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Episode #18: The F****** Scam - with Jenn Romolini

Midwife Leah Hazard talks to award-winning editor, writer, speaker, podcast host, and digital media consultant (who likes talking and thinking about women and work) Je...

Episode #17: The Recurrent Miscarriage - Jennie Agg

In Baby Loss Awareness Week, Leah talks to award-winning freelance health journalist Jennie Agg about her own experience of recurrent miscarriage and how her path to p...

Episode #16: The Taboo Smasher - Lucy Brett

Midwife Leah Hazard talks to author and mum Lucy Brett about her book - PMSL - and her campaign to smash the taboos around women's health and birth.

Episode #15: The GP and Burnout - Dr Claire Ashley

Midwife Leah Hazard welcomes Dr Claire Ashley to the pod to discuss life inside the NHS, how she ended up burned out and why she decided to change her career path to f...

Episode #14: The Daddy and the Surrogate - Robin Morgan-Bentley

Leah Hazard explores surrogacy and becoming a dad with author Robin Morgan-Bentley, who welcomed baby Solly with husband Paul during lockdown last year

Episode #13: The Return of the Mischief Maker - Anna McNuff

In the first episode of a brand new series of What the Midwife Said, midwife Leah Hazard catches up with adventurer, author, mischief maker, Girl Guiding ambassador an...

Episode #12: The Novelist - Emma Gannon

In the final episode of the first series of What the Midwife Said, Leah picks the brain of Sunday Times bestselling author, speaker, novelist and podcaster Emma Gannon...

Episode #11: The Nutritionist - Laura Thomas

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah catches up with nutritionist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor Laura Thomas, who explains how she helps “people get their ...

Episode #10: The Broadcaster - Rachel Burden

In episode ten of What the Midwife Said, Leah explores the challenges of having a premature baby with BBC 5 Live and BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden, whose son H...

Episode #9: The Pandemic Pregnancy - Rosamund Urwin

In the first episode of What the Midwife Said in 2021, Leah meets award-winning journalist and new mum Rosamund Urwin to find out about her quintessential pandemic pre...

Episode #8: The Doctor - Dr Amir Khan

In the final episode of What the Midwife Said in 2020, Leah explores the life of a full time GP during the pandemic with telly favourite Dr Amir Khan. Leah and Amir...

Episode #7: The Wintering Mother - Katherine May

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah meets fellow author Katherine May, to discuss her new book 'Wintering', coping with home schooling during lockdown, her ...

Episode #6: The Gynae Geek - Dr Anita Mitra

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah compares medical notes with NHS Dr Anita Mitra, who specialises in obstetrics and gynaecology, and is better known to so...

Episode #5: The Writer - Clemmie Telford

**WARNING: THIS EPISODE DOES CONTAIN THE ODD EXPLETIVE!** In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah chats to podcaster and author Clemmie Telford, who presents...

Episode #4: The Survivor - Lauren Mahon

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah chats to Lauren Mahon, who set up the online community Girl vs Cancer after her own breast cancer diagnosis and now pres...

Episode #3: The Vicar - Rev Kate Bottley

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah chats to star of Gogglebox, Songs of Praise and BBC Radio 2, Reverend Kate Bottley, about her experience of pregnancy, g...

Episode #2: The Change Makers - Tinuke Awe and Clo Abe from Five X More

In this episode of What the Midwife Said, Leah chats to Tinuke Awe and Clo Abe who co-founded Five X More in response to a 2018 report that found that black women in t...

Episode #1: The Mischief Maker - Anna McNuff

Leah chats to adventurer, author, mischief maker and Girl Guiding ambassador Anna McNuff about putting her daredevil lifestyle on hold ahead of the birth of her first ...

Trailer: About What the Midwife Said

Welcome to What the Midwife Said! Here's what you can expect from this brand new podcast!