I think that from the other side, people are fascinated by midwives because you are present at one of the most dramatic and yet entirely normal moments of human life. And I think that there's this sense that you guys kind of look into a space that most of us don't really understand even if we've been in it. Is it becoming business as normal or does everything still feel very strange? Yes, I know. We can have a laugh, but we have to be respectful and mindful of who is at the center of that story. And it's women.
While we take a rest over the summer, we’re sharing some remastered episodes from Season One, chosen by listeners.
This week, I talk to Leah Hazard, NHS midwife extraordinaire and author of Hard Pushed, part memoir of Leah’s life on the labour ward, and part exploration of the current state of the profession.
Leah is as funny, wise and warm in person as she is in print, and she talks about the life-changing decision to leave her TV career and train to be a midwife, and the moment when the stress became too much during one very busy night on the ward.
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