Making a Midwife

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.

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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 degree and then go on to postgrad midwifery, this is the episode for you! Anna shares her experience of the Master of Midwifery which course coordinator Zoe Bradfield discussed this new degree earlier on in the podcast (check out episode 20).

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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 advice for students and chats about how she progressed from an Enrolled Nurse, Registered Nurse, Midwife, Clinical Facilitator, Lecturer and now a Director of Midwifery! Di also completed a PhD exploring the job satisfaction of midwives and chats through different pathways to becoming a midwife through ECU in WA.

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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 share her wisdom through educating others!

For more information on Molly's online courses or face-to-face courses if you are local head over to optimalbirth.com.uk

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 Maggie's perspective and her feelings about studying externally versus on campus with kids. We also loved hearing Maggie's take on how completing nursing first can compliment midwifery training!

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Hey #midweekmidwifery fam! We are back with another brilliant episode for you! 🌟
This episode features the one and only Professor Mary Renfrew. Most recently, Mary has held the position of Professor fo Mother and Infant Health at a University in Scotland. While she is in fact trying to retire, she has been called upon and roped into further research following COVID and how grateful we are that she continues to generate research in this midwifery space! In this episode, Mary tells us of her journey into midwifery, her research interests, career highlights and talks on asking the big questions in research. She even dove into the specifics on her well known works The Lancet Series.

Here is Mary’s Google Scholar profile if you wish to have a look at some of her research. Click ‘YEAR’ to filter by recency.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=qNU6XPQAAAAJ&hl=en

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*Please be advised, this episode discusses infant loss and medical termination*
In this weeks episode we hear from the beautiful and very generous Liana who walks us through her study journey into midwifery, her personal experiences with infant loss and also her wealth of knowledge as a bereavement midwife. Liana is very honest in sharing her experiences and wisdom in an area that can feel extremely daunting and unknown. For anyone wanting more support in understanding infant loss and how to best care for the families then this is a fantastic episode.

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This week we meet Jo! Jo speaks about her birthing experiences as well as what it's been like returning to study as a mature ages student. This episode also talks around training as a doula and how midwifery training can fit into that. Enjoy!


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We are so excited to be starting 2021 with this beautiful student midwife from England. Lotty is just about to graduate her Bachelor of Midwifery and move into the workforce. She generously shares her midwifery journey, touching on the different models within the UK, explains what all our UK friends mean by their “Access course and Interviews” and shares what it is like to be a student midwife in England. It was so relatable to hear Lotty talk about how we can become consumed with all things midwifery (says us making a podcast in our spare time!) while it is also a passion. We hope you enjoy hearing from Lotty and her lush accent!

In this episode we meet Lauren, a second year direct entry student from Victoria. Lauren talks through her first experience with a midwife and her journey and passion for midwifery. It was great to hear Lauren's perspective as a student midwife and mother from Victoria through the COVID pandemic and also being pregnant herself. We loved hearing about Lauren's journey and am so pleased to be able to finish the year with such a lovely episode.