Challenging Perceptions & Policies in Midwifery Care with Integrated, Evidence-Based Practices | Paris Maloof-Bury (S2. E1.)

Sally & Brigid chat with Paris Maloof-Bury, a full-scope midwife and women's health care professional about home births, maternity care deserts, abortion training programs, inequities in midwifery education, and improving community-to-hospital birth transfers in CA. This episode is the start of Season Two where we plan on highlighting powerful women's voices who are making an impact in women's health policies and medical practices. ▶ Ask Sally a question for a future episode: https://forms.gle/pRHRK5MbBRVNE47YA Paris Maloof-Bury is passionate about supporting and empowering women and families. She is a midwife in Davis, California, where she provides full scope women’s healthcare, including prenatal, childbirth, postpartum, lactation, family planning, well person, and mental healthcare. She is President of the California Nurse-Midwives Association. Her career began in 2005, during which time she has worked as a labor and delivery nurse, a childbirth educator, a lactation consultant, and a belly dancer (yes, she considers belly dancing to be a legitimate and joyful occupation). Paris also enjoys writing, and has served as Associate Editor of Healthy Mom & Baby Magazine, as contributing writer for CMQCC’s Toolkit on Supporting Vaginal Birth, and as co-author of AWHONN's position statement "Continuous Labor Support for Every Woman." Paris believes that everyone deserves gentle, respectful, evidence-based care, and works tirelessly to shape the culture, policies, and paradigms that determine the care we deliver and receive. Paris is married to the man who taught her all about the importance of labor support, and together, they have two beautiful sons, a cat, a dog, and a lot of fun. ▶ Paris Maloof-Bury: https://www.cnma.org/ ▶  Healthy Mom & Baby Magazine: https://www.health4mom.org/ ▶  Resources for Improving community-to-hospital birth transfers: https://drsallymcnally.com/resources  --------------------------- MORE ABOUT SALLY: ▶ Personal Website: https://drsallymcnally.com/ ▶  Sally’s Yoga & Hypnosis Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzYjy_SxUZp2Y3UUDaBTUg --------------------------- THIS PODCAST: ▶  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp6xbjdl5Zs ▶ We use Riverside.fm: https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=brigid --------------------------- ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sallymcnallytheirishmidwife ▶  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallymcnally_theirishmidwife/?hl=en ▶  TikTok: @thebleedintruthpodcast #midwife #abortion #homebirth #healthcare #womenshealth #maternity #cnm