EBB 252 - A Candid Conversation about Doula Advocacy with Doula and EBB Instructor Leslie Greene

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

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

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk with EBB Instructor Leslie Greene, about doula advocacy and empowering families through the EBB Childbirth education class.

Leslie Greene, pronouns, she/her, is a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, baby wearing consultant and Evidence Based Birth Instructor and founder of Peridot Births. Leslie's work reflects her passion for birth justice, and she has a special interest in supporting Black and brown birthing families and members of the LBGTQIA+ community. Leslie is also the mom of a rising first grader and loves to spend her time with her adopted Shih Tzu and tabby kitten when not working.

We talk about the importance of doula advocacy. Leslie talks about her personal journey to becoming a childbirth educator and a doula, as a form of activism to address the Black maternal health crisis in American. She describes how to step into the birthing space as a collaborative advocate to center the parent's experience for their birth.

Content Warning: discussion of the murder of George Floyd, maternal mortality for African Americans, Black maternal health crisis, systemic racism, politics, obstetric violence, racism, forced cervical exams, perineal massage with baby shampoo, poverty, substance use, teen pregnancy, lack of prenatal care, colonization, slavery, and the COVID-19 pandemic

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Listen to EBB 218 – The Evidence on Perineal Massage during Labor with Dr. Rebecca Dekker here

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o Leslie’s Evidence Based Childbirth Education site can be found here
o Leslie’s Doula Services can be found here
o Follow Leslie’s work on Instagram here

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Dula and
0:03.4	evidence-based birth instructor Leslie Green about advocacy and Dula work.
0:08.0	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
0:15.4	Baseball. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based
0:19.6	information into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:24.0	As a reminder this information is not medical advice.
0:27.0	See Evibirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:32.0	Before we get started, I want to let you know that we do have a few content notes for today's episode.
0:38.8	We will discuss the murder of George Floyd, maternal mortality for African Americans, the polarity following the 2016 and
0:46.4	2020 presidential elections, obstetric violence, racism, and forced cervical exams along with a description of perineal massage with baby
0:56.9	shampoo.
0:58.0	And now I'm excited to introduce our honored guest.
1:00.4	Hi everyone today we are so excited to welcome Leslie Green
1:03.6	pronouns she her. Leslie is a birth and post-her undula, child birth
1:07.8	educator, baby-wearing consultant, an evidence-based birth
1:11.0	instructor and founder of Perry Doe births.
1:14.0	Leslie's work reflects her passion for birth justice and she has a special interest in supporting
1:19.3	black and brown birthing families, people of color, and members of the LGBT QIA plus community.
1:26.0	Leslie is also the mom of a rising first grader and loves to spend her time with her adopted
1:30.5	chitsu and Tabby kitten when not working.
1:33.4	And Leslie, like many of you, loves coffee,
1:36.7	always iced coffee.
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