The Beat podcast is designed for healthcare professionals and is brought to you by Nutricia. The birth of a child is a life-changing experience and ensuring it's one which is positive and safe for both mother and baby is fundamental to a midwife's role. With epidurals, inductions and cesareans on the rise, vaginal births without any procedures or interventions are decreasing - does this matter? What role can a midwife play here? 

In this episode of The Beat podcast, our host Gill invites a fellow midwife to discuss the topic of 'normal' or 'physiological' birth. Together, they discuss what this really means to women; what factors influence mode of birth; and what role healthcare professionals play in this. Acknowledging what's most important is ensuring a safe and positive birth experience, they share their own thoughts on how best to support this.