Midwifery Wisdom Collective is a multifaceted resource for birth professionals.
Advanced midwifery skill is necessary for today's independent out-of-hospital midwife. Midwife's statistics are being tracked, home and birth center births are on the rise and safe outcomes are everyone's priority. It is a delicate balance to know when to utilize all your midwifery skill to get a baby born AND when to effect transport quickly. With hands-on skills training and an opportunity to ex
09/09/2026
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Advanced Suture Lab
Live Online Suturing Practice Class for Midwives | SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 | 8:00PM EDT
A 2-hour hands-on online live class with Augustine Colebrook, built for the repairs that don’t show up very often, labial, a**l, cl****al hood, and starburst tears, but that you shouldn’t have to transfer from, with optional kit delivery straight to your door.
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The Most Dangerous Midwives
You can’t be all things to all people, that’s how s**t hits the fan.
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09/07/2026
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If you want in-depth guidance how and when to AI and other technology?! Consider taking out ‘Midwife & the Machine” course ! Drop a note below 👇 if you want us to DM the link?
It’s Okay to Disappoint Others
“We have to be okay disappointing others in order to stay on our own path.”
A disappointed client, a disappointed hospital — and choosing to practice within your scope and your morals anyway.
The entry to community-based birth from the CNM pathway is so much better boundaried than the entry from the CPM pathway.
What do you think?
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After 25 years watching students thrive under the right mentor and struggle under the wrong one, I built a checklist to help you tell the difference before you commit. Comment ‘PRECEPTOR’ and I’ll send it to you.
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“Do we lead with our heart, or do we lead with fear?”
A birth center closes somewhere in the US every week. More midwives leave before they reach seniority. This clip holds the fear honestly — and the question underneath it, about what it actually means to keep showing up. Full episode linked in bio.
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Nobody teaches sustainability in midwifery school. Nobody models it in most apprenticeships either. What gets modeled instead is “give everything you have, then give more,” until there’s nothing left to give.
That’s not a calling. That’s a burnout pipeline with better PR.
I’ve watched this pattern play out with students for 25 years, and it almost always traces back to the preceptor relationship.
Comment ‘PRECEPTOR’ and I’ll send you the checklist I put together to help you screen for this before you sign on with anyone.