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Episode 51 - Supporting Autonomy: How Midwifery Approaches can Transform Women’s Health with Margot van Dijk
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🐚Topics covered
- Exploring the profession of midwifery and what it means to Margot
- The importance of autonomy during pregnancy, birth, and beyond, and why it matters.
- Margot’s views on how midwifery approaches could broaden to encompass the entire spectrum of cyclical and women’s health.
About Margot
Margot has been a midwife for 10 years and became a mother in March 2023. As a midwife, she shares knowledge on Instagram to support pregnant individuals in making autonomous choices around pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. She also teaches other birthworkers about various midwifery topics. Her goal is to provide great maternity care through autonomous birth, while fostering more joy and fulfillment for birthworkers.
Where to find
Website: www.vraagdevroedvrouw.nl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vroedvrouwmargot/ & https://www.instagram.com/vraagdevroedvrouw/
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Chapters
1. Introduction and advertisement for hormone coaching certification (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to Margot and overview of the episode (00:01:11)
3. Margot's 10-year journey as a midwife (00:06:16)
4. Discussion of Margot's platform for nuanced information (00:09:07)
5. What being a midwife means to Margot now (00:12:15)
6. How becoming a mother confirmed Margot's beliefs about birth (00:14:38)
7. The concept of autonomy in birth experiences (00:15:57)
8. How autonomy affected Margot's own birth experience (00:17:02)
9. The importance of flexibility during birth (00:19:16)
10. The role of intuition and bodily awareness in birth (00:21:18)
11. How midwifery approaches could benefit women's health beyond pregnancy (00:23:42)
12. The caseload midwifery model explained (00:26:31)
13. The emotional and mental load of being a midwife (00:31:16)
14. Discussion of the Netherlands' supportive midwifery system (00:35:00)
15. Margot's advice for pregnant people and birth workers (00:36:06)
16. The value of focusing on individual positive experiences rather than fighting the system (00:39:03)
17. Where to find Margot online (00:41:05)
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