Full Scope, Full Life: Carrie

Send us Fan MailWhat if the best thing about being a midwife was that it wasn't the most important thing about you? That's the philosophy Carrie lives by — and in this episode, she unpacks what it really means to be present at birth without losing yourself to it. A lover of nature in all its forms, Carrie sees labor the way she sees storms and tides: wild, unpredictable, and never truly controllable. Which is exactly why she's still in awe of it after 20+ years.Katie and Carrie get refreshingly honest about the labor behind the labor — the physical toll of full-scope midwifery, the burnout that quietly accumulates on both ends of the patient spectrum, and what it actually looks like to build a career that doesn't consume your entire identity. From broken legs to broken systems, they explore why so few of their classmates are still on the front lines, and why that might not be a failure on an individual's part so much as a natural progression.This episode is best paired with a black iced coffee (it is Carrie's favorite and she "would die without it!")