Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Midwifery in Private Practice, Mothers & Babies 2021, March of Midwives and deskilling in Maternity Care
In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we catch up with privately practicing Australian Midwives Astra Joynt and Sunae Reilly. We chat deskilling in midwifery and the maternity care profession, the latest Mothers and Babies report from the Australian Institute of Health Welfare, March of the Midwives in the UK, vexatious reporting in Midwifery and what it takes to be a Jedi Midwife in today’s healthcare landscape. We also touched on Homebirth, vaginal birth of twins, breech birth and being prepared for childbirth.
About our guests:
Sunae Reilly is a private midwife living and working in the Northern Rivers of NSW on the land of the Bundjalung people of the Bundjalung Nation. She finds great joy in seeing women and birthing people find their inner strength and power in pregnancy and birth and supporting them in their transition to parenthood. Sunae is available for antenatal, labour and birth, and postnatal care between Byron Bay and Grafton. You can find her at Artemis Midwifery. www.artemismidwifery.com.au and @artemismidwifery on Instagram
Since 2008 Astra Joynt (Endorsed Midwife) has worked in a variety of settings in both large urban and small regional hospitals, in the community and at home. She passionately believes in maternity care that puts the needs and desires of the woman and her family at the centre of the experience, and that building a trusting relationship is the best way to achieve this. Astra offers Medicare rebatable antenatal & postnatal care to all women, regardless of planned place to birth, with bulk-billing available. Home-birth packages also available. To discuss how Astra can work with you email [email protected]
Referenced during the interview:
>> Dr Denis Walsh: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/expertiseguide/health-sciences/dr-denis-walsh-.aspx
>> Australia's Mothers and Babies Report December 2021: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies/contents/about
>> Dr Neel Shah interview: https://www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/dr-neel-shah-csection
>> Dr Stu (Stuart James Fischbein, MD): http://www.birthinginstincts.com/
>> Dr Andrew Bisits: https://wch.med.unsw.edu.au/people/associate-professor-andrew-bisits
To our dear listeners!
We'd love to hear from you - how do you feel about deskilling in maternity care? Have you had an experience where you were unable to access appropriate maternity healthcare because of deskilling or a lack of those services in your area (such as publicly funded homebirth or Midwifery continuity models)?
And if you have any questions/comments at any time about this, other interviews or our work at PBB Media, get in touch. You can shoot us a line at [email protected] or catch us on socials @pbb_media !
Guests: Astra Joynt and Sunae Reilly
Produced, edited and presented by Annalee Atia
The Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond show is part of a wider nonprofit community media and journalism project, PBB Media.
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This episode was recorded on Gadigal Lands (Sydney).
Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond comes to you from Bundjalung Country at Cavanbah or Byron Bay and we acknowledge with respect and reverence the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung nation, neighboring clans and people for caring for this country since time immemorial.

Eat whole foods, fruit and vegetables, get rest and get in touch with your body. Not what you’d expect from a naturopath? Well Kim Piper, aka Kim the Naturopath has a lot to say about well being and about hormones and this is a vital part.
Hormones - we all have them, and fertility, pregnancy and post natal/partum are key times for learning to manage them for optimum health. Check out some of her wisdom in this episode.
References: http://kimthenaturopath.com/
Presenter: Kimberley Lipschus
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PBB Media 2018, Kimberley Lipschus
First aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay, Australia on 16 April 2018.
Image credit: Katie Smith on unsplash.com

In this episode, Oni speaks to Laura Latina. Laura is a midwife originally from Italy. She graduated as a Midwife in 2008. Her curiosity and inspiration for the world took her to travel around the world to meet many women and know different cultures. Laura spent a few years in Africa working as a midwife in birth centres or villages and then went on to graduate with a Master Degree in London in Reproductive Health in 2014 while she was working as a caseloading midwife for 4 years. In 2015 she went to Afghanistan to work as midwifery manager for a hospital providing care for 20.000 women a year. In 2016, she moved to Sydney where she started work as women's health advisor for the NGO - Medecins sans frontieres/doctors without borders. Laura aims to give technical support to maternity hospitals and to improve midwifery care. She is passionate about supporting women in their journeys as women, to assist them in learning more and learning what is important to them.
"Everyone is unique and I am fascinated by what people learn and what people bring to this world. I love providing continuity of care in my work as a midwife. To work deeply with women and to bring their inner power, connecting with their body wisdom. In the job I am doing now I am focusing on quality of care (specifically midwifery) including improving teamwork and learning culture in the hospital system."
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We cover two topics that even in this day and age are still so hidden away - menstruation - and the time of life when menstruation draws to a close, perimenopause. Half of our population goes through this process, but when you find yourself at the threshold of this rite of passage it’s like you’re feeling your way in the dark. We all - men included - need more knowledge about this phase of life and its massive unspoken impact on us.
Ana Davis author of ‘Moving with the Moon: Yoga, Movement and Meditation for Every Phase of your Menstrual Cycle’ shares her experiences and knowledge in this show.
www.movingwiththemoon.com
Ana also cites "The Optimized Woman" by author Miranda Gray. http://www.mirandagray.co.uk
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First aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 11 February 2019.
Produced and presented by Sally Cusack
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Liz Ellis is arguably Australia’s most well-loved netball athlete. She played for Australia 122 times and captained the national netball team for four years; she won two world championships and two commonwealth games. But for Liz, having children came with five years of fertility challenges. She has written a guide to shine the light for others, "If at First you don't Conceive". Listen to our interview with her here.
(NB Please be aware that there is some background noise of Liz's young child, however subtle).
First aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay on Monday 21 May 2018.
Copyright PBB Media, Kimberley Lipschus 2018