Train more Midwives
and Normalize
Home-birth Midwifery
Meet KOVA BROWN (midwifery student)
Kova is working with 6 midwifery practices including Birth in Color Midwifery. She is an amazing asset to the practice and gives a unique perspective to the families she has been given a chance to learn with.
Kova feeling for baby’s position and making sure she communicates with the client about what she is learning from the assessment.
Kova listening to fetal heart tones with a client’s consent.
Kova’s Voice to the Community she wants to serve
”I knew early on that it would be life’s work to serve women and children. I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and had the pleasure of running a school-based mentoring program. Then later I did community activism work to stop violence against women. I am now a mother of three and have been married for 15 year.
My interest in midwifery began when I started having children. All of my births were attended by midwives. I felt very fortunate to have had the kind of births I desired. At the same time, I was also saddened that many others did not have that kind of autonomy in their birth experiences, especially members of marginalized communities. I feel a sense of responsibility in helping more families know they have birth options outside of the hospital, if they so desire, and I aspire to be an additional resource to them.
As a future midwife, I desire to provide respectful maternal care to expectant parents, to normalize home-birth as a safe option, and to empower parents to know their bodies can and will birth their babies. I am excited for the opportunity to assist families through this life changing journey.”