There's a Brown Girl in the Ring...When I thought of doing the Brown Mama Circle, I knew I wanted to amplify the voices of Black and Brown women. I also knew that as a midwife, black woman; and in fact a human being. I would be likely to hear

All Allies Matter

Oct 1st, 2020 57m 24s

WELCOME BACK!!We've had a few weeks break and we're back again with another great episode of the podcast. If you've just joined us, why not go back and listen to season 1, wet your apetite and then listen to this, the start of season 2.This

Brown Mama Circle: Kristina

Jul 18th, 2020 39m 56s

Theres a Brown Girl in the ring...When I thought of doing The Brown Mama circle, I knew I wanted to amplify the voices of Black and Brown women. I also knew that as a midwife, black woman; and in fact a human being, I would more than likely he

Oo La la, Doula-la

Jul 10th, 2020 48m 48s

We've had a short hiatus with no episode posted last week... But We're BACK!!!Today we speak with Angeline who is pregnant with her first child and is due to have hr baby any day now. We spoke about her experience with having a Doula and how t

Brown Mama Circle: Kat

Jun 26th, 2020 19m 12s

Welcome Back to another episode of Brown Mama CircleIt has been so humbling to listen to Black and Brown women share their experiences of pregnancy and birth. We can never fully appreciate how care received; or lack thereof can, and does impac

Call The Midwife

Jun 19th, 2020 1h

During pregnancy, childbirth and postnatally, women generally have the most contact with midwives. Midwives are blessed to be the people who provide physical, mental, and emotional support to women and families at all stages of their pregnancy

The Brown Mama's Circle: Lexy

Jun 12th, 2020 7m 59s

The Brown Mama's circle... I wanted to develop a space where women felt comfortable and enough to share their story when many once felt as that couldn't; and wouldn't ever have been listened to even if they did... The circle represents never en

Looking back to go forward

Jun 5th, 2020 36m 48s

This week we rewind time and look at some of the historical aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology; and how this might have given rise to some of the ideologies within racial inequality. I also spoke with Midwife and colleague Heidi Downes who w

The Brown Mama's Circle: Francesca

May 29th, 2020 16m 46s

Reports have shown that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women are more likely to have poor outcomes and are also more likely to die during pregnancy, birth and up to six weeks of birth. The Brown Mama Brown Me Podcast seeks to shed ligh

A Call to Action...

May 22nd, 2020 32m 13s

Welcome to the first instalment of the Brown Mama Brown Me PODCAST... This week we take a look at the issue surrounding maternal mortality and morbidity for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women. Why are the outcomes for these mothers a

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What's all this then?

May 10th, 2020 4m 30s

Welcome to Brown Mama Brown me...I'm so excited to share this podcast with you! For Black, Asians and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women and babies in the UK, pregnancy; birth and the postnatal period carries the most risk of poor outcomes, poor sa

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