The Secret Midwife

Life, Death and the Truth About Birth

By: The Secret Midwife

Narrated by: Gloria Sanders

Strongest advocate, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer. Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none.

The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother that tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift.

But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives and the women they care for is starting to crumble. Short-staffed, over worked and underappreciated - these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, and the consequences are very serious indeed.

©2019 The Secret Midwife (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK

a must read

At a time when single payer health care is being so hotly debated this is a must read. you still may not get care, but that will be due to shortages. And for those working in the system management support or lack of itmay or may not change based on what you are accustomed to

Captivating!

Excellently written and well read!
As a midwife myself I can identify with all the author as been through in her journey of serving women. Really appreciate her vulnerability and honesty with her struggle and healing with depression and burnout from stressful work environment.

This was FREE! I got way more than I paid for!

I loved this book. Rarely do I binge an audible like I do when reading a physical book. This was the first one that I didn’t want to hit the stop button. Honest, touching, eye opening, funny…all words to describe this book. Thanks for sharing your “secret!”

NHS vs. US health care

I am an American nurse who spent 2 weeks in England studying about how England managed child obesity in 2016. While I was there, I was obsessed with learning about the NHS and socialized health care vs. American health care. I can wholeheartedly say that the UK is much better at delivering care to the people, whereas in America, we expect our patients to come to us for health care. UK has much more delivery of care to the home. Home care is so regulated and very sparse in US. I’m sure there is no perfect system of health care. Her experience is not unlike many other health care systems in the US with the goal of cost-containment and sadly a lot of blame-shifting. I’m glad Pippa ended with a “win” and a grip on the power of saying “no!”

Loved it!

Great story with a great narrator. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Downloaded on a whim and very pleasantly surprised