Making a Midwife

This week we delve into hearing how the care of healthcare workers influences women's decisions and experiences. Spohia is our guest today and walks us through her two pregnancies and births which had incredibly challenging moments. Sophia is vulnerable in explaining the emotional experience following her first caesarean section which was unwanted, and how much she desired a VBAC for her second bi...

Hello and welcome to our last installment for 2021! what a year its been and while we have been very quiet for the past few months we have been working hard to get our uni done and also record more amazing interviews for you. Today we interview Lucy who is studying direct entry midwifery with kids in tow and a rural living situation. Lucy chats through her experiences of study so far, her yoga bac...

Welcome back Making a Midwife family! Today we have a great episode for you today so get your listening ears ready. Today we speak with Tylah, a registered midwife working in a Midwifery Group Practice in the Northern Territory. You may have seen Tylah on Youtube, Tiktok or even One Born Every Minute Australia. She is a passionate midwife who is generously sharing her knowledge and experiences wit...

WELLLCOME BACK! Wowzers its been way too long! We are so SO thrilled to be back with you for another episode. Meg and I have been working ourselves silly trying to cram in placements, assignments, study, lectures, kids, work, and #selfcare (I'm kidding! that last one will have to wait until we've graduated) and we have so many plans for our return to the podcast! Today we have the absolute pleasur...

Welcome back! This week we chat with the wonderful and recent PhD graduate Dr Tanya Capper from Queensland. Tanya shares her journey through midwifery and current research projects looking into workplace bullying. This is a topic many of us might be familiar with as we navigate our way through many different facilities for placement. It was so interesting to hear Tanya's findings! Tanya also shed...

This week we are sharing Emilie's story for our 52nd episode! Emilie is based in London and has a varied career to date working in high-risk settings, antenatal education and most recently perinatal education programs working with families in the first year of the child’s life! Emilie is excited to tell you about the Swedish method 'Birth Without Fear' and how you can contribute to a woman’s birth...

Hello! welcome back Midweek Midwifery family! Its been a while between episodes as we both juggled placement and family but we are back with an episode that is worth the wait. Today's episode features the beautiful Samantha - A proud Kuungkari, Iningai and South Sea Islander Aboriginal woman. Samantha currently lives in Meanjin (Brisbane) on Jagera and Turrbal country and talks through her winding...

This week we are celebrating our 1-year anniversary! Thank you so much for joining us on this crazy journey and helping us build a supportive community of students and midwives world-wide. We have shared stories from students and registered midwives and received so many wonderful stories from aspiring students who have taken the leap and applied for midwifery after hearing an episode. To mark this...

Welcome back #midweekmidwifery fam! This we are sharing our episode with Dr Karin Cadwell an American Nurse and health researcher as well as one of the first International Board Certified Lactation Consultants. Also an international public speaker and even an avid knitter, Karin talks all through breastfeeding, that all important first hour and the impact of rooming in. Enjoy!

Hello and welcome to another fabulous #midweekmidwifery Wednesday! Today we hear from Jess who studied direct entry Midwifery externally and is now halfway through her grad year! Jess talks through studying with kids and a FIFO partner, how studying externally suited her, the midwife who inspired her to begin her midwifery and also what it was like doing her final placements and now grad year in a...

Hello Making a Midwife family and welcome back to the post first semester exam episode! we are excited to bring you a chat with Emily today who is currently working as a new grad in WA. With Emily we discuss grad years and applications, coming into midwifery as a nurse, the pressures of having previous medical training, being brave and research in your grad year! We hope you enjoy Emily's story an...

Welcome back Making a Midwife family! This week we are so lucky to have another episode with the beautiful Katie James discussing an area of midwifery which she has specialised in through her career. Katie takes us through her experiences and knowledge of working with women facing mental health struggles, substance abuse, and domestic violence. She talks about how to ask the hard questions and why...

