Today HeHe sits down with Kayla Bitten to discuss Diversity in Lactation Support. Kayla Bitten is a black, queer medical racism and equity activist, educator, and writer with over ten years in the world of birth work and her work in rooted in tradition, advocacy, and her Southern culture. She is a student midwife in Alabama and working to provide equitable support and options for BIPOC families and educate fellow birth workers on the importance of skills and cultural humility through her business The Southern Midwife. She is also the owner of Alabama’s first black-owned lactation clinic, The Postpartum Clinic, providing accessible lactation and postpartum care that goes beyond the American standard and prioritizes the uninsured and BIPOC postpartum families.
Follow along with Kayla here: www.thesouthernmidwife.work
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Ep. 225: How Birth Trauma Impacts Your Partner & Intimacy with Ashley Mariani
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Ep. 220: Perinatal Mood Disorders and Management Options with Dr. William Leininger, MD, FACOG
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