Welcome, to a series of conversations with birth professionals. These short and mighty interviews are full of inspiration. Learn from people who've dedicated their whole lives to supporting women through the powerful transition of childbirth. These astonishing people understand the physiological birth process and have supported hundreds of women to give birth.

In this episode, I chat with Teresa Walsh one of the Director's of New Life Midwifery in Australia. New Life Midwifery is a private midwifery practice providing family-centered pregnancy, birth, and postnatal services. Teresa met with James and me for our initial consultation back in 2016 when we were pregnant with my first baby, Willow. Teresa was also present at my first birth (as the secondary midwife).

It gives me shivers to think about the greatness of this woman.

It's not an exaggeration to say that she is one of Australia's most qualified and experienced birth professionals. She's attended hundreds of births, lots of home births, she's worked in hospitals in the UK and Australia, she does advocacy work with parliament, she meets with women (though her caseload is smaller these days), Teresa mentors student midwives, and so generously and easily made time to sit with me for two and a half hours to chat. She is incredibly humble.

In her words, she says that "being 'with women' as a midwife has been her privilege and honour for many years".

To read the full transcript go to: https://ourlifeblood.com/journal/. :)

Much love

Steph