EBB 180 - Trauma-Informed Care and Consent with Feminist Midwife, Stephanie Tillman
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On today’s podcast we are excited to feature Feminist Midwife, Stephanie Tillman (she/her), a midwife at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Stephanie is on the Board of Directors of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Midwest Access Project. Stephanie is also a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives Ethics Committee and is an advisory committee member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association.
We talk about Stephanie’s journey to becoming a midwife involved in trauma-informed care. We also talk about the importance of active consent regarding pelvic exams and forced medical interventions in birth work. Stephanie also shares her thoughts about the ARRIVE trial's effects on 39-week elective inductions in the Chicago area.
**Content Warning: We will be talking about obstetric abuse, sexual assault, trauma, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and gaslighting.**
RESOURCES:
Learn more about Stephanie Tillman and “Feminist Midwife” here (https://www.feministmidwife.com/). Read Stephanie’s article “Consent in Pelvic Care” here (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmwh.13189). Follow Stephanie on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FeministMidwife/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/feministmidwife), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/feministmidwife/).
Learn more about the American College of Nurse-Midwives here (https://www.midwife.org/default.aspx).
Learn more about Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health here (https://www.nsrh.org/).
Learn more about the Midwest Access Project here (https://midwestaccessproject.org/).
Learn more about the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association here (https://www.elephantcircle.net/qtma).
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Stephanie Tillman of |
| 0:04.0 | the feminist midwife about trauma-informed pelvic care. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with |
| 0:15.3 | my PhD and the founder of Evidence Based Birth. Join me each week as we work |
| 0:20.5 | together to get evidence-based information |
| 0:23.0 | into the hands of families and professionals |
| 0:25.5 | around the world. |
| 0:26.9 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:30.4 | See EB-B-Birth.com. Disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:35.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to today's episode of the Evidence Based Birth Podcast |
| 0:40.0 | where we're going to talk about trauma informed care and consent. |
| 0:44.7 | Before we get started, I do have a content warning for you. |
| 0:47.2 | Today we will be talking about obstetric abuse, sexual assault, trauma, racism, |
| 0:52.0 | homophobia, transphobia, and gas lighting. |
| 0:55.0 | Today I'm super excited to welcome our honored guest, Stephanie Tillman. |
| 0:59.1 | Stephanie Tillman pronouns, she, her, is a midwife at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
| 1:04.8 | She completed her undergraduate degree in global health and medical anthropology at the University |
| 1:09.2 | of Michigan and her graduate degree in Midwifery at Yale University. |
| 1:13.5 | Stephanie is on the Board of Directors of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| 1:18.2 | in the Midwest Access Project. |
| 1:20.5 | Is a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives Ethics Committee |
| 1:23.8 | and is an advisory committee member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives |
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