EBB 44 - Doula support for adolescent parents

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Kids & Family, Medicine, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Amber Ginn is a birth and postpartum doula in Puerto Rico. She had her first child at 15, and is dedicated to providing essential support to pregnant adolescents. Amber's first birth was a traumatic experience, with interventions she was not educated or informed about, and she felt her concerns and questions were dismissed by her providers. She also battled postpartum depression with little support. Despite these challenges, Amber finished high school and college while caring for her son. These experiences led her to her career in birth work, and she hopes to shine a light on the support that is needed - and often lacking - for young mothers.

Amber is an EBB Professional member, and is also working towards certification as a lactation consultant. She and Rebecca discuss postpartum depression in adolescents, and the existing resources and research available on caring for young pregnant people and new moms.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Science and Sensibility: Welcoming All Families; Working with Teen Parents
Midwifery Today: Doulas Supporting Teens
Research article: Going Beyond the Call of Doula
More research available on PubMed.gov

Connect with Amber at her website, VillageBirthandPostpartumCare.com, Facebook page, and Instagram.

For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) and our Instructor program.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone in today's podcast we're going to talk with Amber who resides in
0:04.4	Puerto Rico about the importance of dualist support for adolescent parents.
0:17.8	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 Based Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based
0:24.9	information into the hands of families and professionals across the world.
0:29.6	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See EB Birth.com
0:34.4	slash disclaimer for more details.
0:39.4	Hi everyone before we get started with today's podcast and interview, I have a big announcement
0:45.7	to make.
0:46.7	I've sent out an email about this and also I did a Facebook live video about this on the
0:51.4	Evidence-based birth Facebook page.
0:53.0	But the big news is that we are hosting a big evidence-based birth
0:57.0	conference in September of 2019.
1:00.0	So a little over a year from now, we are going to be hosting a reception on
1:05.0	Wednesday, September 25 in the evening and then a two-day conference on Thursday and
1:10.3	Friday, September 26 and 27th.
1:13.2	This is going to be an amazing event.
1:15.5	It's going to be made as affordable and accessible as possible.
1:19.3	We're going to have awesome speakers, hands-on workshops, and a chance to meet like-minded people who are passionate
1:26.2	about evidence-based care just like you.
1:28.6	One of the things I announced in both email and the Facebook live video is that we are hosting this conference in my hometown
1:35.7	of Lexington, Kentucky. I chose Lexington for several reasons, one being that the cost of living is very low here so we can keep the ticket prices low
1:45.9	We can make it more affordable for people to stay and come here
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