Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This week, we’re revisiting a Season 3 episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast with Aubre Tompkins, CNM and author of Midwifery for Expectant Parents. At the time of recording, Aubre was Director of Midwifery at Seasons Midwifery and Birth Centre and President of the American Association of Birth Centers where she now continues to serve on the Executive Committee.
Augustine and Aubre unpack the dangers of pregnancy in the U.S.—especially for BIPOC communities—revealing how poor outcomes stem from the hospital-based, physician-led system rather than midwifery care. Yet, the for-profit model of healthcare continues to suppress the most obvious solutions. This conversation, as urgent today as ever, is also a call to action—for midwives and consumers alike—to raise their voices and demand meaningful change in U.S. healthcare.
✨ Topics covered:
-Why profit-driven healthcare works against families
-Polarization in the Midwifery World
-Why midwives and consumers need to push for real change
👉 If you care about maternal health, birth justice, and the future of midwifery, this is a must-listen.
Keep the conversation going on skool.com/midwiferywisdom
This week, we’re revisiting a Season 3 episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast with Aubre Tompkins, CNM and author of Midwifery for Expectant Parents. At the time of recording, Aubre was Director of Midwifery at Seasons Midwifery and Birth Centre and President of the American Association of Birth Centers where she now continues to serve on the Executive Committee.
Augustine and Aubre unpack the dangers of pregnancy in the U.S.—especially for BIPOC communities—revealing how poor outcomes stem from the hospital-based, physician-led system rather than midwifery care. Yet, the for-profit model of healthcare continues to suppress the most obvious solutions. This conversation, as urgent today as ever, is also a call to action—for midwives and consumers alike—to raise their voices and demand meaningful change in U.S. healthcare.
✨ Topics covered:
-Why profit-driven healthcare works against families
-Polarization in the Midwifery World
-Why midwives and consumers need to push for real change
👉 If you care about maternal health, birth justice, and the future of midwifery, this is a must-listen.
Keep the conversation going on skool.com/midwiferywisdom
