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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Gloria Copeland
    (The University of the West Indies, Saint, Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, 2018) Copeland, Gloria
    Gloria Copeland is an independent midwife with over four decades of experience in the field, who first trained at the San Fernando General Hospital. She is also one of the founding members of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Midwives (TTMA).
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Veronica, Aisha and Gloria
    (The University of the West Indies) Veronica Jobity; Gloria Copeland; Aisha Mills
    Conversation with midwives Veronica Jobity and Gloria Copeland and mother, Aisha Mills.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Veronica Jobity
    (The University of the West Indies) Veronica Jobity
    Veronica Jobity, who has been a midwife for over three decades, practices within the San Fernando area. She shares what led her to become a midwife and her experiences a midwife practitioner.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Tabitha Jael Micah Wight
    (The University of the West Indies) Tabitha Jael Micah Wight
    Tabitha Jael Micah Wight began her training as a doula in 2016. She is an independent doula; she recounts her first experience as a doula and how from that experience she learned how important it is to meet the mother two sessions before they give birth. She also talks about building trust with her clients and the interventions during the birthing process.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Suzanne Edwards-Phillip
    (The University of the West Indies) Suzanne Edwards-Phillip
    Suzanne Edwards-Phillps is a doula from Manzanilla, Trinidad. She is also an early childhood assistant. She shares how she became a doula and the benefits of home deliveries.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Stacey Thomas-Ayin
    (The University of the West Indies) Stacey Thomas-Ayin
    Stacey Thomas-Ayin is a surveying technician employed at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus., Trinidad and Tobago. She shares her feelings on first learning that she was expecting her first child. She remembers being scared and excited. She sought private medical care within the first six weeks of learning about her pregnancy. Eventually, she signed up at Mamatoto Birth Centre for childbirth classes. She shares her entire birth experience.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shonelle Davis
    (The University of the West Indies) Shonelle Davis
    Shonelle Davis, who has three children, describes her experience giving birth to each of them. She gave birth to two of her children at a hospital but she says when she gave birth at home she felt relaxed and supported. She shares her experiences.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sherraine Mentor-Procope
    (The University of the West Indies) Sherraine Mentor-Procope
    Sherraine Mentor-Procope is a registered nurse and midwife who works with the Scarborough General Hospital. She entered the nursing profession in 2001 and became a midwife in 2010. She completed her midwifrey training at the San Fernando General Hospital. She talks about the health care for women and their partner before conception, during the pregnancy and after delivery.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shanti Mohan
    (The University of the West Indies) Shanti Mohan
    Thirty-seven year old first time mom. She was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries so when she learned she was pregnant, she and her husband were estatic.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shantel Stevens
    (The University of the West Indies) Shantel Stevens
    Shantel Stevens is a stay-at-home mom from Union Hall, San Fernando. She has two children and she recalls how excited and scared she was to learn that she was expecting. She recalls craving a lot of chocolate during one of her pregnancies and her birth experience was good except that she was not allowed to have family in the delivery room as result of hospital policy.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Shai-Ann Reyes
    (The University of the West Indies) Shai-Ann Reyes
    Shai-Ann Reyes, who is an esthetician from Sangre Grande, who gave birth to her first child at the Sangre Grande Hospital and she opted for a home birth with her second child. She discusses her experiences of each delivery.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sarah Mohammed
    (The University of the West Indies) Sarah Mohammed
    Sarah Mohammed is a first time mom from a small nuclear family and a large extended family. She recalls when she first learned that she was expecting and her decision to visit Mamatoto Resource and Birthing Centre.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sade Greenidge
    (The University of the West Indies) Sade Greenidge
    Sade Greenidge is a twenty-five year old mom of two who lives with relatives in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. She gave birth to her first child at 21 years old. The first pregnancy was difficult because she had severe morning sickness up until her seventh month. She found out she was pregnant with her second child when her first child was two and half years old. Her second child was delivered at home. She shares her birth experience of her two children.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sade and Ingrid
    (The University of the West Indies) Sade; Ingrid
    An informal conversation between Sade Greenidge, a mother, who recently gave birth and her midwife, Ingrid. They each share the homebirth delivery from their perspective.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Roxanne Herbert
    (The University of the West Indies) Roxanne Herbert
    Roxanne Herbert is a trained doula from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She received her training from the Mamatoto Resource and Birthing Centre located in Belmont, Port-of-Spain. She gave birth in 1991 and she wishes every woman could have a doula to support her while she is giving birth.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago Romana Peters
    (The University of the West Indies) Romana Peters
    Romana Peters is a St. Lucian living in Trinidad and Tobago and the mother of two boys. She shares how she learned about her first pregnancy.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Reena Teelucksingh-Ramsaroop
    (The University of the West Indies) Reena Teelucksingh-Ramsaroop
    Reena Teelucksingh-Ramsaroop is a mother from Couva. She recalls when she first learned that she and her husband was expecting, how she was able to remain active throughout her pregnancy and her decision to seek pre-natal care from a doctor at the St. Augstine Private Hospital.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Charissa Minty Part 1
    (The University of the West Indies) Charissa Minty
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago Petal Ann Roberts
    (The University of the West Indies) Petal Ann Roberts
    Petal Ann Roberts is a mother of three children who resides in Tobago. She talks about the birth of her three children after initally being told she could not have children. She shares that her husband was in the delivery room for all three births and she talks about the care she received for all three of her pregnancies.
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    Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Monique Timothy
    (The University of the West Indies) Monique Timothy
    Monique Timothy is an executive assistant in a government ministry. She is her father's only child and her mother's first child. She recalls giving birth, how excited she was to learn was pregnant, her decision to access private care up until her third trimester and attend lamaze classes offered by the public hospital.