In this episode Mel interviews wise woman midwife Sheryl Sidery who has been a private midwife for 40 years. Learning from experienced midwives, in our western culture, is one of the only ways to learn new things about physiological birth and today Sheryl offers up her 40 years of experience. Sheryl is not currently taking private midwifery clients but you can still check her out online at www.sherylsidery.com.au and benefit from her work with https://birthcircle.com.au/

In this episode we discussed:

• What Sheryl Sidery has done for the world
• What should midwives do in the birth space if the aim is physiological birth
• How to respectfully enter the birth space without interrupting the woman
• Men at birth
• The difference continuity of care makes
• What does Sheryl do after entering the birth space
• Listening to the babies heart rate with a doppler
• What uninterrupted birth is like
• Appropriate ways to talk to a labouring woman
• Transferring to hospital for pain relief
• What to do when the baby is emerging
• Unique learnings for physiological birth
• Strategies for posterior babies
• Strategies for physiological placental birth
• Shoulder dystocia techniques, and
• The power of seeing homebirth for the first time

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