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🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Have you ever heard of a Doula? A midwife? Wondered what the difference is? Today we chat with our longtime friend Myriam Webb. She’s a Registered Dietitian, Doula, Business Owner and soon to be Registered Nurse with a passion for helping women of color in her community (basically, she’s a superhero). This episode is packed with details about her job as a doula, her advice for birth persons during their pregnancy, the issues with our healthcare system and its adverse effects on BIPOC, pelvic floor health and MORE!
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0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
0:03.0 | Hi, I'm Wendy. |
0:04.1 | And I'm Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast. |
0:07.0 | Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness. |
0:20.8 | Hello, hello! We are back with another episode and today we have on the pod |
0:27.4 | one of my dear friends. |
0:30.0 | By the way, I hate when people say deer friend. |
0:32.0 | Like what is a deer friend? |
0:34.8 | Sorry if you say deer friend. |
0:36.4 | Miriam Webb. Miriam has been a registered dietitian, |
0:39.9 | serving the diverse population of New York City in community, clinical, and outpatient settings |
0:45.2 | for seven years. And what's interesting is Miriam recently also became a doula because she saw |
0:52.4 | some health disparities that she really wanted to help to correct. And she has this whole new passion |
1:00.6 | for women's health. She has married the two things together, her nutrition background, |
1:06.0 | and her doula background. And now she has a business called delicious, |
1:09.3 | duelicious nutrition. And she recently even graduated from nursing school to further her skills |
1:15.6 | and assisting birthing persons in New York City to experience respectful and dignified births. |
1:21.4 | Yeah, we talk about so much with Miriam. First of all, we address what a doula is and how doula is |
1:28.4 | differ from midwives. We also talk about nutrition and pregnancy, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy. |
1:36.5 | Also, like how to create a solid team of health professionals, but also like a support network, |
1:42.5 | whether it's your friends, your family, having a doula in your corner, |
1:46.1 | so that you're getting the proper support to get you through this major transition in life. |
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