All Episodes

Ep 114 Tracy Humphrey on rural training in Scottish Highlands, induction and understanding women's choices

Ep 113 Wendy Foster on moral distress in midwifery and how safer birth starts with listening

Ep 112 Georgina Voss on FGM, one-to-one labour support and where governance can take you

Ep 111 Nicole Hainsworth on from regional wards to how to make CoCE better for students

Ep 110 SPOTLIGHT on the ICM Chief Midwife - Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent

Ep 109 Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent on championing equity of quality care from the ward to the world

Ep 108 Liz McNeill and 5th anniversary wrap up

Ep 107 Amanda Firth on maternal inequities, forced migration and need for increased interpreters

Ep 106 Olivia Tierney on regional practice, COCE learning, and national policy

Ep 105 Deborah Fox on water births in Singapore, intrapartum transfers and reimagining technology in midwifery

Ep 104 John Pendleton on Rethinking Midwifery: Gender, Power, And Care

Ep 103 Christine Catling on choosing home births, workforce sustainability and interdisciplinary advantages

Ep 102 Erin George on navigating birth settings and maternal health in Haiti and the US

Ep 101 Deborah Davis on navigating hospitals, home births, and academic journeys

Ep 100 Anna Madeley on No Is a Complete Sentence: Birth Choices Beyond Guidelines

Ep 99 Karen Yates on how dual qualified and rural midwifery demands different skills but offers unique rewards.

Ep 98 Caroline Hollins Martin pt 2 on Birth Satisfaction As a Lens for Change

Ep 97 Caroline Hollins Martin pt 1 on Birth Trauma, Psychology, and the Midwife's Journey

Ep 96 Qorinah ES Adnani on navigating a midwifery journey from rural Indonesia to being an emerging global midwifery leader

Ep 95 2025 Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM), a 24-hour FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE wrap up

Ep 94 Elise Erickson on how oxytocin shapes our birth experience and trying to predict birth

Ep 93 Linda Sweet on a journey through birth, breastfeeding, and beyond

Ep 92 Hannah Dahlen on the path of a feminist midwife championing change and a sustainable research future

Ep 91 Ans Luyben part 2 on midwifery's impact and building educational communities

Ep 90 Ans Luyben Part 1 on from animal obstetrics to midwifery: A journey of innovation and research

Ep 89 Virginia Stulz on thriving after burnout and reshaping maternal health education

Ep 88 Liz McNeill and the 4th anniversary wrap up

Ep 87 Rakime Elmir on Navigating Emergency Postpartum Hysterectomy, Cultural Advocacy, and Academic Challenges

Ep 86 Bev Jervis on the Need for Persistence in Midwifery Reform to Navigate Childbirth Services

Ep 85 Jenny Patterson on Birth Trauma, Midwifery Burnout, Resilience and Healing

Ep 84 Sandra Mutilva on Innovation and Leadership in Midwifery and AI

Ep 83 Mimi Niles on Transforming Midwifery and Advocating for Women's Health in New York City

Ep 82 Tom McEwan on NICU policy exploration in Scotland through a Professional Doctorate

Ep 81 Cecilia Jevitt on UK, Canadian and American Midwifery changes and the resurgence of midwives

Ep 80 Melanie Jackson on birthing outside the system, balancing research, midwifery, and entrepreneurship

Ep 79 Soo Downe on Midwifery Innovations and Global Insights

Ep 78 Kate Buchanan on Compassionate Care and Women-Centered Ethics framework

Ep 77 Mo Tabib on Emotional Intelligence in Maternal Care

Ep 76 Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM), a 24-hour FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE wrap up

Ep 75 Faith Diorgu on perineal care, designing a birthing stool and capacity building for African midwives

Ep 74 Sara Bayes on empowering preparation for cesarean sections and translating research into practice

Ep 73 Caroline Homer on midwifery continuity of care practice to leadership and research

Ep 72 Jenny Hall on stitching together life, work, and spirituality through midwifery

Ep 71 Tomasina Stacey Evolution of a Midwife into a Maternal Health Research Leader on Stillbirth

Ep 70 Megan Arbour From Music to Clinics to the Classroom

Ep 69 @Academic_Liz and the 3rd year anniversary wrap up

Ep 68 PIPPI - Navigating Pregnancy in Prison: Spotlight on Midwifery Practice and Maternal Incarceration

Ep 67 Jude Field & Jenny Cunningham on Illuminating Midwifery Research: The RCMs Role in Collaboration and Priority Setting

Ep 66 Halima Musa Abdul on resilience, innovation, and the future of midwifery in Nigeria

Ep 65 Jane Houston on redefining midwifery through quality improvement and research (PART 2)

Ep 64 Jane Houston on midwifery challenges and disparities from Scotland, Zimbabwe, NZ to Florida in USA (PART 1)

Ep 63 Sara Kindberg on midwifery, perineal suturing, creating a business and becoming a business angel for femtech

Ep 62 25th National Australian College of Midwifery Conference - BE THE CHANGE wrap up

Ep 61 Laura Abbott on Pregnancy in prisons, social reform, and changing the world

Ep 60 Mary Steen on creating the Feme pad for perineal trauma, the cost of domestic violence and creating a positive research culture

Ep 59 Julie Kep on the importance of all levels of healthcare in PNG, how living in community enhances everyone's health, and sustainability

Ep 58 ICM2023 wrap up attempt

Ep 57 Laura Biggs on finding midwifery, passion for research, and critical role midwives have in preventing maternal suicide

Ep 56 Giliane McKelvin on Cross-Cultural Midwifery: Insights from Malta and the UK, and Traumatic Childbirth

Ep 55 Susan Crowther on the spirituality of birth, Kairos time and being proactive

Ep 54 Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM), a 24-hour FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE wrap up

Ep 53 Marita Heck on writing a romance novel as her PhD thesis, sexual health and pregnancy when disabled.

