EBB 122 - Home birth during the pandemic with Vicki Penwell

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I am joined by Vicki Penwell, a licensed midwife and CPM, and the founder and executive director of Mercy in Action Vineyard, Inc. Mercy in Action is responsible for more than 15,500 safe births in the Philippines since 1991 - at no cost to the parents - with outcomes four times better than the country’s national average. Vicki is also executive director of the Mercy in Action College of Midwifery, has a Master’s degree in midwifery in the U.S., and a Master’s degree in intercultural studies in the Philippines. She has forty years of experience accepting late transfer of care clients, and 29 years of experience in a disaster-based midwifery model of care - including responding to national disasters and adjusting quickly too ever-changing landscapes for birth.

Given that 2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and we are also experiencing a global pandemic, I am so glad Vicki is able to join me and talk about home birth during this challenging time.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone in this podcast we're going to talk with Vicky Penwell about the effect of the pandemic on home birth.
0:10.4	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my
0:15.3	PhD and the founder of Evidence Base Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get
0:21.3	evidence-based information
0:22.9	into the hands of families and professionals
0:25.3	around the world.
0:26.8	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:30.2	See EB-B-Birth.com. Disclaimer for more details.
0:36.0	Hi everyone and welcome to the Evidence Space Birth Podcast.
0:39.0	Before I get started with today's interview,
0:41.0	I wanted to make a few quick announcements. First we
0:44.8	are continuing to update our COVID-19 resource page at evidencebased birth.com
0:49.8	slash COVID-19. We put out a new research update on Monday, March 30th, and we email that out to our newsletter
0:56.3	subscribers. Make sure you are on our newsletter to get that information right away. In our
1:00.9	research update on the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, we talked
1:04.8	about new research on vertical transmission or mother-to-baby transmission during
1:09.2	pregnancy or birth. Early lessons on COVID-19 and pregnancy and birth in New York City Hospital
1:15.7	updated guidance for pregnant health care workers and updated guidance on
1:20.0	personal and protective equipment during birth. So if you are a pregnant health care worker or
1:24.7	your professional who wants to learn more about the possibility of vertical transmission, or if you're
1:29.5	pregnant and you want to learn more about what labor and delivery might be like if you're giving
1:33.8	birth in the next few months and what types of personal protective equipment are being
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