I was acting like somebody who was carrying terrible trauma that hadn't happened. So I was kind of a mystery. But having that that moment of revelation has changed a lot for me. It doesn't mean to say that I cope perfectly with everything, but I've learned to let myself off the hook. And yeah, it kind of works, actually. It kind of works. You know what, this is just more input than you can cope with at the moment. And you need to go and sit down in a quiet room and recover yourself. Yeah, definitely.
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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