Head On View (midwife life)

S3 Ep6: Hindsight.....always a wonderful thing. I'm looking back at my last contract, but with a few months passing, I'm in a much more positive frame of mind. And...da da da....Laura is joining the ranks of travel midwifing. The ranting is at a minimum!!!! I've moved states from NSW to QLD, and now dealing with transitioning from working online to going back to full paper based. Are we turning in...

S3 Ep5.  Hey besties....grab your wine, rant incoming (yes this was recorded a couple of months ago, and I'm very inconsistent with uploads...so thanks for sticking with us)  ....First...Penny has some news...twins due very soon. I was clearly having a bad day when we recorded this....you know those days when you just need to come home and vent....Well here I am....get me off my high horse 🐎  Lis...

It's been a minute....Laura's back.......it's tea time.... ☕️ We are taking a deep dive into Laura's life....so for all those ladies (or men) out there who have relationships that haven't turned out as you thought...you are not alone. We're talking red flags ~ they are flying high with this one 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 ⚠️ TOPIC WARNING ⚠️ we are discussing emotional abuse and domestic violence.  If you need he...

In today's ep I'm chatting with Catie Harris. Catie is a US based NursePreneur Mentor who has empowered thousands of nurses in business to monetise their knowledge and skills while inspiring them to change the way healthcare is perceived and delivered. I'm delving into Catie's history, her nursing experience, how she ended up where she is now. Catie strives to undo the perception that nursing care...

In this week's ep I'm chatting with Midwife Tylah. We're diving deep into Tylah's life.....when did she know she wanted to be a midwife, filming One Born Every Minute, living and working in Alice Springs, social media, opportunities for direct entry midwives.... You can follow Tylah here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ insta + tiktok: @midwife_tylah youtube: https://youtube.com/@midwifetylah8442

We are BACK.....welcome to season 3, in 2023......when I say we I mean me (Carly)....grab your wine, have a chuckle - I break a chair - it's that intense!!!!!

Although technically it's a new year and now 2023.....here's our final pod from 2022.....although we didn't realise this was our final one!!!! so, it's not our normal wrap up....but more rando convos with Carly, Laura and Penny. We're chatting married life, MGP - tales of agency life, continuity of care and rambling off on random tangents. Enjoy 😉

It's that weird time between Christmas and New Year's when as midwives we're still living our best shiftworker life and everyone else around you are on holidays and spending their days drinking and eating cheese. So in case you're bored and/or need a family break...stick your headphones on, take a walk and listen to us talk shit.

And the saga continues..... more tales from Carly's travelling midwife life.....driving back across the Nullarbor, cancelled contracts, getting ghosted by my agency - not once but twice!!!!!! When your agency shows you all the red flags - but like my 18-year-old self in the dating world - I keep going back!!!

S2 Ep13: Surrogacy - Today Carly is chatting with Nadine about surrogacy. Nadine is a surrogate and currently pregnant. I'm asking all the questions you're wanting to know.....why are you a surrogate? what are the laws? do you get paid? how have health professionals responded to you? who will be at the birth? are you going to breastfeed? would you do it again? You can follow Nadine on insta here @...

S2 E12 - This week we're chatting about Carly's trials and tribulations with agency work....what happens when you go somewhere and it's not how you pictured it???  How does agency life really work - we're exploring all the annoying negative aspects of agency work - because although it's great - things aren't always sunshine and rainbows - so here's a realistic look at agency life.  And a...

Something a little different for you this week. We're chatting to Maple, Maple is a sex worker and is telling us all about her job. How she got into the sex industry, what her partner thinks of her job, coming to Australia, the move from porn to being a sugar baby to working in a brothel. We had such a great chat with Maple - but we recorded this whilst Carly was in the NSW outback - and unfortuna...

Such a great chat with Indie, travel nurse.....we cover it all: how Indie got into nursing, lockdown in Melbourne, how she discovered travel nursing, the difference between a rural hospital and a busy metro hospital, bullying within agency nursing, building her troopy. If you've ever been interested in travel nursing have a listen and give Indie a follow on insta @itsindiep you can also find all I...

