When I had my first daughter, who's she's now 17, I took some time off. And then I came back part time. At the same time, I'd had this huge life changing experience of being pregnant and giving birth. It kind of blew my world apart in a way. Nothing about it was anything I had prepared for or anticipated. So you're back in that world with a tiny baby and thinking, how on earth do I confront this? What do I do?
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.
References from this episode:
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.