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This podcast breaks up BIG health topics, like MTHFR, into small, easy bites. All in ten minutes or less. We'll talk about why folic acid can be toxic, how the MTHFR enzyme is in bed with estrogen, why you want to turn genes off, and how folate and depression are linked. Season 3 features Dr. Kate Naumes, women's health expert, to deep dive into hormones and infertility. Check the show notes at tohealthwiththat.com for more info and downloadable. Have MTHFR? Join genetic rockstars now at com ...
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The VBAC Link

Meagan Heaton

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Here at The VBAC Link, our mission is to make birth after Cesarean better by providing education, support, and a community of like-minded people. Welcome to our circle, we are so glad you are here!
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Welcome to "Confidently Balance Your Hormones," the podcast that empowers incredible women like you to embrace natural approaches for achieving hormonal balance and whole-body wellness. I'm your host, Dee Davidson-FDN-P, and I'm here to guide you on an enlightening journey that will help you reclaim your vitality, enhance your well-being, and confidently navigate the world of hormone health. In each episode, we'll delve into a range of topics that touch on the intricate dance of hormones wit ...
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Madonna Santa brings you weekly conversations with a variety of guests from all over the world, differing political, social and religious perspectives. Honest, raw, real and sometimes hilarious reflections on life and current events.
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Purser Wellness

Purser Wellness by Dan Purser MD

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Hosted by Dan Purser MD, renowned physician and author, has practiced for 30+ years, written several #1 books, and Disney enthusiast. Come hear Dr. Purser share his experiences.
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Midwifery Wisdom Podcast

Midwifery Wisdom Collective

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We welcome midwives from all walks of life to our down-to-earth, educational, and informative podcast, where we bring thoughtful focus and relevant insights to the modern midwife on midwifery education (advocacy, business, clinical, and self-care), professional themes, and current issues. Join us weekly for fresh content and engaging guest speakers as we share wisdom and advice on all things midwife! Listen to meaningful stories and essential conversations from the nation's leading midwives, ...
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In bygone times, there were traveling healers called "quack doctors" who would peddle potions and curealls from town to town. Quacks were looked down upon for...well...poisoning lots people with mercury. But also for being empirical above any rational explanations, like humors and blood letting. So when they weren't using mercury, these traveling quacks discovered bottom up health solutions through trial and error. This podcast is about finding health solutions in the strangest places, even ...
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Fertile Minds Radio

