Episode 24: The Midwife

Veteran teaching midwife Ciske van Straaten has vast experience of helping bring life into the world, and also been intimately involved in death.

She’s been with people when they’ve been at their most vulnerable, and learnt what makes the difference.

What has her experience taught her? What have these two moments got in common? How do they relate to each other, in the cycle of life?

The midwife is an intimate account of life and death from someone right in the thick of it.