EBB 42 - Interview Katie Rachanow

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Kids & Family, Medicine, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Katie Rachanow leads the Military Birth Resource Network at the largest overseas installment in Europe, and has specialized knowledge of the military birth system.
Katie is a doula, yoga instructor, and Evidence Based Birth instructor practicing in Germany. She recently moved there following a two-year tour in Colorado Springs and a five-year tour in the UK.

Katie shares how having her first child in the UK launched her career as a birth worker, and how she operates exclusively in a military setting. She notes that the main problem for birth in the military is continuity of care. "Everybody is moving around constantly - nobody ever stays put." Additionally, people often end up birthing on their own, as their partner may be deployed or on duty, and their families cannot afford to travel to where they are. "I've had a lot of instances where moms have been alone - just by themselves - until it's time for delivery," she said. Together, Katie and I brainstorm ways to promote funding of doula support for military members, and build relationships among birth workers in new communities.

Connect with Katie on her website, Facebook, LinkedIn and the EBB Instructor Directory.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone in today's podcast we're going to talk with Katie Rachinau an evidence
0:04.3	space birth instructor about her recent transition to living in Germany and
0:08.8	supporting a military community there. Welcome to the Evidence Based Birth Podcast.
0:17.0	My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence-Based Birth.
0:22.8	Join me each week as we work together
0:25.0	to get evidence-based information
0:27.2	into the hands of families and professionals
0:29.9	across the world.
0:31.1	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:34.1	See Eviebirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:38.3	Hi everyone and welcome back to the evidence-based birth podcast. I'm really
0:44.0	excited to have another evidence-based birth instructor as a guest today.
0:48.4	Katie Rachnaw is our guest. She recently moved to Germany following a two-year tour in
0:54.1	Colorado Springs and before that she had served five years in the United Kingdom.
0:58.7	Her family's core values are service, honesty, integrity, and education, and she gets to live out those values
1:05.2	every day in her work as a Dula and instructor.
1:08.5	She obtained her Masters of Arts and International Relations from Oklahoma University in 2016, and that same year she applied to the Evidence-based Birth
1:16.2	instructor program so she could get additional training with us. Her
1:20.2	mission is a Dula and Evidence-Based Birth instructor is to help families become empowered to get the highest standard of birth care right here in the United States as well as overseas.
1:30.0	So Katie, welcome to the podcast.
1:32.0	Thanks, I'm happy to the podcast.
1:35.0	Thanks, I'm happy to be here. Katie, would you mind just telling us a little bit about how you got into birth work and how you ended up in Germany?
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