Ep 52 Karen McLaughlin on asthma management for midwives, never studying again & implementing research results

Ep 51 Bupe Mwamba on midwifery in Zambia, being a change champion, delayed cord clamping & consequences of anemia in low/middle resource countries

Ep 50 Lesley Barclay on doing worthwhile important work, and celebrating when students become leaders

Ep 49 Billie Hunter on emotions in midwifery, WHO collaboration, Educational self assessment and loving ethnographic methodology

Ep 48 @Academic_Liz and the 2nd year anniversary wrap up

Ep 47 Lesley Page on humanising birth & hospitals, listening to women and thinking differently

Ep 46 Roslyn Donnellan-Fernandez on power of education, MGP & COCE complexity and capacity for change

Ep 45 Jane Sandall on disruptive transformation, listening to women's voices and implementation of critical research

Ep 44 Best Start to Life 2022 conference wrap up

Ep 43 Rachel Reed about her journey into women's rights and rites, following the sun and writing books

Ep 42 Academic_Liz and podcast feedback

Ep 41 Nigel Lee on water injections for analgesia, perineal bundle and research clinicians

Ep 40 Lola Rulz-Berdun on past persecution of Spanish midwives and the struggle to rebuild a midwifery profession

Ep 39 Mary Renfrew on changes in midwifery, from invisible to visible, & need to care for All women, ALL babies, ALL families

Ep 38 Maeve O'Connell on smoking in pregnancy, fear of childbirth and writing a new midwifery course

Ep 37 Zoe Bradfield on professional midwifery philosophy, taking opportunities and the future of clinician researchers

Ep 36 Sue Kildea on birthing on country, decolonising midwifery and working in partnership

Ep 35 Liz Newnham on ethics of care, informed consent and taking opportunities

Ep 34 Mie de Wolff on complex care in pregnancy in Denmark including peripartum cardiomyopathy

Ep 33 Hazel Keedle on VBACs, creative data collection, need for transparency and humanising birth

Ep 32 Jenny Gamble on values based health care and being bold and carrying on

Ep 31 Elysse Prussing on barriers/enablers to partnering with women to make a difference

Ep 30 Annette Briley on clinical trials, research and changing practice for generations

Ep 29 Pauline Dawson on inequality in maternity servicing, big data and translational research

Ep 28 Liz McNeill & Claytons' 1st anniversary celebration

Ep 27 Mary Sidebotham on improving maternity care services through education, research and practice

Ep 26 Lorna Davies on Sustainable Midwifery and birth

Ep 25 Allison Cummins on supporting new grads in COC models of care

Ep 24 Jenny Carter and predicting preterm birth with QUiPP

Ep 23 Kirsten Small and being K2'ed by central CTG monitoring

Ep 22 Diane Menage & Her Phd - What is compassionate midwifery care?

Ep 21 Sally Pezaro talking compassionate workplace & leadership, substance use by midwives and arts based practice in healthcare

Ep 20 Franka Cadee & her PhD on Twinning- strengthening midwifery agency

Ep 19 Carolyn Hastie & her PhD on Whole-of-degree Approach to Developing Undergraduate Midwifery Students’ Teamwork Skills

Ep 18 Melissa Newman & Paramedic experiences of pre-hospital maternity care in UK

Ep 17 - Jennifer A-Boateng & respectful maternity care in Ghana & how its a global issue

Ep 16 - Tanya Capper & workplace bullying - the midwifery student experience

Ep 15 Shawn Walker- the death and rebirth of vaginal breech birthing skills

Ep 14 Linda Sweet - Women and Birth journal deputy editor talks about publications and writing for journals

Ep 13 Robyn Thompson - Nipple trauma, gentle breastfeeding and how age is irrelevant for study

Ep 12 - Megan Lalonde - Who decides what is included into our documentation?

Ep 11 - Kaveri Mayra & PhD on obstetric violence

Ep 10 Tara Brabazon - Supervision, the emerging creative PhD & dissemination

@PhDMidwives Feb 25th session - Dr Cassandra Yuill (@cmyuill) & anthropology for midwives

Ep 9 - Isabell Garti & Midwives role in managing PE in Ghana

Ep 8 - Helen Elliott-Mainwaring & The role of visual management tools for the coordination of teams in healthcare

Ep 7 - Helena Anolak talks about the F word, art and anxiety in midwifery

Ep 6 - Dr Claire Feeley & practicing outside the guidelines whilst within the system

Ep 5 - Liz Glyn-Jones & supporting the needs of fathers/partners

Ep 4 - Alys Einion-Waller & reframing language of birth through birth narratives

Ep 3 - Jen Hocking & relationships at the center for lactation consultant care

Ep 2 - Sue Smith & Vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women

Ep 1 - podcast intro with Liz McNeill and Esther Sharma