Making a Midwife

This episode features the vibrant Sara Davis as she chats with us about her time as a student, her midwife super-power and the fear she felt after graduating. Sara talks through avoiding burnout and challenging the medicalisation of birth as well as telling us about her PHD in which she is developing a tool to assist in implementing change for the better in midwifery practice.

In this episode we chat with the beautiful Katie about her journey into midwifery, the lessons she has learnt along the way, the power of a cup of tea, and we get into the nitty gritty of breastfeeding support.

Katie speaks so wonderfully about her time in midwifery and is such an inspiring and engaging educator.

On today's episode I chat with Jade - she applied for 3 grad programs across Australia and has accepted for an interview for all three. She talks us through her application process, interview prep and also how her grad year is going!

In today's episode we hear from Tamara who is in her final year. She takes us through deciding to leave midwifery study after her second child was born and then coming back to it 2 years later.

Tamara is passionate about women's rights and shares her commitment to making positive change in midwifery and improving the birth experience for women.

This episode I chat with Lara about not getting a graduate position, doing a re-entry year and still feeling the passion after having to come up against big obstacles. Lara shares her journey of coming back to study mid after a break when her graduate application year was extremely tough with higher numbers of students and very limited places. Lara shares the differences of studying with and without kids and how her placement experiences inspire her to be a passionate teacher when her time comes to take other students under her wing.

In this episode Dioni chats about being a mature age student and starting study once her kids were older and also the services and resources her uni offered to support her in the academic side of learning. She also discusses how differently she views birth since starting her midwifery study.

Today I talk with Lorraine, a registered midwife originally trained in Ireland who now works in Western Australia. Lorraine offers fantastic insight into student midwife - preceptor relationships and how to get the most out of your placement. She also discusses burnout, direct entry midwifery and shares encouragement around persisting through hard days.

Today the tables are turned and the podcast host, Bonnie, chats with Megan about her study story. Bonnie talks about mum-guilt and the way she finds time in the day to study with a newborn and a toddler. She also touches on feeling out of her depth academically and how communication is key when needing support.

In this episode I chat with Megan. Megan discusser her experience of building trust with women quickly in high stress situations on placement. She also shares the challenges of trying to manage full time and work full time study.