EBB 207 - Gender-Affirming Birth Work and Education with Full Spectrum Doula and Childbirth Educator, Moss Froom

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

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

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On today's podcast, we're going to talk with non-binary doula and childbirth educator, Moss Froom, about gender-affirming birth work and education. Moss Froom (they/them), is a non-binary doula and childbirth educator living in Baltimore, Maryland. Moss offers trans and queer centered support services for people at all stages of their reproductive and family building journeys. Moss also teaches other birth workers how to provide support that's affirming and celebratory of trans and queer families.

We talk about how Moss got started in their journey to become involved in birth and reproductive work as a non-binary professional in birth work. We also talk about the importance of gender-affirming practices in birth work to create safer spaces for queer and trans families.

Content Warning: We mention misgendering, abortion, pregnancy loss, and infertility.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with non-binary
0:03.4	Dula and childbirth educator Moss Froome about gender-affirming birth work and
0:08.0	education.
0:11.0	Welcome to the Evidence Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my
0:17.6	PhD and the founder of Evidence Space Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families
0:26.7	and professionals around the world.
0:29.3	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See EB Birth.com
0:34.4	slash disclaimer for more details.
0:37.0	Hi everyone, my name is I am mystique Fau de Goon, pronouns they she.
0:45.0	And my name is Rebecca Decker, pronouns she her,
0:47.6	and we will be your co-host for today's episode.
0:50.9	Today we are so excited to welcome Moss Room to talk about gender affirming birth work and education.
0:56.0	Before we interview Moss, I want to let you know that if there are any detailed content or trigger warnings,
1:02.0	we always post them in the description or show notes
1:04.8	that go along with this podcast episode.
1:06.9	And now we'd like to introduce our honored guest.
1:10.9	Mossfroom, pronouns they, them, is a non-binary Dula and childbirth educator living in Baltimore, Maryland.
1:19.0	Moss offers trans and queer centered support services for people at all stages of their
1:26.1	reproductive and family building journeys and also teaches other birth
1:30.4	workers how to provide support that's affirming and celebratory of
1:35.4	trans and queer families. We are so thrilled that Moss is here. Welcome Moss to
1:41.2	the Evidence- Space Birth Podcast.
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