"I just felt completely paralyzed. And that is deeply shameful for somebody who goes to work so she can help people and put herself last," writes the midwife. "It's always acute, which is part of what makes it interesting and exciting, but also sometimes what makes it impossible." She says her own needs come way down the pecking order in terms of what has to get done on a busy day.
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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