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The birth-ed podcastAuthor: Megan Rossiter, birth-ed
Bringing you the information you thought you'd get in your antenatal appointments, but didnt.The birth-ed podcast opens up conversations about all aspects of pregnancy, birth and parenthood, with the World's leading women's health & parenting experts- from Midwives to Obstetricians, Doulas to Activists. Host and founder of birth-ed, Megan Rossiter is your warm guide, a gentle holding hand through these vulnerable moments of pregnancy, birth and parenting. If you want to feel safe, nurtured and fully informed in your birth preparation, you're in the right place. Through inspiring, informative and sometimes challenging conversations, Megan leaves no stone unturned when it comes to preparing you for your pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Language: en-gb Genres: Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Giving Birth In A High-Intervention System with Guests Sheena Byrom OBE and Professor Soo Downe
Episode 4
Monday, 10 August, 2026
Intervention rates have climbed so fast in UK maternity care that it is hard not to ask a blunt question: is all this doing what it promised to do? I sit down with Sheena Byrom, OBE and Professor Soo Downe to explore what has changed over the last decade, why fear now feels baked into the system, and how a laser-focus on a narrow set of outcomes can quietly create new harms such as birth trauma, postpartum haemorrhage, and worsening postnatal mental health. Stillbirth rates have fallen a little, but not at the rate targets suggest, certainly not in line with the rise in interventions and maternal mortality is rising. How many lives are being saved overall? And at what cost?Have we ever considered this conversation not from the perspective of proving the sometimes unnecessary harm caused by interventions, but by highlight the very real benefits provided by physiology?What if, instead of focussing on the problems, scratching our heads about how to reinvent the week, we looked for our solutions in examples of great care that already exist?And what can you do, as an individual stepping into a system that seems to hold so much power over our experiences, to take back control and put yourself back at the centre of your birth?If you want a calmer, more informed path through pregnancy and birth, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a five-star review so more parents can find these conversations.Sign up to The Birth-ed MethodSupport the show
