Summer is a very difficult time for lots of people. I don't think summer and summer culture welcomes that. It makes everything seem slow and complicated. But honestly, we do have to surrender to the constant change across the year. We're going to be in America for Lamas this year. And last year I baked my first Lamas loaf, which is a wheat sheath shaped loaf That is traditional in some parts of England at this time of year.
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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