Head On View (midwife life)

Ep 15:  The Nourished Nurses. We're chatting with Jess and Xana from The Nourished Nurses.  We're talking about how The Nourished Nurses started, Jess and Xana's experiences in travel nursing, working in corrections, navigating travel nursing during Covid with lockdowns and border closures.  We take a deep dive into working in the prison system as a nurse......it's nothing like Wentworth!!!!!  We...

This week we're chatting about other people's opinions, what do they think when we say "I'm a midwife", how do strangers react? How did our partners react when we became/told them we're a midwife?  As usual we do veer off topic, so grab a glass of vino, kick back, relax and wind down.  

Ep 13: Paralysed and pregnant.   Today we're chatting with Amanda,  mum of one, with another on the way, lecturer, animal lover, wife and paraplegic.   Amanda was in an accident as a child, is technically an incomplete paraplegic, which means her spinal cord is intact but has no feeling in her legs,  but does have feelings in her abdomen. We're chatting about Amanda's experience in getting pregnan...

CW... We will be discussing birth trauma in this episode. 1 in 3 Australian women identify their birthing experience as traumatic, and yet there still seems to be a lack of support and understanding. We hope that providing honest information we're helping families to become educated which is a first step to avoiding trauma, by being informed. Trauma is such an individual experience, what's traumat...

CW:  In this episode we will talk about an incident of stillbirth.  When most people go to work if they make a mistake,  it's not the end of the world.  But as health professionals a medication error can have serious  consequences.  We're talking about a well publicised incident that happened in WA when a pregnant woman was given 10 x the regular dose of morphine,&nbs...

Let's have a covid catchup......with 2/3 of us in lockdown ......again.....there's nothing better than having a zoom catchup with plenty of wine.  Although let's be honest after about the first 5 minutes we really are just talking shit!!!!!  So join us for some light relief and Melbourne we'll see you on the other side.

If you're a midwife or nurse, have anything to do with the nursing profession you would have heard the term "nurses, they like to eat their young".   There's no hiding from the fact that bullying is rife in nursing,  every nurse will be able to tell you a story about something that has happened to them or someone they know. We're chatting today about our experiences,  how we handled them and where...

Ep 8: Let's get physical.   This week we're talking to Gabrielle from @g.lorri_fitness Gab is a midwife and personal trainer,  specialising in exercise in the antenatal period.  We're talking fitness, exercise, the benefits in pregnancy and labour and our love for @spinning babies. In case anyone is interested in the studies Gab mentions in regards to mental health and exercise...

TW: weight, weight gain,  size judgement Ep 7: Does size matter?  Let's start by saying,  yes you will put on weight in pregnancy,  yes it is normal.  It's great that the world is becoming more friendly to women of all sizes.  The #bodypositivity movement is here to stay.  So why do so many women still feel judged by their weight?  Does it make a difference...

The WHO recommends breastfeeding to continue up to the age of 2 years or beyond.  The benefits of breastfeeding are widely known,  and people will happily give their babies breastmilk from other mammals (cows, goats)... so why is it still so controversial to continue feeding your bubba with your own milk once they start toddlering around. Of course everyone will have an opinion on the subject and...

Our lovely friend Hannah joins us today to chat. Burnout is very real in nursing and midwifery,  so let's talk about how we can look after ourselves.  Self care, yes everyone's talking about it, but it doesn't make it any less important.   Self care comes in many forms,  so whether that's a bottle of vino with your girlfriends,  leaving all your sweat on the floor at a crossfit class, getting wrin...

EP 4:  Covid, corona 19, the rona.......we're here living in a panny D!!!!  Social distancing, wash your hands, PPE, contact tracing, lockdown....pretty much everyone is now familiar with a whole bunch of terms they never were before.  Hands up when you first heard about covid, if you didn't really give it a second thought...it will be like swine flu, bird flu, SARS....something tha...

Welcome to Penny, meet our number 3.  Join us for a chat about expectations.   It's not an easy path to become a midwife, the years at uni, the hours at placement (essentially working a full time job for free),  the essays, exams, grad year applications and interviews......But now we're here,  on the other side,  so how is it? Is working as a midwife what we expected,  compared to our student days...

This week we're talking about pregnancy and birth in the media.  Birth always seems so dramatic, everyone panicking and the woman screaming...and then voila....rather large and very clean baby appears.   We're also chatting about the pressures of social media and having an instaworthy pregnancy, birth and baby.

Hello and welcome to the first ep of Head On View - intro ep...meet the hosts.