Welcome back Midwifery family! This week we hear from Claire who is based in Victoria, Australia and is currently in her third year of her bachelor of midwifery! Claire speaks openly about tactics that have helped her along her journey and her dedication to finishing her midwifery studies. Claire also talks about her early offer into her midwifery program, how to seize opportunities on placement w...

Welcome to another week of Making a Midwife! This week we are so thrilled to share with you our wonderful chat with Rhea Dempsey! Rhea is an all-round gem and such a gift to the birthing world. Based in Melbourne, Rhea takes us through her introduction to birth, what drew her into birth work and what she has learnt along the way. She shares practical advice for birth support and working with pain...

Hey #midweekmidwifery fam! This week is a long one! We had the pleasure of chatting with a beautiful direct entry student from Victoria, Australia called Massey. In this episode Massey talks though part-time study and pacing yourself, being true to yourself and some tips for getting the most out of your placements. Massey also loved the 'Midwifery Essentials' book which I also LOVE and use all the...

Hey #midweekmidwifery fam, episode 40 is here! This week we meet the lovely Dr Deborah Sundin from Western Australia. Deb talks through her own journey to midwifery and nursing, and time spent in a remote community as well as her Phd research and findings! Deb also gives some advice for those considering the path to a PhD and provides an outline of some of the nursing and midwifery projects she is...

Hello! Welcome to this BONUS episode of Making a Midwife! This episode features the vivacious and passionate Bernadette who went into midwifery after not being sure what she wanted to do and found her heart and home there. She chats through her struggles as a student and her experience of working as a new grad, her time working as a remote outreach midwife and what she learnt from that, and the va...

Welcome back guys! We hope you enjoy this week's episode as Alanna takes us through her study journey and shares advice and study tips as well as letting us in on what her experience of her grad year has been like. Enjoy!

Welcome to another week of Making a Midwife! This week we hear from Radha who shares her journey into midwifery and how having her own birth lead her to focusing on the emotional health of midwives and midwifery students. Using methods from CBT, Hypnotherapy and Applied Psychology Radha supports those working and studying in the midwifery fields to make the most of their time and to overcome limit...

Welcome lovely midwifery family as we hear from Dr Jeni Stevens who takes us through studying with 4 boys (wowzers!), realising of her love of academics, and her research around Doulas, and women's experience in caesarean sections. Jeni has such fascinating research to share on how women perceive staff behaviour in theatre and also about immediate skin to skin after caesarean section and how she h...

Hello! Welcome to this week's episode of Making a Midwife where we chat all things Midwifery, study, realising you're clever and a little WA midwifery history thrown in there as well! Clare talks so passionately about her journey through midwifery and we think you're going to love this and take so much away from it. Don't forget to follow us on instagram and facebook! Thanks for your support and l...

This week we meet Anna, a postgraduate midwifery student from Western Australia! Anna shares her study journey to midwifery and talks us through her degree, the requirements and placement experiences to date. It was so interesting to hear about Anna's degree, it certainly sounds a lot more full on. If you are weighing up whether to do a Bachelor of Midwifery, dual degree or finish your current deg...

Welcome back to Making a Midwife! This week is a special week for local Western Australian students. You may recognise her lovely voice as this week's episode features Dr Di Bloxsome, Director of Midwifery Studies and Course Coordinator of a dual degree. Di takes us through her journey into midwifery and how having her own children influenced the steps she took in her career. She has some great ad...

This week we chat with Molly O'Brien, a Midwife currently based in France who educates birth workers on the biomechanics for birth - an area we crave more knowledge and understanding in! 🌟We so enjoyed hearing about Molly's journey and her midwifery thoughts! Mostly we loved listening to how she has applied her learning to better birth experiences for the people she has cared for and continues to...

This week we chat with the lovely Maggie, who is both a qualified Nurse and Midwife currently consolidating her midwifery skills in a graduate program. 🌟 Maggie talks us through her pathway to midwifery, which included completing her nursing degree first, the application process for MidStart (the postgraduate paid model in NSW) and the overall program requirements. It was so refreshing to hear Ma...