Leaving midwifery and speaking out for women's rights -An interview with Kemi Johnson

In this episode we have the fabulous Kemi Johnson on to chat with
us. Kemi is a mother, birthkeeper in the birthroom, birth
educator and birth activist. Formerly an independent midwife,
registered in the UK she is now freely following her calling to
facilitate healthy ecstatic births for mothers, and their babies.
We chat with Kemi about home birth, free-birth, and why the
reported outcomes can often be misunderstood. We look at
induction, and childbirth outcomes, time frames in birth, as well
as breech birth. 


We find out why Kemi left midwifery and started speaking out. Her
thoughts on becoming a "safe" midwife and working as an
independent birth keeper. We talk tough about the difficulty
midwives & doulas are currently facing in our maternity
systems, and how we can best serve families as birth keepers and
protectors whilst maintaining our own health. 


This will be a brilliant but tough listen at times, however a
conversation we need to be having and acknowledging. 




LINKS:
Kemi Johnson website, courses, more
https://www.kemibirthjoyjohnson.com/
Find Kemi on Instagram @kemibirthjoyjohnson

Rachel Reed website: blog, books, courses
https://www.rachelreed.website/


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