Everybody Grieves Differently | Life of a Midwife Ep. 7
Happy Mum
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
What happens when birth leaves a mark that doesn't just disappear?
In this episode we hear from two midwives who understand the lasting impact of birth trauma and what it means for the families who are left without clear answers.
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| 0:00.0 | Birth is supposed to be the beginning. |
| 0:10.0 | But what happens when it leaves a mark that doesn't just disappear? |
| 0:17.0 | In this episode we hear from two midwives who understand the lasting impact of carrying that weight. |
| 0:24.2 | The first is Marley, whose path into supporting women through birth was carved by her own experience of loss. |
| 0:32.2 | A Marie, who has spent her career asking what families truly need when birth doesn't go to plan. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm Giovanna Fletcher, and from Happy Mum, this is Life of a Midwife. |
| 1:01.0 | For Mali, it was the compassion of one midwife that set the course for her entire career. |
| 1:16.2 | So I'm Mali. I've been a midwife for coming up 17 years now. So it's been quite a while. |
| 1:24.8 | When I say 17 years out loud, it sounds like it's been forever. Yeah, it's been an experience. It really has. |
| 1:30.1 | I was actually going to be a journalist. |
| 1:33.0 | I did a degree in digital broadcast media after I left college, |
| 1:35.4 | but I felt pregnant very early. |
| 1:41.0 | I sadly lost the baby at 22 weeks. |
| 1:45.0 | During that experience, I came across a midwife by the name of Naomi and she was absolutely amazing. |
| 1:56.0 | So she was the one that looked after me. |
| 1:58.0 | And I remember thinking to myself, gosh, I wish I could make women feel the same way she made me feel. |
| 2:05.3 | That kind of idea came in and then out of my head, and then I carried on down the journalism route. |
| 2:11.7 | Once I'd graduated, I kind of thought to myself, I was in my early 20s, and I thought, no, I actually want to be a midwife again. |
| 2:18.3 | So I decided to go straight from one degree to another. |
| 2:22.3 | And yeah, that's how it all began really. |
| 2:25.3 | That's why I decided I wanted to do it, was to help women through their experiences. |
| 2:30.3 | You know, I know like some people, they'll say I've wanted to be a midwife since I was a child because I love babies. |
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