Discover Midwives
The Discover Midwives Podcast was created to empower you with accurate, compassionate, and evidence-informed answers to your most pressing questions about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health—delivered from a uniquiely midwifery perspective.
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- Jul 13, 2026
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Wait…Midwives Do Primary Care? (opens the original)
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Many people believe that midwives only care for women in pregnancy and during labor and delivery. In this episode of Discover Midwives, our host Jessica Brumley explores the full scope of midwifery care that goes far beyond the delivery room. She describes and breaks down how midwives act as primary healthcare partners for individuals across … Continue reading Wait…Midwives Do Primary Care?
Cell-Free DNA Testing: What Every Pregnant Person Should Know (opens the original)
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Genetic screening tests like cell-free DNA (sometimes called NIPT) are gaining in popularity across the country. What does this screening really tell you? Should we think of it as “just a routine blood test”? What does a positive result actually mean? And what happens when prenatal genetic screening gives you information you weren’t expecting? In … Continue reading Cell-Free DNA Testing: What Every Pregnant Person Should Know
Listening to Labor: Understanding Intermittent Auscultation and Why It Matters (opens the original)
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In this episode of Discover Midwives, we dive into birth innovation, patient engagement, and evidence-based care with Amy Romano, midwife, healthcare leader, and founder of Primary Maternity Care. Amy shares her 22-year journey in maternal health. From her clinical practice to co-authoring Optimal Care in Childbirth, she breaks down how the clinical setting and choices … Continue reading Listening to Labor: Understanding Intermittent Auscultation and Why It Matters
More Than Birth: How Midwives Care for Newborns (opens the original)
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Did you know that midwifery care extends well beyond pregnancy and childbirth? In this episode of Discover Midwives, we dive into a core, yet often overlooked aspect of midwifery training and practice: caring for healthy newborns. We are joined by Dr. Michelle Palmer (PhD, CNM), a passionate advocate for physiologic birth and Specialty Director at … Continue reading More Than Birth: How Midwives Care for Newborns
The Power of Choice: Shared Decision Making in Maternity Care (opens the original)
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What does it mean to have a voice in your birth? Far too often, “informed consent” is treated as just a checkbox. In this episode of the Discover Midwives Podcast, we sit down with Alison Shorten, PhD, RN, RM, a distinguished researcher, innovative educator, and Senior Associate Dean at the University of Alabama at Birmingham … Continue reading The Power of Choice: Shared Decision Making in Maternity Care
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