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Real stories about care, choices and what shapes women’s health. A podcast about the healthcare we need, the care we deserve and the people working to make it happen.
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Health services designed around our bodies. Our choices. Our questions. Our fears and our realities.
Beyond the PUSH brings together midwives, women, advocates and experts for honest conversations about what good care really looks like, why so many women and gender diverse people still struggle to access it, and what needs to change.
From birth choices and obstetric violence to reproductive choice, infertility and loss, breastfeeding, LGBTQI+ care, inequality, climate and crisis, the series goes beyond birth to explore the experiences that shape our health and lives.
Beyond the PUSH is created by the International Confederation of Midwives’ PUSH Campaign and birthFUND.
What does good healthcare actually look and feel like? Midwives, advocates and women explore respectful, person-centred care and how listeners can recognise, expect and ask for the care they deserve.
Host: Kate Stringer + Post-episode debrief by Kimberly Durdin
Guest:
Sheena Byrom — Midwife, Author and Director of All4Maternity
Martha Abornyementy — Midwife and Founder of the For Mom and Baby Foundation
Margreet Barnadt — Midwife, Founder of Healthy Mom and Baby Clinic, and Antenatal Educator
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How much choice do women really have in pregnancy and birth? A conversation about informed consent, birth settings, interventions, shared decision-making and supporting people to make the choices that are right for them.
Host: Daniela Drandić + Post-episode debrief by Kimberly Durdin
Guest:
Dianne Garland— Waterbirth Specialist and Midwifery Consultant
Priyanka Idicula — Midwife, Co-founder of Birthvillage and Birth Educator
Eugenia Montesinos — Director of Midwifery Services, Tisch Hospital, NYU Langone Health
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Midwives are often misunderstood. This episode separates fact from fiction, explores the full scope of midwifery beyond birth and explains how midwives differ from nurses, doulas and doctors.
Host: Ana Gutiérrez + Post-episode debrief by Kimberly Durdin
Guest:
Sheetal Samson — Midwife, Leader and Educator
Eunice Atsali — Midwife, Lecturer and Maternal Health Researcher
Melanie Jackson — Midwife, Researcher and Host of The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast
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What is obstetric violence, and why is it so often normalised or dismissed? Speakers unpack the many forms it can take, the systems that enable it and what safe, respectful care should look and feel like.
Host: Merette Khalil + Post-episode debrief by Kimberly Durdin
Guest:
Inderjeet Kaur — Midwife and Founder of Fernandez Foundation’s First Midwife-led Unit
Aparajita Gogoi — Executive Director, Centre for Catalysing Change, and Women’s Health Advocate
Carolina Combria — Co-founder of Associação SaMaNe and Maternal Health Equity Advocate
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