Instinctive Birth
Episodes
Support Isn’t What You Think It Is in Birth
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I'm not a doula who gives endless back rubs. I'm the one who sits outside your door while you birth your baby. 20 years as a midwife taught me...
Why Birth Is Something That Happens TO Us.
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, I draw on 25 years as an NHS midwife and doula to ask why, despite most women quietly hoping for a 'natural' birth, it often en...
Supporting 40+ Weeks Pregnancy
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As I currently wait for a baby let's just explore a little around this and what clients might need past 40 weeks of pregnancy - and I'm not talking bo...
Freebirth: Truth, Honesty and Integrity
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this conversation, Evony discusses the concept of free birth, emphasising the importance of personal choice and the narratives surrounding b...
How I Learned to Trust Undisturbed Birth
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I share my transformative journey into witnessing undisturbed birth as I tell the story of my experience attending my first homebirth...
Stop serving the system -with Kemi Johnson Birth Activist.
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kemi Johnson - outspoken birth activist, former independent midwife turned birthkeeper, speaker and educator - dives into the truth about birth in our...
Fighting for Birth Rights with Doula Sam Gadsen
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this compelling episode of Birth Truths, we dive deep into the world of birth advocacy with the remarkable Sam Gadsen, an experienced doula and pas...
Birth Truths.
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back with a new name, a new look, and fired up to tell the truth about birth. Join me as I explain the reason behind 'Birth Truths', m...
Listen to the Whispers of the Universe.
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about my close call of repeating old patterns, how we can tune into our inner voice and follow the fire in your heart.
Stop Obsessing over Dilatation and Stages of Labour!
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Cervix isn't Everything in Labour! Isn't it time we debunked the 'stages of labour'? The belief that we can define where someone i...
Unpredictable Birth - Postpartum haemorrhage and hospital transfer after freebirth
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Megan, from the US who following the amazing physiological birth of her first baby at home with a birthkeeper, she began haemorrhaging and w...
Why I don't fit in the medical model
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I explore the medical model and how understanding my own values helped me understand my struggles within the system. I also talk about...
Exploring Our Stories
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week has seen such beautiful sharing and support occurring within our birthkeeper course Whatsapp group. We have been working on 'Exploring our S...
Sheena Byrom - Why Birth Matters
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sheena Byrom walks her talk when it comes to birth. She is not afraid to stand up for normal physiological birth in an age where the right to birth th...
Making Radical Birth Choices in the Medical System
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Birth is being Reclaimed! Following several local births where a group of women have made conscious choices about their pregnancies and births, ...
Can you change the system from within?
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last year I realised that I had explored as far as I wanted to go in my career as a registered midwife. From birth units to job in the risk management...
Blood, haemorrhage and fear.
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A midwife who hates the sight of blood?! In this episode I reflect on my own journey with blood and placentas from a place of trust, into fear a...
Navigating Freebirth
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Freebirth! Loved diving into freebirth with Leonie. She has freebirthed all three of her babies - all in different circumstances and with different ex...
Keeping Birth Truths Alive!
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The medicalisation of birth is not new. 20 years in midwifery and birth truths are slipping away. It's time we reclaim them. Subscribe to the newslett...
Student midwife to birthkeeper - part 1
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Price, student midwife turned birthkeeper following her own freebirth. We talk about the lack of evidence behind vaginal examinations, the truth a...
Working in the System
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few thoughts from me about how I have made peace with working inside the system. I've danced in and out of NHS midwifery and it has been very challe...
Midwife to Birthkeeper - Joy Horner
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evony talks to Joy Horner - former registered midwife, now birthkeeper, doulas and pregnancy and postnatal specialist. As the lack of insurance remove...
What's it all about?
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast has been on a hiatus as I've been dealing with family life and working in the NHS, but now I'm back! I have to follow my heart and here's ...
Independent Breech & Twin Midwifery
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you become an expert midwife in breech or twin birth? I talk to Lynn Genevieve, retired independent midwife who honed her skills alongsid...
Empowered VBAC Twin Hospital Birth
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you have an empowered vaginal birth of twins? Or will it always be 'out of your hands'? Listen to one mum's journey to making her own choices in w...
What's the Art of Midwifery?
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In my first episode I talk about what the 'art of midwifery' means to me. This includes skills and knowledge to ensure safe care as the bottom line, b...