Today we're chatting with Alley. Alley is a nurse from NZ who combines working as a nurse with acting. We take a dive into how Alley manages working across two very different fields. You can follow Alley on insta + tiktok @alleyquirkynurse. 🎬IMBD search Alley Williams to check out Alley's acting work.

The stars have aligned and you have all 3 of us. Join us for an unorganised debrief.....catching up on all that we've been up to....holidays, work, what we've seen in the news (ie. Facebook!!!!). Until next time 😘

In today's ep we're chatting with Nikita fellow travelling midwife. Nikita trained in New Zealand and is now travel midwifing (i'm sure that is a word!!!) around Australia. After feeling burnt out she decided to give travel midwifery a go and here we are.  We're talking about the differences between working in NZ and Aus, having a better work/life balance and all the travel stories. If you've...

In this ep we're chatting with Jess queer midwife, researcher and childbirth educator.   Jess talks about her own birth experience and her work with queer and trans families.  We're looking at our experiences as midwives, what can we do to be allies, the language we're using, how we treat partners - are we inadvertently not being allies? Everyone regardless of gender/how they identify deserves a s...

it's debrief time.....I (Carly) had a few days in Melbourne and amazingly managed to brunch with some of my favourite middies. Laura and I chat about my Tassie travels, covid, going overseas, working life...of course we talk about staffing issues ... because when are they ever going to end?🤷‍♀️ News round update (basically us commenting on stuff in the news).... US nurse RaDonda Vaught charged wi...

Today I'm chatting with Crysta @plantbased_motherhood from www.firsttastenutrition.com.  Crysta, originally from the US is a plant based prenatal dietician, she works with women throughout all stages of pregnancy and also with families postnatally.  We're chatting about moving to Australia, setting up her business, the differences between care in the USA and Australia. As midwifes we get very litt...

Today I'm chatting with Vicky Stewart, Vicky is an enrolled nurse who after many years in the industry became an activist and workplace rep.  Vicky has been heavily involved with the union movement.  The moment we become students in nursing and midwifery, we're told about the bullying culture and that "nurse's eat their young".   From the start we're learning and accepting to b...

A day in the life.....RN/paramedic & CCU RN We're chatting to Grace @graceaus and Erin @ _emacd both RNs in CCU.  Grace works as a RN and a paramedic and Erin started as an EN and is now a RN.  If you've ever wondered what a day in the life of a paramedic and CCU nurse is like, have a listen.   We're talking rosters, 12 hour shifts, the impact of Covid, work/life balance and more.  So grab a glass...

In true Head On View style we are doing our year in review 2 months into the new year.   So what does 2022 hold for us.... and how was 2021? Shout out to @making_a_midwife our most popular ep last year. 2021 had us living through lockdowns, pandemic, code brown, home schooling, cancelled holidays. What's coming in 2022??? @thestrawberrysquirrel has launched her lactation consultant business @thesw...

Making a midwife....midwifery through a student's eyes: It's our final poddy for the year.....we're chatting with Bonnie and Megan from @making_a_midwife, we chat about studying midwifery via distance learning, support (or the lack of) on placement, finances, crazy rosters - how to fit it all in to your life.  If you're a midwifery/nursing student, thinking about studying mid/nursing or work with...

Ep 17: Induction. Are you booked for an induction?  Did you have an induction and know what to expect?  Do you know why you're having an induction?  What is an induction?  What's going to happen?  Risks/benefits? So many questions, did you get the answers you wanted/needed?  Hopefully we can answer some of those questions, or at least point you in the direction of questions to ask your midwife or...

Ep 16: Young mums.  Had a great chat with Alison, who had her first child at 15,  she's now a mum of 4 and a midwife.  We're talking about stigma, and how life changed; school, friends, body, home life.  Alison shares her views on being separated into a 'Young mum's' antenatal group, treatment by health professionals and her varying pregnancy experiences.