Making a Midwife

This week we are celebrating our 50th episode and 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 anniversary we have made the intro extra long as we go over the highs and lows of this year and all things Poddy.

We are also incredibly grateful to share with you our 50th episode chatting with the amazing Professor Caroline Homer, renowned midwifery researcher and the immediate past president of the Australian College of Midwives! Caroline will share her journey to midwifery, her work and a little about the college. Join the college today! https://www.midwives.org.au/user/register

As always, we would love to hear from you! Whether you'd like to connect with us, share your story or let us know what you want to hear next, find us on social media and send us a message!

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Bonnie and Meg x

Welcome back #midweekmidwifery fam! This we are sharing our 49th 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!

Hey #midweekmidwifery fam! Well done to everyone who sat exams recently. Semester 1 is over for us in the Southern Hemisphere

Good luck for anyone submitting their grad applications too x

In a few hours time you are about to hear from the lovely Sari, a third year student studying in Victoria!

Please be advised this episode discusses pregnancy loss, and you may wish to consider whether it is right for you at this moment in time.

Sari talks us though her experiences and journey to midwifery, as well as what it was like studying while experiencing pregnancy loss and how the University and lecturers were able to support her. We also want to congratulate Sari who is currently expecting her rainbow baby in approximately 10 weeks time!

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Hey #midweekmidwifery family! This week we chat with Laura, our first episode with a student midwife in New Zealand!

Laura talks about her journey to midwifery, what it is like studying a Bachelor of Midwifery over there and the models of care. I love hearing about the different types of placements her uni offers and Laura's plans after she graduates! Hope you enjoy this ep!

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 to listen to those gut feelings you might get.

We are so thrilled to have Katie back again and can't thank her enough for her continued investment into student midwives!

Thank you everyone who left a review for us! that was so lovely and encouraging - please write us a quick review if you have time, it helps to let us know what we are doing right and to help other students and midwives to find us :)

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Bonnie and Meg x

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 when shy and her plans for after this degree.

Thank you everyone who left a review for us! that was so lovely and encouraging - please write us a quick review if you have time, it helps to let us know what we are doing right and to help other students and midwives to find us :)

If you are loving this Podcast and would like to support us further, share the love on Patreon! You can donate as little as you like, every bit helps to continue funding this podcast. #studentlife

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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 and chats through the 'crisis of confidence' idea which was fantastic. After listening to this you'll be forever carrying wide tooth combs with you to births and be wondering where you can find a cat to stroke (unless you already have one!).

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We hope you enjoy today's episode!

Bon and Meg x

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 time on placement, as well as some cute pins! Details below:

Coucou Suzette Pins on Instagram: @coucousuzette

Midwifery essentials, 2018, Joanne Gray & Rachel Smith. https://www.booktopia.com.au/midwifery-essentials-joanne-gray/book/9780729542760.html?source=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsY6HxoWw8AIVTFtgCh26WANMEAQYASABEgKEofD_BwE

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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 currently supervising!

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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 vast differences between the hospital and international settings she has worked in.

Digressions include - New York lifestyles of the rich and famous, meet the fockers, and mum guilt.

I know you are going to LOVE this episode!

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Thanks for your support and love!

If you are loving this Podcast and would like to support us further, share the love on Patreon! You can donate as little or as much ash you like, including one off donations or regular donations etc. We really appreciate it!

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We hope you enjoy this episode! If you'd like to show your support, let us know what you think of the show by leaving a rating and review. You can also find us on social media:

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Bonnie and Meg x