AAB 008 Breastfeeding, midwives and birthing centers

Julia grew up in a family with one brother.  She really had no idea what she wanted to do as a career when she grew up.  She did always know that she wanted to be a Mom.  She decided to take on the challenge of law school and this is what she did before opening up the birth center.  Julia is the Executive Director  of Babymoon Inn, which is a free standing birth center in Phoenix, Arizona.  Her first breastfeeding experience was really hard and quite painful.  She did get through it and it worked out.  With her other 3 children breastfeeding went fairly easy and she was grateful for this. Julia talks about how she practices child led weaning. As the Owner of Babymoon Inn a free standing birthing center in Phoenix, AZ, she has the pleasure of meeting and working with hundreds of families who take the tour of the birthing center and decide to received midwifery care and plan on a birth at the Center.  Julia shares times when she has witnessed breastfeeding mothers respond to calls to action of offering their pumped milk and donating it to moms in need.  She shares with us all the services that the birthing center provides to the community, which include classes for birth all the way through postpartum, as well as fun classes for moms and babies.