Skilled Heartfelt Midwifery Practice Episode 3

In this podcast, Dr Claire Feeley explores the concept of skilled heartfelt midwifery practice, the subject of her latest book- defined as the integration of a midwife’s attitudes, beliefs and philosophy in support of women’s autonomy, aligned with values of relational care and expert clinical skills. This podcast series follows her recent book with five key episodes attending to each chapter.

Today’s episode explores the second component, the midwives’ values and commitment to relational care and crucially it is framed this within the context of ‘safety’ in maternity care – where I argue that emotional safety is the cornerstone of safe care and this chapter, or rather, this podcast episode demonstrates the midwives priority, approach and skill as related to cultivating emotional safety.