Trust Your Gut | Life of a Midwife Ep. 5
Happy Mum
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
"If my gut is telling me something is wrong, something is wrong."
This week we hear from two midwives who know the power of following their instincts.
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| 0:00.0 | We've all felt it, that sudden shift, a quiet pull towards something, or a whisper that this isn't right. |
| 0:17.6 | We call it instinct. For midwives, learning to trust it can change everything. |
| 0:24.3 | In this episode, we hear from Pip, whose journey into midwifery began with a feeling long before she ever wore the uniform. |
| 0:32.8 | Anatasha, who 12 years into her career has learned of the huge power that comes with trusting her gut. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm Davanna Fletcher and from Happy Mum, this is Life of a Midwife. |
| 0:52.6 | Natasha was a junior midwife when a sudden gut instinct pushed her to check on a patient, |
| 0:59.3 | an action that would leave a lasting mark on her career. |
| 1:04.6 | You always have certain women and certain families that imprint on you |
| 1:10.1 | and that I think will just stay with me forever. |
| 1:15.1 | I was a very junior midwife and this birth had gone beautifully. It was her third baby. I'll call her Susan. |
| 1:24.2 | It was just wonderful. |
| 1:31.5 | She'd sent her husband home to look after the other kids. |
| 1:33.4 | You know, she didn't need him, off you go. |
| 1:36.1 | And she'd had a shower. |
| 1:38.9 | She'd had the famous NHS tea and toes. |
| 1:41.3 | We were just getting ready to take her down to Labour Ward. |
| 1:43.8 | The shift was about to change. |
| 1:52.5 | I wasn't the highest achiever on my degree. |
| 1:57.0 | I'm not the most intelligent or knowledgeable health professional out there. |
| 1:57.7 | I know that. |
| 1:59.7 | But I trust my gut. If my gut is telling me that something is wrong, |
| 2:05.4 | something is wrong. We were stood at the desk and I just had this overwhelming feeling to just |
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