An Unsatisfying Birth Story.
“Patient-centered care” is bantered about at policy meetings at the clinic, hospital, county, and national levels. It means something different in each healthcare setting and to each provider and to every patient.
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The Stigma behind Maternal Mortality
…no checklist will fix the internal, intrinsic beliefs that lead providers to provide less, to listen less, to pull the first trigger that gets that checklist going less–for black women.
5 Tools for Childbirth
Restful moments arrive in equal measure to and are as predictable as your contractions.
Birth Affirmations Deconstructed
I get a glimpse of the heart work at play in this space and it is sacred and beautiful and painful and trustworthy.
Five Flicks for First Time Birthers…
Notes, disclaimers, and whatnots. Click Here. A flick note…flick here refers to a sharp. quick. reminder. It’s for real, but not a movie you see with the girls. If you flinch or cringe at the word flick, please replace with snap. It’s five snaps for you. Also 5? Please—I really wanted to only use 300…
Community-Based Midwives and Hospital Systems: A Case for Partnership (The Notes)
These notes are extracted from This Article A set of good vitals and an uncomplicated medical history are not remedies for social inequities or lifelong lack of access to healthcare education and navigation, or accessible, timely, effective, and therapeutic interventions. When a patient presents with a medical complication, a midwife can identify it and ensure…
Community-Based Midwives and Hospital Systems: A Case for Partnership
Click Here to read just the notes from this article Community-based midwives are held to particular and sometimes unjustifiable standards by the healthcare community. They are under tremendous pressure to have perfect outcomes while serving the same communities who face the disparities that lead to premature birth, infant mortality, and maternal morbidities experienced so often…
Access in Healthcare
I have several posts written that haven’t been posted. This is partly due to me trying to find my space in this new space, and partly because as we learn about and settle into a new practice in a new community, there is not much time for editing. This article is from March of 2018…
Midwifery for All Series
“Midwifery for All is for you—education, support, and exploration of the options for your care. You can use it to start discussions with your physician or midwife about the kind of care you would like to receive.”
Size Friendly Pregnancy Care
“The typical experience for people of size with healthcare delivers guilt, shame, and fear as front-line medicine instead of kindness, support, and education.”
A Layered Question: Midwifery Philosophy 101
“How do we address public health outcomes while caring for one family at a time as if all public health depends on only their outcome?”
Dysglycemia in Pregnancy
Scroll down or click here for the slide show and link to the pdf. Many women come into pregnancy primed for Gestational Diabetes. This is a disease process which exists on a continuum and with support, guidance, and effort, pregnancy can be a leverage into optimal health. This is a very exciting option compared to…
The Blog
You’ve reached the blog of Jodilyn Owen, Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife. Planning or considering a homebirth? Get the book today! Follow this link to learn about our workshops and services for families. You can learn all about midwifery care, professional topics, and options that come up during pregnancy and birth here. Enjoy and…
GBS Prevention
Illustrations by Noa Ilan: follow @ilan_noa on Twitter for more Read the long article See the Infographics up-close This post examines the role of preventative health care in the inhibition of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection. It uses the term “mother” for simplicity’s sake although babies have all kinds of parents who identify in all…
GBS Infographics
Read the Short-winded blog post Read the full article Read The Notes Illustrations by Noa Ilan: follow @ilan_noa on Twitter for more PMC full text:Front Microbiol. 2016; 7: 1031. Published online 2016 Jul 14. doi: 10.3389/ fmicb.2016.01031 Illustrations by Noa Ilan: follow @ilan_noa on Twitter for more PMC full text:Front Microbiol. 2016; 7: 1031. Published…
GBS Prevention: The Real Deal (an article)
The stakes are high. With all of the science supporting the idea that we can impact outcomes through simple and inexpensive measures, we cannot disregard the first and best options we have to address a disease. And especially where that prevention, aimed at reducing illness for the baby will also dramatically improve the health of the mother.
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