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Kids & Family

The birth-ed podcast

by Megan Rossiter, birth-ed
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About the show

Bringing you the information you thought you'd get in your antenatal appointments, but didnt.The birth-ed podcast opens up conversations about all aspects of pregnancy, birth and parenthood, with the World's leading women's health & parenting experts- from Midwives to Obstetricians, Doulas to Activists. Host and founder of birth-ed, Megan Rossiter is your warm guide, a gentle holding hand through these vulnerable moments of pregnancy, birth and parenting. If you want to feel safe, nurtured and fully informed in your birth preparation, you're in the right place. Through inspiring, informative and sometimes challenging conversations, Megan leaves no stone unturned when it comes to preparing you for your pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Latest episodes

  • Giving Birth In A High-Intervention System with Guests Sheena Byrom OBE and Professor Soo Downe

    August 10, 2026 · 51 min

    Intervention rates have climbed so fast in UK maternity care that it is hard not to ask a blunt question: is all this doing what it promised to do? I sit down with Sheena Byrom, OBE and Professor Soo Downe to explore what has changed over…

  • 'Evidence-Based' Maternity Care: Limits, Bias, and How to Navigate It with Guest, Midwife Beth Russell

    October 10, 2025 · 47 min

    Think scientific evidence is going to give you a clear a 'best' path forward in your birth decision making? Unfortunately, it's rarely that simple. With midwife Beth Russell, we explore the messy middle where numbers meet lived experience…

  • Reconciling Caesarean Birth Stories Through Storytelling with Guest Hannah Marsh

    October 3, 2025 · 47 min

    What happens when your birth experience completely contradicts everything you prepared for? For author Hannah Marsh, an emergency cesarean section after 30 grueling hours of labor left her feeling not just physically scarred, but…

  • Celebrating the Power of Informed Birth with Guest, Davina McCall

    September 26, 2025 · 38 min

    Davina McCall joins the Birth-ed Podcast to share her transformative journey from anxious first-time mum to empowered birth advocate. Celebrating the launch of Davina's new book "Birthing," co-written with midwife Marley Henry – a…

  • SEASON 5 TEASER

    September 23, 2025 · 2 min

    Season 5 of The Birth-ed Podcast launches THIS WEEK.  On Friday 26th September (and every Friday thereafter), we are back with world leading expert guests, heart warming wisdom, fascinating science and the warm hug you need every week…

  • Optimal Cord Clamping, with Amanda Burleigh

    July 5, 2024 · 58 min

    When to clamp the cord that leads from placenta to baby has become a contested issue in recent years. Today’s guest, Amanda Burleigh, has fought long and hard to introduce evidence-based practice and advocates delayed cord clamping for…

  • Positive Hospital Birth, with Lily Brockenhurst

    June 27, 2024 · 55 min

    Some women choose to labour in hospital, others feel they arrive there through the course of their care. If you find yourself in a delivery suite or labour ward for your birth, this episode aims to help you feel the most comfortable and…

  • High BMI pregnancy and birth, with Alice Keely

    June 20, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min

    Why is so much importance placed on how much you weigh in pregnancy? Is a mother with over 30 BMI really at a high risk of complications in birth? This week, I’m speaking to Alice Keely, the Heavyweight Midwife, about the stigma attached…