Jordan Taitel

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Jordan Taitel is an undergraduate student at Grinnell College, studying Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. Currently, Jordan is working on her certification to become an International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) certified birth doula. One day, she hopes to be a midwife and write about birth.

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Not Done Yet: Midwifing a Return to Social Birth

By Jordan Taitel • November 6, 2014

As a doula, I have the privilege of attending other women’s labors and deliveries. Recently I attended a delivery assisted by a midwife at a large-scale hospital. The midwife and the nursing staff supported the fearless mama as she labored away in a large room with a wall of windows looking out on a beautiful… Read more →