042: Is a Home Birth with a Midwife Right for You? | Gerri Ryan

<p><strong>Guest:</strong> Gerri Ryan, <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Executive Director & COO of the Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery,</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> licensed professional midwife, certified doula and nationally recognized doula trainer.</span></p> <p><strong>In this episode, we will cover:</strong></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the paradigm shift around natural birth Gerri Ryan is witnessing across the country and what it means for the next generation of children </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">answers to the common "what if's" questions of home birth: what if there's a problem at home? what if we need to go to the hospital? IS IT SAFE?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">what Gerri sees as the hallmark of midwifery care = post-partum care</span></li> </ol> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in the conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">San Diego Birth Network: <a href="http://www.sandiegobirthnetwork.org/">http://www.sandiegobirthnetwork.org/</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery: <a href= "http://www.nizhoniinstitute.edu/">http://www.nizhoniinstitute.edu/</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>About Gerri Ryan:</strong></p> <p><strong>Gerri Ryan,</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">L.M., C.P.M., FACCE, Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery: Managed administrative staff of a large firm for several years before leaving the corporate arena to pursue her goal of becoming a midwife. She is a licensed and certified professional midwife, is certified as a doula and is a nationally recognized doula trainer. She has co-chaired several national health conferences and is the founder of San Diego Birth Network, the first non-profit birth network in the US. Currently teaches midwifery students, supervises academic faculty and clinical instructors and has primary responsibility for marketing, rec