EP163: The Birthing Crisis in America with Midwife, Aiyana Davison
The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy
Elizabeth Presta
4.2 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Aiyana Davison (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner-BC currently practicing in Southern California. A passionate professional, some of her most pressing priorities include: shedding light on and aiding to eradicate the inequalities that exist within healthcare, addressing the crisis that Black womxn (people) face in the U.S., the provision of quality care for all individuals and families, and the preservation of the legacy of Black midwives and birth work. With this in mind, Aiyana uses her business and social media platforms under the name The Vagina Chronicles to educate, engage, and create safe space for those interested in all things birth work, empowerment, and overall obstetric and gynecologic health. Aiyana has been featured on a wide variety of platforms including Peanut, Elvie, Ovia Health, Mama Glow, and Black Mom's Blog. In her work, she encourages healing through sharing and vocalizing stories (as opposed to the long-standing historical traumatic secrecy) to aid with the advancement and success of vulnerable communities.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the Miraculous Momma's podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm your host, Elizabeth Joy Presta. |
| 0:11.3 | I am a certified labor doula and a prenatal coach. |
| 0:14.9 | And we believe in empowering women through storytelling and education. |
| 0:19.7 | Last week we hit on Dr. Tracy Tran and we talked all about tongue and lip ties, tons of information |
| 0:26.0 | in there. |
| 0:27.4 | And it's pretty crazy because when you think about it, it's something that you hear more |
| 0:31.7 | and more about. |
| 0:32.7 | So it's like, is this just something that's starting to happen more? |
| 0:35.4 | Or is there just more awareness around it? |
| 0:37.8 | And we dig into that and even go way back to when there were tongue and lip ties back |
| 0:41.8 | in the day and what midwives used to do. |
| 0:44.9 | And just, yeah, it was a great informative podcast. |
| 0:49.1 | And then she made me interested in like so many other topics. |
| 0:53.7 | So I want to get on somebody from the sleep institute to talk about that and just even |
| 0:59.1 | baby sleep and posture and all these different things that are affected that can cause different |
| 1:03.7 | symptoms in your life that can be linked to even ADHD or behavioral issues, eating issues, |
| 1:10.9 | speech and linguistics. |
| 1:13.5 | So many things can be linked to ties or just even other underlying conditions. |
| 1:18.6 | So it was a super interesting podcast. |
| 1:20.6 | If you didn't listen, make sure you go back and do that. |
| 1:24.9 | This week I'm so excited. |
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