Hey, guys, welcome to Not Another Anxiety Show. I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and joining me today is guest and midwife, Jessica Davis. Hi, Jess. Good morning. So glad you could join us today.

Thank you for having me. I'm excited. Do you mind if I share your bio with our listeners out there

before we get started chatting over here? No, please too. Great. After a few years of teaching

childbirth classes and supporting moms as a doula,

Jessica made the leap to become a certified professional midwife through the North American Registry of Midwives and New Hampshire certified midwives.

Today she has a growing home birth practice supporting families in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.

Along the way, she has acquired additional certifications

in lactation counseling, CPR instruction, car seat installation, flicenta encapsulation,

Reiki, Advanced EMT, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Jessica's passion is educating and supporting

families during pregnancy, labor, and birth.

And she is grateful for the opportunity to serve her community.

You can find Jessica at roots of life midwife.com.

So, Jess, you've actually been working with me as my midwife and doula and emotional support and, you know, voice of reason.

Yeah, it was fun. It was fun meeting you guys and finding out that you were having twins.

And, you know, part of the reason I wanted to have you on the show is because you've been

integral in helping normalize this crazy experience called pregnancy. And, you know,

I see, and I know we've chatted about this a little bit before in our visits, but I see a lot

of fear and anxiety and our culture around pregnancy and childbirth, you know, whether or not

we've struggled with anxiety in the past.

And what do you think kind of contributes

to this fearful view of pregnancy and childbirth?

Is it the media, our medical system's approach

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