Hillary Talbott Roland

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Fertile Minds Radio is your place to learn how to maximize your fertility, we cover the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of a fertility journey. Here you’ll find tools to help you feel empowered and confident as you move from infertility to pregnancy to parenthood. If you are looking for wholistic wisdom and a paradigm that will help you create a healthy family for generations to come, you’re in the right place.
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Inspiring stories and topics from guests around the world to help transform your life! My Name Is Jordan Best, I lost over 100lbs, cured a number of physical & mental health conditions, overcame addictions and transformed + upgraded every aspect of my life from the inside and out. It is my passion to lead, inspire, educate and support to help YOU unlock your infinite potential and create a positive transformation in your life. Together we will create a world that is in OUR Best Interest!
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Sometimes life throws you curveballs. Sometimes your kids grow up. Sometimes you have to work fulltime when you really want to stay home with your kids. Sometimes you have Trigeminal Neuralgia and you're in lots of pain every day. Sometimes you want to feel like YOU again so you decide to start LIVING life again instead of just surviving. As I try to navigate through my crazy life and try to figure out all of the sometimes that come my way, I want to have as much joy along the way as possibl ...
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Dr. John P. Salerno is an international pioneer in the practice of complementary medicine. Among many other accomplishments, he is well-known for his vitamin IV suites, vitamin IV suites, weight-loss treatments, and chelation therapy, a therapy that removes heavy metals from the body. The Salerno Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City combines the wisdom of alternative healing with the teachings of traditional medicine, helping patients to live healthier and happier lives.
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Let’s Talk About Down There, shall we? Welcome to the podcast you wish you had in high school, where everyone and quite (c)literally everything is welcome; words like vagina, scrotum, and nipples are embraced with open arms and nothing is considered TMI. Because with board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Jen Lincoln in charge, shame is not on the menu. As a medical professional, social media educator, mother, author, and advocate for reproductive rights, Dr. Jen is officially OVER the stigma surroundin ...
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Colleen’s first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at 6 weeks. At 12 weeks along with her second pregnancy, Colleen and her husband found out that their daughter would be born with a genetic condition called Trisomy 18. Colleen shares her experiences with Trisomy 18 and how she found the right support to help her navigate through it all. Due to IUGR …
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Folate is a great thing - it's vitamin B9 and your body needs it to make new cells, replicate DNA, and so much more. But there are risks of too much folate, so how much folic acid is too much? And how dangerous is it to take high dose folic acid over time? The research exists for high dose folic acid, but what about L-5MTHF, or methyl folate? Does …
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson welcomes special guest Dr. Amy, a naturopathic doctor and expert in MTHFR and epigenetics. Dr. Amy’s journey with her MTHFR mutation led her to dive deep into how this genetic variance affects folate activation, neurotransmitter formation, antioxidant balance, cellular energy, DNA m…
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Rebekah’s first Cesarean was a birth center transfer after her baby boy unexpectedly flipped breech during labor. Though she was confident in her decision to consent to a Cesarean, she was devastated and left with a lot to process. Right away, Rebekah’s midwives instilled confidence that she was a great VBAC candidate and introduced her to The VBAC…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson, FDN-P, dives into the vital connection between blood sugar balance, cortisol, and hormone health. From understanding how blood sugar spikes impact cortisol to the long-term effects on our hormones, Dee breaks down the science behind these interactions in a way that's easy to grasp.…
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Katie is a newborn and family photographer based out of Chicago. After going through IVF, Katie was surprised to find out that her first pregnancy was with identical twins. At 33 weeks, she had an unexpected bleed and then another at 35 weeks. Because of placental abruption, she went straight to a Cesarean and her babies were in the NICU for 7 days…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson, FDN-P, is joined by her client Sandy, who opens up about her journey as a type 2 diabetic woman with digestive issues, years of weight loss struggles, and the emotional toll of losing her husband. Sandy shares how she regained control of her A1C, kicked some of her medications, and…
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Rachel is a professor, an author, and a VBAC mom who is here to share her story from a traumatic C-section birth through a VBAC. This episode really dives deep into how picking the right provider is key to improving your chances for a VBAC. They give practical questions to ask your providers, more than just yes or no, to really get to know their bi…
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We hear SO many of our listeners say things like, “I wish every first-time mom listened to these stories” or “I wish as a first-time mom I heard these stories because I truly believe it could have helped me avoid my Cesarean.” First-time moms, we want to educate you to make informed decisions during your birth. We want your first birth to be an emp…
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In this special episode, we’re celebrating ONE YEAR of the Confidently Balance Your Hormones podcast! Over the past year, we’ve shared invaluable insights, explored the power of functional health, and empowered listeners to take control of their hormone balance, functional medicine and overall well-being. Dee Davidson has had the incredible opportu…
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“Inhale peace, exhale tension.” Did you know that the cascade of interventions can not only contribute to a Cesarean but may cause one? Melanie believes that was the case with her first birth. Her difficult recovery included going to EMDR therapy to help with her PTSD. Her OB/GYN did mention that she would be a great VBAC candidate. Not knowing VBA…
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“Labor is supposed to happen naturally. It’s not this big medical intervention that occasionally happens naturally. It’s this natural process that occasionally needs medical intervention.” Paige Boran is a certified nurse-midwife from Fort Collins, Colorado. She and her colleague, Jess, practice independently at A Woman’s Place. They have rights to…
