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Lorna Mazoff, Certified Direct-Entry Midwife Midwifery is a profound and deeply spiritual calling for me. I began this journey of midwifery, or being “with woman” in 2001. At the time I was attending the University of Texas at Austin for a degree in music performance. I soon became restless as I could feel there was something else I was supposed to pursue. I began to read any midwifery text I could find, I took women’s studies/health classes, and I began listening to more stories from my grandmother telling of her mother who was a midwife to her small community. Thus, I began my path of midwifery, and though I abandoned my life as a symphonic performance musician, I discovered that midwifery, birth, and music can be beautifully intertwined; for both require an art form of listening and appreciating the moment and what is happening before you. I believe that birth is an intricate balance of a woman’s state, emotional and physical, and her surroundings. When aligned appropriately, her body and baby labor harmoniously and the experience is joyous, healing, and ideal for that family.
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