A midwife story from homebirth midwife & mama, Ineka || Private Practice Midwifery

Birthing at Home: A Podcast

Today's midwife story is from Ineka - mum of one little boy born at home, and a homebirth/private midwife. Ineka is based in the Newcastle region and today share's how initially, she didn't think she would be able to get the results to be accepted in to a Bachelor of Midwifery program. After some soul searching through travel, including attending a talk by Ina May Gaskin, Ineka returned to Australia determind to be a midwife.
She talks about how she achieved her 5000 hours and found her way in to private midwifery, reclaiming her own power as a midwife, in a system that generally disempowers midwives and limits their scope drastically to keep the hierachy of the medical model.
Please share with any student midwives and midwives, or anyone who may be interested in Ineka's great story :)
Links to resources:

• Ina May Gaskin https://thefarmmidwives.org/
• Becoming a Private Midwife https://www.homebirthaustralia.org/homebirth-information.html
• Jane Hardwick Collins https://www.instagram.com/janehardwickecollings/?hl=en

CHAPTERS
00:00
Introduction and Background

10:49
Becoming a Privately Practicing Midwife

29:35
Trusting Birth and Supporting Autonomy

52:28
Birth as a Transformative Experience

59:06
Exploring Birthing Options

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