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A Moderate Midwife

Ann Ledbetter

Catching babies, raising humans, writing nuanced takes on pregnancy, birth and parenting.

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Hi friends. Guess what? I was on a podcast! It’s on video too. Please forgive all the “ums” and “likes.” I am not a professional speaker, and every time I said “That’s a great question…" it was translation for “Holy #@%! I did not prepare f...

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Thanks to those who inspired me to get to work on this essay by voting for it on my subscriber chat. In particular, I hope the moms who said they are very pregnant have time to read it before the big day! Best of luck to you. AL ✌️❤️👶

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The other day during a clinic visit, I told a woman that I noticed she was overdue for her pap smear, and asked if she might like me to do it.

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    I am a midwife (the certified nurse-midwife variety), mom, researcher, and writer. Partera de inmigrantes. FQHC employee. Maternal Mortality Review Team Member. Preferential option for the poor.

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