knowledge she gives her clients to all the pregnant women looking for answers that may not be easily available with Google! Great interview and look forward to talking to her again once book is published.
Lilly Mason, CPM
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
March 14, 2022
Amanda tells about her midwifery training journey last 5yrs while moving frequently all over the world with her husband being in the military, being a busy momma, and continue to do doula work if she finds a bit of free time. Amanda Winn is an inspiration to any aspiring midwife that thinks there is just too much going on in their life to become a midwife! Great conversation about Japanese and Philippine birth center clinical experiences as well!
March 8, 2022
Brittney Bergeron, CNM in New Hampshire tells her midwifery journey and the impact of her brother's birth complications has changed her view on informed consent and caring for patients. Brittney has been practicing for over 6yrs as a full scope CNM and very passionate about advocating for informed concern and providing all the options available for care pathways.
Brittney Bergeron, CNM
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
March 4, 2022
Carolyn Gegor, CNM & Owner of Ultrasound for Midwives, has been expanding her services last couple years into more online courses and larger scale conferences for midwifery ultrasound training. It has been such an honor to help Carolyn expand into the empire she is today. She has a team of instructors and is traveling the country for customized hands on ultrasound trainings. If you want to learn from the best of the best, don't hesitate to check out Carolyn's resources!
Carolyn Gegor, CNM
Ultrasound for Midwives
www.ultrasoundformidwives.com
Leslie Cornwell, CNM
Midwifery Business Consultation
www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com
