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Giving Birth In A High-Intervention System with Guests Sheena Byrom OBE and Professor Soo Downe
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'Evidence-Based' Maternity Care: Limits, Bias, and How to Navigate It with Guest, Midwife Beth Russell
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Reconciling Caesarean Birth Stories Through Storytelling with Guest Hannah Marsh
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Celebrating the Power of Informed Birth with Guest, Davina McCall
September 26, 2025 · 38 minDavina 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…
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SEASON 5 TEASER
September 23, 2025 · 2 minSeason 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…
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Optimal Cord Clamping, with Amanda Burleigh
July 5, 2024 · 58 minWhen 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…
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Positive Hospital Birth, with Lily Brockenhurst
June 27, 2024 · 55 minSome 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…
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High BMI pregnancy and birth, with Alice Keely
June 20, 2024 · 1 hr 6 minWhy 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…
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Postnatal exercise and bouncing back, with Hollie Grant
June 13, 2024 · 51 minOur culture surrounds us with pressure to look a certain way and be a certain way, and no more so than after pregnancy. The focus on whether you ‘bounce back’ after birth can be overwhelming. My guest this week challenges us instead to…
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Breathwork in pregnancy and beyond, with Carolyn Cowan
June 6, 2024 · 46 minIf you’re a regular listener to the show, or you’ve done a Birth-ed course, you’ll know that I really value breathwork in labour, but I hadn’t realised the calm that breathwork can bring to pregnancy until I read today’s guest’s…
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C-Section recovery, with Clare Bourne
May 30, 2024 · 59 minC-section recovery is one of those subjects that is rarely mentioned before you experience it. So this week, I’ve got together with Clare Bourne, a pelvic health physiotherapist, to talk you through what you need to know to recover well…
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Birth Centres, with Issy Bourton
May 23, 2024 · 55 minThis episode is essential listening if you’re trying to decide whether to labour in a birth centre or midwife-led unit. I’m exploring everything birth centres, with my friend, midwife, Issy Bourton. Issy and I look at what a birth…

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