EBB 219 - Life as a Student Midwife with EBB's New Program Team Manager, Chanté Perryman

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

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

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today's podcast, we're going to talk with student midwife and Evidence Based Birth®'s new Program Team Manager, Chanté Perryman about life as a student midwife. Chanté Perryman (she/her) is a midwifery student studying to become a certified professional midwife in Central Kentucky. She owns Baby Dreams Maternity Concierge and has a goal of opening a freestanding birth center to continue to provide community support, education, and advocacy for birthing families. Chanté is the new Program Team Manager here at Evidence Based Birth®. She is also a professionally certified birth and postpartum doula, a certified childbirth educator, an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor, and a Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator. Chanté also volunteers with the Kentucky Birth Coalition helping to advance legislation for midwives and families. In her spare time, she loves reading, lettering, drinking hot tea, and traveling with her family to explore local museums and restaurants.

We talk about Chanté’s passion to become a future midwife and what motivated her to start her journey as a student midwife. We also talk about Chanté’s dream goal of owning a freestanding birth center and the barriers she has faced as a Black student midwife.

Content warning: We mention racism and trauma.

Learn more about Chanté Perryman here. Follow Chanté on Facebook and Instagram.

Listen to Episode 79 here.

Listen to Episode 136 here.

Listen to Episode 145 here.

Listen to Episode 183 here.

Learn more about Indiana Black midwife, Amanda Chandler, here.

Learn more about Karie Stewart and Melanated Midwives here.

For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EvidenceBasedBirth/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/), and Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/). Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/become-pro-member/). Find an EBB Instructor here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/find-an-instructor-parents/), and click here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/) to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with student midwife and
0:04.2	evidence-based birth professional membership coordinator shante Perryman about life as a
0:09.2	student midwife.
0:10.2	Welcome to the Evidence Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Base Birth.
0:22.0	Join me each week as we work together
0:24.4	to get evidence-based information
0:26.4	into the hands of families and professionals
0:28.8	around the world.
0:30.3	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:33.5	See EB Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:40.0	Hi everyone, my name is Rebecca Decker,
0:42.4	pronouns she, her, and I will be your host for today's episode.
0:46.1	Today we are so excited to welcome student midwife and ETV's professional membership
0:50.4	coordinator Chante Perryman to talk about life as a student midway.
0:54.3	Before we interview Chante, I want to let you know that if there are any detailed
0:58.3	content or trigger warnings, we always post them in the description or show notes that go along with this episode.
1:04.2	And now I would like to introduce our honored guest.
1:07.0	Shante Perryman, pronouns she-her, is a midwifree student studying to become a certified
1:12.1	professional midwife in Central Kentucky. free student studying to become a certified professional
1:12.8	midwife in Central Kentucky.
1:15.2	She owns Baby Dreams maternity concierge
1:18.0	and has a goal of opening a freestanding birth center
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