Birth Truths

May 17 2024 21 ep. 36 mins 3

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Birth is routinely disturbed. Pregnancy engulfed in fear. What hope is there for the future? As a former midwife turned birthkeeper, I'm on a mission to keep birth truths alive. Join me and a diverse guests including birth activists, and visionary women sharing their birth stories, as we explore the power of physiological birth. Practical insights from twenty years of attending births plus strategies for reclaiming autonomy, "Birth Truths" is a platform for powerful conversations and hopes to offer a vision for a different way forward.

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Stop serving the system -with Kemi Johnson Birth Activist.

May 17 2024 42 mins

Kemi Johnson - outspoken birth activist, former independent midwife turned birthkeeper, speaker and educator - dives into the truth about birth in our society today. With swearing included we explore... Whether the birth trauma report inadvertently produces more fear and like a snake eating its own tail; more medicalisation? Why serving the system is not the answer Why women ar

Fighting for Birth Rights with Doula Sam Gadsen

May 11 2024 50 mins

In this compelling episode of Birth Truths, we dive deep into the world of birth advocacy with the remarkable Sam Gadsen, an experienced doula and passionate birth activist based in the UK. Sam's advocacy work is nothing short of inspiring – from leading a thriving UK homebirth Facebook group with over 15k members to launching the Birth Activist Podcast, she's dedicated t

Birth Truths.

May 05 2024 26 mins

I'm back with a new name, a new look, and fired up to tell the truth about birth. Join me as I explain the reason behind 'Birth Truths', my mission and why we all have been corrupted to believe that physiological birth is just game of chance that we all need saving from... The breech research that closed the door on vaginal breech birth... (although some places, 20 yea

Listen to the Whispers of the Universe.

Mar 03 2024 18 mins

I talk about my close call of repeating old patterns, how we can tune into our inner voice and follow the fire in your heart.

Stop Obsessing over Dilatation and Stages of Labour!

Jun 02 2023 24 mins

The Cervix isn't Everything in Labour! Isn't it time we debunked the 'stages of labour'? The belief that we can define where someone is in labour and how long it is, how safe it is, depending on the state of the cervix?! The medical model relies heavily on the cervix as a way to monitor and manage labour, yet it is only one TINY piece of the puzzle! In this episode

Unpredictable Birth - Postpartum haemorrhage and hospital transfer after freebirth

May 25 2023 75 mins

I talk to Megan, from the US who following the amazing physiological birth of her first baby at home with a birthkeeper, she began haemorrhaging and was transferred to hospital where they discovered an adherent placenta and then received a blood transfusion. She has an incredibly positive approach to an experience which she knew was life threatening. She said she will still be birt

Why I don't fit in the medical model

Apr 09 2023 23 mins

In this episode I explore the medical model and how understanding my own values helped me understand my struggles within the system. I also talk about although my work is centred on physiological birth, I don't have a dogmatic approach and that being balanced is important to me and my teaching. My ethos is centred on my values of freedom, integrity, humility, and compassion an

Exploring Our Stories

Apr 02 2023 10 mins

This week has seen such beautiful sharing and support occurring within our birthkeeper course Whatsapp group. We have been working on 'Exploring our Stories' module, looking at the ways we have been indoctrinated around pregnancy and birth, the shame we have felt, and then the ways our own experiences of conception, pregnancy, birth and loss have shaped us. Own Your Stories! Every

Sheena Byrom - Why Birth Matters

Mar 17 2023 57 mins

Sheena Byrom walks her talk when it comes to birth. She is not afraid to stand up for normal physiological birth in an age where the right to birth this way is being eroded. vilified and denigrated. She has been an important role model to me through some tough times in my career, taking time to respond to students and midwives and still fights tirelessly for midwifery and birth at

Making Radical Birth Choices in the Medical System

Mar 04 2023 36 mins

Birth is being Reclaimed! Following several local births where a group of women have made conscious choices about their pregnancies and births, we are seeing first hand the intersection of the medical model and the those choosing undisturbed physiological birth. Making choices that do not align with guidelines and expectations around 'safe' birth may create anxiety and potent