Midwives Katrina George and Jessica Diggs on Choosing the Right Perinatal Healthcare Provider

Tune into for this impactful conversation with midwives Katrina George and Jessica Diggs as they offer their experience and perspectives on the essential process of selecting the right healthcare partner for your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Together, we explored:

• The Obstetric and Midwifery Models of Care

• Strategies you can use to research and find a maternity healthcare provider that best fits your family's unique circumstances

• Navigating the US Healthcare system as a birthing person

• Building a collaborative relationship with your provider

• How to be your best self-advocate

Katrina George is a certified nurse midwife and an international board certified lactation consultant. She is an advisory board member for Mind Body Baby NC and participates in the NC American College of Nurse-Midwives legislative committee. Katrina is an adjunct faculty at Frontier Nursing University, where she obtained her masters and doctorate of nursing practice. She began her career in midwifery in an accredited freestanding birthing center, then began practicing full scope midwifery at a collaborative hospital-based practice. She is now at Quilted Health as the clinical director of a hospital-based, full scope, midwifery-led practice. Katrina is proud to say that she is a guyanese, first generation American, born in NY to a hard-working single mother. She is married to her college sweetheart and has a beautiful 2 year old son. You can connect with her online at QuiltedHealth.com or on LinkedIn.

Jessica Diggs is a Los Angeles-based licensed midwife, educator and co-founder of Centered. She’s been a birthworker and reproductive health educator since 2012. The trainings, her mentors, and ultimately, her first birth as a doula honed her interest in reproductive justice and empowering education. Jessica supports people and families through well-person care, home birth services, and conception support. She recently co-curated a community just for doulas and their businesses. When she’s not talking birth and bodies, she loves hosting dinner parties, eating, traveling and devouring a good book. You can connect with her online on JessicaDiggs.com, on Instagram, and on LinkedIn.