14. Marine Corps Spouse Alexandra: MTF Birth Story, and the Power of Community in Birth

The Season 1 finale is here! We'll be taking a brief break and will be back with new episodes on February 1. If you'd like to help us connect with sponsors for Season 2, please send us an email at [email protected] today’s episode, we’ll be hearing from Alexandra, a Marine Corps spouse who shares one birth story. For the first half of her pregnancy, Alexandra was seen by a civilian provider and then she finished her pregnancy and birth under the care of a military treatment facility. She talks about the differences she observed between the two, and how positive her experience with the MTF was compared to the civilian provider. During our conversation Alexandra touches on how her identity as a new mother was supported and appreciated within the military community as compared to the world of academia where she was seeking her PhD at the time, ultimately finding her calling in birth work, and some of the things she feels providers can be doing better to support birth choice in a hospital setting. Here’s my conversation with Alexandra.Follow along with Military Birth Talk:Instagram: @militarybirthtalkFacebook: Military Birth Resource Network & Postpartum CoalitionSubmit your birth story!forms.gle/3TT7FyV1QQV3RZGc8