Jun 25, 2019
This podcast is
the story of how the community helped visionaries create a
midwifery-led birthplace in rural New Mexico. Hear insightful and
illuminating discussion around the process of the founding, the day
to day work that is done at Breath of My Heart Birthplace and how
advocacy and policy work is done in collaboration with other New
Mexico activists.
Belin Marcus is a midwife and
founding community stakeholder of BMH. She is a member of Ohkay
Owingeh pueblo and the first Pueblo midwife to receive licensure
under the LM credential in NM. She trained with BMH from 2012-2017
and is a single mother and Sii’ya (grandma).
Jessica
Frechette-Gutfreund LM, CPM, IBCLC, MSM is a midwife and
executive director of BMH. Jessica is a white, gender
non-conforming midwife with 15 years of expertise in midwifery
practice, policy and education.