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Happy National Midwifery Week! We are so thankful for and in awe of all midwives do. Great midwives can literally make all the difference. Statistical evidence shows that they can help you have both better birth experiences and outcomes. Meagan and Julie break down the different types of midwives including CNMs, CPM, DEMs, and LPM as well as the se…
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Dr. Denise DeRosa is a Pediatric Physical Therapist from New York City. She had two Cesareans and was confident that those would be her only birth stories. But when she unexpectedly became pregnant with her third, Denise started looking into her options. She researched VBAC, found The VBAC Link, and felt that she could have a VBA2C. Having worked i…
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In this powerful conversation, Dee Davidson sits down with renowned psychotherapist and best-selling author Joanna Kleinman to discuss how our thoughts and beliefs shape our lives, especially when it comes to health and wellness. Joanna shares her groundbreaking M.I.N.D. Method™, a transformative approach to becoming conscious of the inner critic t…
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Joining us from Texas today is Caitlin and it is her birthday! Caitlin’s first baby was born at 34 weeks via an emergency C-section due to elevated blood pressure and fetal distress. Though she was scared, it was not a traumatic experience and her recovery went well. She just knew that moving forward for future births, she wanted to experience labo…
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Sabina is one of our VBAC-certified doulas from Canada and is sharing her peaceful FBA2C today. While free birth comes with its own risks and benefits, we know that many women feel drawn to this option when they have no support or do not feel safe birthing any other way as Sabina did. We want to share all types of births after Cesarean and honor al…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson sits down with her client, Mindy, to share an inspiring journey of whole health healing. Mindy opens up about her experiences with the Confidently Love Yourself community, how the Elevate Your Well-Being app has become a valuable tool, and her personalized one-on-one work with Dee. …
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Lauren joins us today from Australia sharing her two Cesarean stories and her surprise unassisted HBA2C story! Lauren’s first birth was a crash Cesarean under general anesthesia at 40+1 due to nonreassuring fetal heart tones. Her second birth was a TOLAC going into spontaneous labor at 40+3 under the midwifery model of care. She labored naturally, …
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As a first-time mom, Katie was struggling with potty training and feeling like she didn’t know what she was doing. She later became a potty training consultant to help other struggling moms and now hosts the Burnt Pancakes podcast. Katie’s first birth was a scheduled breech Cesarean. Her second birth was a spontaneous 36-hour labor at 39 weeks and …
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson sits down with Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Alyssa Zonghetti for a fascinating discussion on how hypnotherapy can be a transformative tool for women’s health. Alyssa shares the science behind hypnotherapy and explains how it impacts not just the mind but the body as well. Toget…
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In today’s episode, Meg from Nebraska shares her Cesarean and VBAC story. Meg’s first birth was an unexpected Cesarean after an almost 40-hour induced labor at 41 weeks and 3 days due to failure to descend. Her pain was not managed well during her surgery and her experience was much more difficult than expected. Meg surprisingly found out she was p…
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We have received so many messages and emails from you requesting more VBAMC stories and today, we are giving you just that. Susana joins us from Mexico sharing her VBAC story after five Cesareans! Each of Susana’s Cesarean experiences was unique in their own way, but the dream of a vaginal birth never left her heart. When she found a supportive mid…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson sits down with Gail Lynn, visionary inventor and pioneer of frequency healing, to explore how her innovative products, like the Harmonic Egg®, can help achieve hormone harmony and overall well-being. Gail shares her personal healing journey, the science behind frequency healing, and…
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“My birth stories are my testimony…I have never trusted God more with any situation in my entire life other than with the lives of my children and bringing them into this world.” Shelby’s story is one of faith, trust, and surrendering. Shelby joins us today from Indiana sharing her wildly traumatic Cesarean story due to a placental abruption and he…
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Women of Strength, so many things are important to know during your VBAC. Meagan Heaton is flying solo today telling you how to get the most out of what The VBAC Link offers. She goes through all of the resources from the Parents’ Course to the Doula Training to The VBAC Link Community and CBAC Community Facebook groups to blogs, newsletter emails,…
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In this episode of "Confidently Balance Your Hormones," Dee Davidson explains leaky gut and food sensitivities. Dee explore how these issues can impact your overall health and what you can do to address them. Dee shares her expert insights on identifying symptoms, the importance of proper functional lab testing, and how to start healing your gut fo…
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In this episode of “The VBAC Link Podcast,” Meagan is joined by Lauren from Alabama. Lauren’s first birth was a Cesarean due to breech presentation where she really wasn’t given any alternative options. Her second was a VBAC with a head-down baby, and her third was a breech VBAC with a provider who was not only supportive but advocated on her behal…
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Women of Strength, we have a truly inspiring story for you today! Ashley joins us from the Liverpool/Sydney area in Australia and shares her VBAC with an inverted T special scar and extension story. During her first Cesarean, Ashley’s OB mentioned that she had only performed that kind of incision one other time in her entire career and that Ashley …
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Grace found The VBAC Link Podcast while still in the hospital after her first unexpected C-section. Her recovery was brutal and she knew she never wanted to experience that again. Grace is a labor and delivery nurse located on the Wisconsin/Illinois border. She shares what it was like preparing for her VBAC while working at a hospital that didn’t s…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, Dee Davidson chats with her client, Emma, who is just shy of 21. Emma has battled chronic skin issues since birth, seeking help from dermatologists to functional medicine doctors, but nothing provided long-term relief—until she found Dee. Tune in to hear Emma’s inspiring journey, from struggling…
