Midwifery in Private Practice, Mothers & Babies report and deskilling in Maternity Care

12/23/21 • 52 min

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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.
All rights reserved.
www.pbbmedia.org
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.

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To our wonderful listeners.
We love hearing from you and receiving your notes, questions and ideas.. how do you feel about this topic? Have you had a similar experience or would like to share your insights?
If you have any questions/comments at any time about this, other interviews or our work at PBB Media, get in touch. You can email us through [email protected] or catch us on socials @pbb_media.
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Produced and presented by Annalee Atia
The Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond show is part of a wider nonprofit community media and journalism project, PBB Media.
All rights reserved.
www.pbbmedia.org
This episode was recorded on Bundjalung Country.
Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond comes to you from Bundjalung Country at the 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.