Rachel Reed is a midwife, author, educator, speaker, researcher, and consultant. My work focuses on childbirth physiology, midwifery practice, and women's rights (and rites).
She qualified and registered as a midwife in 2001 after completing a direct entry Bachelor of Midwifery BSc (Hons) in the UK. She has practiced midwifery in a range of contexts in the UK and Australia including, hospitals, community-based group practices, and as an independent homebirth midwife. Her Ph.D. explored midwifery practice during physiological birth.
Author of two bestselling books and the award-winning MidwifeThinking blog. Her writing has also been published widely in journals and magazines, and her publications have been cited in midwifery textbooks and clinical guidelines.