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Welcome back to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! In this episode, Augustine sits down with rising social media star, Dr. K, to dive into her inspiring journey and the impact of her family’s legacy on her career. Dr. K shares how she got started on social media and the pivotal role her grandfather’s career in naturopathy played in shaping her path. Tog…
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With her first birth, Amy hired a doula and planned to birth at a birth center. During labor, her baby kept having late heart decels which led to transferring to the hospital. At the hospital, Amy stalled at 9.5 centimeters. Baby was having a hard time descending and continued having decels. Amy chose to have a Cesarean and while she was at peace w…
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, host Dee Davidson sits down with the incredible Dr. Jessie Hehmeyer, the founder of Well Empowered. Dr. H, as her patients lovingly call her, practices a unique blend of data-driven, heart-centered Functional Medicine. She'll be answering key questions like: What exactly does "data-driven, heart…
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Adriana is a scientist and professor at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During her first pregnancy, Adriana was faced with the possibility of her baby having a severe genetic disease. She became so involved in researching the details of it that she didn’t consider the need to research her birthing options as intensely. Howeve…
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Welcome back to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! This week we are joined by two wonderful guest hosts, student midwives Shiphrah Sarai Israel and Susanna Israel. They share their passion for helping aspiring and new student midwives navigate the "rollercoaster" that is the pathway to midwifery. In this episode they share their paths into midwifery, ho…
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“I leaned back in the tub and I think what I said was just, ‘I’ve never held one of my babies after they were born before.’ It was interesting how there was an element that was sort of mundane about it but I liked that. It was just the normalcy of it all that shocked me if that makes sense.” Since her only experiences with her previous births were …
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In this exciting episode of "Confidently Balance Your Hormones," we're thrilled to announce our upcoming 1-day beachside retreat in the beautiful Duxbury, MA. Set against the stunning backdrop of the famous Powder Point Bridge, this retreat offers a unique blend of relaxation, grounding, and rejuvenation. Tia, a certified Intuitive Health Coach and…
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Women of Strength, how many of you have “failure to progress” on your operative report as the reason for your Cesarean(s)? Meagan and Julie talk ALL about failure to progress today– how it led to their own Cesareans and how after breaking it down, they both realized that neither of them actually qualified for that label. When is it failure to progr…
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Welcome back to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! This week, Augustine is joined by two incredible guests: Chemin Perez, a dedicated midwife from Washington State, and Julie Miller, an expert in Applied Clinical Nutrition. Together, they explore the fascinating topic of the MTHFR gene. In this episode, they unravel what MTHFR is and delve into the epig…
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Hannah is a VBAC mom and doula with Ebb and Flow Birth Co. located in Indiana. Hannah’s first labor began very intensely. Her platelet levels were high enough for her to be able to get an epidural which she requested right away. She dilated to complete quickly, but after about 4 hours of pushing, baby just kept coming down and going back up with no…
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Let's take a deep dive into the steps to resolving your fibromyalgia! (Someone should write a book on this).For all the steps, please go to danpursermd.com/downloads to download the PDF report. Also, big shoutout to the End Fibromyalgia with Natural Options Facebook Page! Head there or reach to my practice with any questions.…
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Lauren has had three very different births. She had a peaceful C-section due to breech presentation with a difficult recovery, a wild, unmedicated VBAC, and a calm, medicated 2VBAC. Due to her baby’s large size, she had to have an extra incision made during her Cesarean leaving her with a special J scar. Though her provider was hesitant to support …
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In this episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones, host Dee Davidson welcomes Claudia Rosenhouse Raiken, a distinguished senior teacher at the School of Images and the visionary behind the DreamBirth™ Program. Claudia is renowned for her expertise in facilitating profound communication between parents and their unborn babies, as well as those so…
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*A special thanks to this week's sponsor, Lodwar Bookkeeping!* Welcome to another episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! This week, Augustine is joined by her long-time friend, Professor, practicing midwife, preceptor, mother, and midwifery wisdom mentor, Mary Harris. Augustine and Mary engage in a refreshing and authentic conversation about the …
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During her first labor, Emily experienced a hyperactive uterus where she had constant squeezing with no breaks and minimal dilation. She was at a birth center but after exhausting all coping options decided to transfer to the hospital. After receiving an epidural and Pitocin, then detecting meconium, Emily was ready to consent to a Cesarean. Emily’…
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Join Dee Davidson in a compelling episode of Confidently Balance Your Hormones where client Kathy shares her transformative journey. Facing challenges like hormonal imbalance, lack of sleep, weight gain, poor memory, high blood pressure, and stress, Kathy invested in functional labs—specifically, the DUTCH test for hormone assessment and a GI stool…
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Jacqueline’s symptoms of FSHD muscular dystrophy began at 16 years old. She shares with us today how she manages chronic pain and what that looked like throughout her pregnancy and birth journeys. Jacqueline is also a sexual violence trauma survivor and went through three pregnancy losses. Through her nonprofit organization and as a birth doula, sh…
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*A special thanks to this week's sponsor, Lodwar Bookkeeping!* Welcome to another episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! This week, we are delighted to have CNM Ebony Simpson with us. Together, Augustine and Ebony engage in a beautiful and insightful conversation about the essential role of midwifery care. Ebony opens up about her journey to beco…
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