419: True Midwifery
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What is the history of midwifery? Why has this profession been villainized in the past and how is it seen today? Is it legal in all states? What is transcendent about birth...and death? And how does it help to have someone present to assist? Lindsey Meehleis addresses all of the above. Lindsey is a board-certified midwife who was recently featured in the Heart & Soil movie "Nourished." She addresses the controversy of the way the movie starts: with two contrasting placentas. One from a mother who was well nourished, and another who was not.
She also describes her commitment to making sure the baby's arrival is as safe and smooth, as possible. And why she believes we need to return to the model of womb-to-tomb care for tending to the sick and those who are arriving and departing from this planet. Lindsey is part of the "remembering" of honoring life, death, and everything in between.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise |
| 0:10.6 | Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts. |
| 0:14.0 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve |
| 0:18.1 | optimal health. |
| 0:20.4 | And now here is our host and producer, Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 0:24.4 | Hey! |
| 0:25.8 | Hilda here! |
| 0:27.6 | What does true midwifery look like? |
| 0:30.4 | How does a midwife usher in life and support the birth experience? |
| 0:34.6 | And what do birth and death have in common? |
| 0:38.1 | This is episode 419 and our guest today is a midwife who was traditionally trained |
| 0:43.4 | and licensed through a medical board. But who now sees the birthing experience |
| 0:48.0 | through a new paradigm? And it is a process that she now supports in homes. |
| 0:53.0 | She is part of the remembering, of how to reconnect with our deep knowing, |
| 0:57.8 | understanding that our bodies know exactly what to do during the birthing process and at other times. |
| 1:03.9 | Our guest today tells stories of lives she's welcomed into the world and those she's seen |
| 1:09.0 | depart. She describes the honor of womb-to-tum care and what we've lost since as a society we've |
| 1:16.3 | moved away from these ancient traditions. Our guest is Lindsay Melis, midwife storyteller mother |
| 1:24.0 | and remember her of great grandmother wisdom. Before we dive into the conversation we'd love |
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