LOOKING FOR A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CHILDBIRTH. THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS OUT THERE
THAN AN OBSTETRICIAN. ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR ALTERNATIVES
THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR
CENTURIES. OUR MIDWIVES AND
JOINING US NOW VIA ZOOM TO
TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT MITT
VIBES DO IS MEANT ROD OR A
CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, CARLY. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>CORLEY PEEL: CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT IS A MIDWIFE FOR FOR
THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR AND
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A LICENSED MIDWIFE AND A
CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES BG?
WHY IN?
>> ICE AND SNOW BIKES A
SPECIFIC TRAINING NOT RELATED
TO COLLEGE. THEY GO STRAIGHT
INTO THE NET WITH FREE PROGRAM
WITH NO COLLEGE NURSE MIDWIVES
COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS OF
NURSING AND THAT CAN EITHER BE
THROUGH MASTERS PREPARATION.
OUR DOCTOR PROGRAM. I HAPPEN
TO HAVE MY MASTER’S THROUGH
FRONTIER SCHOOL, MET WITH
GREAT FAMILY, NURSING FROM
HIDING KENTUCKY, THE LONGEST
CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING MIDWIFE
PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. AND
I’VE SITUATIONS ARE OR, YOU
KNOW, YOUR MEDICAL PROBLEM
THEY DO CRYSTAL EVER BABIES AS
WELL THAT WE ALL WORK THERE’S
MIDWIVES ARE ABLE TO DELIVER
AND BIRTHING CENTERS IN THE
HOSPITAL. YOU KNOW, THAT IS
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE THAT
SPECIALLY OUT T YOU KNOW, I
WORK THAT WORKING IN THAT
JACKSONVILLE AREA NOW FOR
ABOUT 14 YEARS.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW HAS THE
PANDEMIC IMPACTED THE DEMAND
FOR A MIDWIFE?
>> WELL, THE DEMAND IS, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE PEOPLE ARE HAVING
BABIES REGARDLESS OF THE THERE
ISN’T REALLY A DIFFERENCE.
WHAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW FOR US,
OF COURSE, WE ARE DOING ALL OF
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE
MASKING PRECAUTIONS, THE
CLEANING IT WERE JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE PREPARED, SHALL WE
SAY, AN F A MOM HAPPENS TO BE
COVID POSITIVE. AND SHE, YOU
KNOW, IS ON ISOLATION. AND WE
GOWN AND MASK AND EVERYTHING
AND TRY TO HAVE THE BEST BIRD
POSSIBLE FOR HER UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND WHEN I
THINK A MIDWIFE, I THINK OF
KIND OF A MORE NATURAL
APPROACH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR
MOMS WHO ARE GIVING BRING?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
USING A MIDWIFE AND BGA? WHY
AND WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE
LIKE DIFFERENTLY?
>> WELL, I THINK THE MAIN
THING, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST
PEOPLE IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IS
THAT WE DO RELATE TO PATIENTS.
WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION
LEADER RIGHT OF TEACHING. OUR
FOCUS IS NATURAL. YOU KNOW,
FOCUS IS CHILDBIRTH IS A
NORMAL PROCESS. AND THAT. YOU
KNOW, TREATING IT AS SUCH IS
NOT A TO Z IS PROCESS. SO FOR
US, WE YOU KNOW, WE DO SPEND
TIME WITH THEIR PATIENTS
EXPLAINING, ENCOURAGING AND
THEY APPRECIATE THAT. THEY
APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA TIME
THAT WE SPEND, YOU KNOW,
SPECIALLY DOESN’T MATTER IF
IT’S YOUR FIRST BABY OR YOUR
5TH BABY. YOU WANT TO KNOW
THAT YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS.
AND, KNOW, WE AS NURSE
MIDWIVES WORK IN TANDEM WITH
BIGGIO. AND SO IF THE
COMPLICATIONS SHOULD OCCUR,
WE’RE VERY WELL EDUCATED, TO
HANDLE IN TANDEM WITH
OBSTETRICIANS AND MATERNAL
FETAL MEDICINE. ANY
COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS
GESTATIONAL DIABETES, HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREGNANCY,
YOU KNOW, AND AND INCLUDING
CHILD BIRTH. SO WE’RE VERY
WELL TRAINED AND WE COME UP
THROUGH THE RANKS OF NURSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEACE
OF PEOPLE RELATE TO. THERE’S
PRACTITIONERS A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY WE DO AND THAT WE
ALL WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW
IMPORTANT IS IT INTERVIEWING A
MIDWIFE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THE BIRTH EXPERIENCE YOU WANT
AND THE SUPPORT YOU NEED?
>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THE MAIN THING IS IS KIND OF
HAVING AN IDEA WHAT YOUR GOALS
ARE AND KEEPING AN OPEN MIND
AND ALSO HAVING A MIDWESTERNER
SAID LIFE WHOSE VERY OPEN TO
DISCUSSION OPEN TO EDUCATION.
I THINK THAT’S REALLY THE KEY,
SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN CLICK
WITH BY WITH UNDERSTANDS WHAT
YOUR GOALS ARE IS HELPING MEET
ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. AND I FEEL THAT A
PATIENT, YOU KNOW, IS REMEMBER
THE PERSON WHO’S WITH THEM
WHEN THEY THEIR BABIES. SO
IT’S A VERY PERSONAL AND THAT
EXPERIENCE I’D BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH
ANYBODY. OUR OFFICES ARE UP.
ATLANTA KING KERNAN AND I DO
DELIVER BABIES AT MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL. BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE’S MANY MIDWIVES IN THE
AREA WERE MUCH SMALLER.
SISTERHOOD BEEN SAYERS
PRACTITIONERS, WE’RE STRONG
PRESENCE IN THE JACKSONVILLE
AREA.
>>CORLEY PEEL: ALL RIGHT. WITH
THAT IS GREAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WENT RIGHT