EBB 225 – Trauma-Informed Childbirth Education with Mandy Irby, The Birth Nurse

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

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

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On today's podcast, we're going to talk with board-certified labor nurse and creator of the Birth Nurse, Mandy Irby, about trauma-informed childbirth education.

Mandy Irby (she/her) is a board-certified labor nurse with 13 years of experience, supporting survivors of assault and trauma through pregnancy, birth planning, and at their bedside during childbirth and pregnancy loss. After her own birth trauma, Mandy quickly learned that the birth care system is not centered on human rights, patient choice, and the individual experience.

In 2020, Mandy made education her full-time career as she now teaches and supports parents and nurses on how to improve centering one’s voice, choice, and physiology in birth. It's Mandy's mission to change the birth culture so that it's parent-centered, trauma-informed, and safe for all.

Content warning: We will mention birth trauma, childbirth, assault, obstetric violence, fear-mongering, and perinatal loss.

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Learn more about The Birth Nurse Founder, Mandy Irby, here.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with board certified labor nurse
0:04.9	and creator of the birth nurse Mandy Erby about trauma-informed childbirth education.
0:17.0	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. and the founder of Evidence-Based Birth.
0:23.0	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information
0:27.0	into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:31.0	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See EBBirth.com
0:36.0	slash disclaimer for more details.
0:38.6	Hi everyone my name is Rebecca Decker pronouns she her and I will be your host for today's episode
0:46.9	Today we are so excited to welcome Mandy but before I read her bio I want to let you know we will mention peri needle loss obstetric violence
0:54.7	birth trauma and assault if there are any other detailed content or trigger
0:58.9	warnings will post them in the description or show notes that go along with this
1:02.4	episode and now I would like to introduce in the description or show notes that go along with this episode.
1:03.6	And now I would like to introduce our honored guest.
1:06.6	Mandy Irby, pronouns she-her, is a board certified labor nurse with 13 years experience supporting survivors of assault and trauma
1:14.8	through pregnancy, birth planning, and at their bedside during childbirth and
1:19.8	pregnancy loss. After experiencing her own birth trauma, Mandy quickly learned that the birth care system is not centered
1:27.3	on human rights, patient choice, and the individual experience.
1:31.8	In 2020, Mandy made education her full-time career.
1:36.2	She now teaches and supports parents and nurses on how to better center voice, choice, and
1:42.0	physiology in birth.
1:43.8	It's Mandy's mission to change birth culture
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