Head On View (midwife life)

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Head On View (midwife life) episodes

October 20, 2021 Ep 16: Young Mums
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.
42 min
August 30, 2021 Ep 15: The Nourished Nurses
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 had an absolute blast recording this ep, hope you all enjoy. You can follow Jess and Xana here ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️
Instagram.com/the.nourished.nurses
https://www.facebook.com/thenourishednurses/
https://nourishednurse.com.au/
and give their poddy a follow "Keep your gin up 🍸"
https://open.spotify.com/show/6AFkB1BUjBObJOsByr89oN?si=9Lfbiva2Ql-eDbqKP6gIZQ&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
36 min
August 15, 2021 Ep 14 Perceptions of a midwife
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.
41 min
July 25, 2021 Ep 13: Paralysed and pregnant
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 pregnant, being pregnant, giving birth and life in general.
If you want to follow Amanda you can find her here ⤵️ 📺YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/parabellaandfriends
📱facebook: @parabellaandfriends
📷IG: @Queenparabella
26 min
July 07, 2021 Ep 12: Birth Trauma
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 traumatic to one person may not be to another. It's also important to acknowledge that as midwives we too can experience and be effected by trauma.
30 min
June 18, 2021 Ep11 We all make mistakes
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, resulting in a stillbirth. Link to the original article:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-16/wa-mother-who-had-stillbirth-after-morphine-dose-recounts-ordeal/13064128?utm_campaign=news-article-share-control&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
28 min
June 11, 2021 Ep 10: Covid part 2/lockdown 4.0
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.
29 min
May 20, 2021 Ep 9: Stop eating us, we're not that tasty.
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 you can go for help. If you are experiencing any sort of bullying, please, please, please reach out and talk to someone. At work go to your manager, HR, eap.....if you don't feel you can go via these official routes, talk to friends, family....send us a message....just talk to someone, you are not alone, get a plan and put you and your mental health first.
36 min
April 22, 2021 Ep 8: Let's get physical.
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 I'll reference them below.... I'm not sure if these are the exact studies that Gab read herself but these are the ones I could find.

Follow Gabrielle, she's on all the socials
YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCFAcamqsKt14C-QegtX7ZbA

TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJ23ysHE/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/glorri_fitness-104265188274673

Kołomańska, D., Zarawski, M., & Mazur-Bialy, A. (2019). Physical Activity and Depressive Disorders in Pregnant Women-A Systematic Review. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 55(5), 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55050212
Rodriguez-Ayllon, María, Acosta-Manzano, Pedro, Coll-Risco, Irene, Romero-Gallardo, Lidia, Borges-Cosic, Milkana, Estévez-López, Fernando, & Aparicio, Virginia A. (2019). Associations of physical activity, sedentary time and physical fitness with mental health during pregnancy: The GESTAFIT project. Journal of Sport and Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.04.003

34 min
March 30, 2021 Ep 7: Does size matter?
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 to having a healthy pregnancy? Studies use BMI as a measure for weight, which we all know is not great...but it's what we're working with. We can't ignore that studies show higher BMI increases the risk for certain things in pregnancy, so it's our job to educate and inform. Of course, just because you are at risk of something doesn't mean it's going to happen, but we wouldn't be doing our jobs properly if we didn't give you all the info.

At the end of the day we believe in healthy mums and babies, you have the right to non-judgmental treatment from your health professional... if they're being an ass.. call them out!!!
30 min