Baby's First Breath (Life of a Midwife episode 2)
5/14/202616 min
What does it feel like to hold a life for the first time?
In this episode of Life of a Midwife, three midwives tell us what it feels like to catch a baby!
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First 90 secondsJoanna Fletcher· Host0:00
[gentle music] What does it feel like to hold a brand new life? To witness that tiny flicker of existence become something real, a first breath, a first cry, the very start of a journey that's only just begun. In this episode, three midwives describe what it feels like to catch a baby, the pressure, the enormity, the magic. I'm Joanna Fletcher, and from Happy Mum, this is Life of a Midwife. [gentle music] Sometimes the molding of a career starts long before the training, shaped quietly by the lives and stories around you. This was certainly true for Demi, who realized at a young age the importance of supporting and nurturing women.
Demi Anderson· Guest0:59
[gentle music] My name is Demi Anderson, and I have been a qualified midwife since 2017. The first part of my life basically prepared me to become a midwife without realizing it. I was surrounded by quite a lot of difficult circumstances, surrounded by birth, so I was very much exposed from a young age. Um, my stepmother ended up with rheumatoid arthritis straight after giving birth to my first sibling, so even my