On this week's episode of the Be Loud About What Matters Podcast, I have the pleasure of chatting with Joyce Kimball. Joyce and I connected awhile back and this podcast is long overdue! We bonded over birth work, healing, and our love of babies (and dislike for the broken health care system). We chat about motherhood, birth, postpartum, midwifery vs OB care, and the importance of a more hands off approach to birth.
Joyce Kimball has been the Owner and Primary Midwife of Joyce Kimball Birth Services, a full-service childbearing-year care service started in 2000. Prior to Birth Services, Joyce spent 15 years working in Human Resources for Massachusetts corporations. After the home birth of her second child, she completed the apprenticeship process to certify and practice as a Certified Professional Midwife. Joyce holds an MBA, a Certificate in Midwifery, an Associate’s Degree in Nursing and a Registered Nurse’s license.
Joyce practices as a homebirth midwife, birth doula, childbirth educator, birth counselor, and belly caster. She is active in the Massachusetts birth community - answering many questions on the MassDoula email list, connecting families with appropriate childbearing-year services, serving in various capacities with the MA trade organization - Massachusetts Midwives Alliance, precepting student midwives, nurses, and doulas, and talking with anyone and everyone about birth, supporting birth choice and reproductive justice. When she is not doing birth work, she’s listening to podcasts, at the gym or spending time with her family and friends eating, talking, listening, dancing, laughing, sharing and eating dark chocolate.
Connect with Joyce:
https://birthservices.net/
Resources:
La Leche League: https://www.llli.org/
maternal mortality rates:
mother + baby health: