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Marthie's Midwifery DIARY

Amplifying the voice of Midwives & Showcasing the profession’s vast options for a meaningful career.

02/11/2026

Cape Town, S.A for OYW!🇿🇦

Started off exploring the colorful streets of Bo-Kaap and caught up with my board chair over lunch.

Looking forward to all the conversations & connections ahead! ✨

27/10/2026

It is so easy to get pulled away from the ground as an organization grows.

Suddenly, days fill up with big meetings, networking in high-level rooms, catching flights, and making sure the name is in the right spaces.

But recently, I stopped to re-ask myself who i’m actually doing all of this for. It’s the people. The Moms & Babies. Period.

It’s easy to get caught up in the big picture, but the real heart of the work doesn't live in pitch decks or airport lounges. It lives in the street-level chats, the shared laughs, and the everyday moments with the community.

I’ve committed to keeping that personal connection no matter how big we get. Pitching to partners matters a whole lot, but none of it holds value if I become distant from the people who inspired this mission in the first place.

Walking into the community and being present isn't something I want to step back from as we scale; it’s what keeps our work at For Mom and Baby Foundation raw, authentic and alive.

20/10/2026

I hosted an intimate community gathering for my Mentees recently, and my heart is still so full.

In global healthcare, over 40% to 50% of midwives report experiencing burnout, with many citing professional isolation and a lack of supportive peer communities.
When you spend your life holding space for mothers, babies, and families, it’s far too easy to carry the weight of the profession entirely on your own.

That is why in early 2024, I launched the Midwifery Mentorship Program with one fundamental goal; To make sure no midwife ever has to walk their career journey alone.

Fast forward to today, and that simple commitment has blossomed into a global community of over 70 midwives across 10+ countries.

In the photos, you see only a fraction of that community represented.

Being updated with their career journeys, hearing their stories unfiltered, and watching them just pour into each other in person meant everything to me. No formal speeches, just real talk, good food & drinks, honest connections, and a safe outdoor space full of professionals who just get it.

To every mentee who made it, Thank you!😍

12/10/2026

I’ve been selected to join the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town🇿🇦 as a Hauwa Ojeifo Scholar! 🌍✨

Everyday at The 'For Mom and Baby' Foundation, my team and I work tirelessly to strengthen maternal and newborn care across Cameroon; championing midwives, innovating community health systems, and ensuring mothers are supported every step of the way.

Taking these grassroots lessons to a global stage alongside young leaders, innovators, and advocates from around the world is an extraordinary step forward. I look forward to the global conversations, cross-sector collaborations, and practical solutions that will come out of this summit.

Grateful to the One Young World team and the Hauwa Ojeifo Scholarship for this opportunity.

08/10/2026

Being heard, respected, and supported in healthcare should never be treated as a luxury. It is the baseline every woman deserves.

I was honoured to join the first episode of Beyond the PUSH, a podcast created through the PUSH Campaign by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and birthFUND where we unpacked how midwives are redefining person-centered care and dismantling the barriers women face when advocating for their own health.

This Episode is OUT NOW. Watch here👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/ejrUfw4X

Across the series, more than 45 voices from around the world talk honestly about women's health, rights and needs, and the role midwives can play in transforming care; Beyond the PUSH.

Shout out to Kate Stringer Dr Margreet Barnardt-Wibbelink Sheena Byrom OBE Ana Gutierrez Fernandez & team.

06/10/2026

If you are looking for a midwife with sheer audacity, let me tell you a story…

You may know the global maternal health movement, but do you know the woman who fundamentally shifted how the world views natural childbirth and midwife-led care?

I’m talking about Ina May Gaskin.
I first read about her in the 2nd semester of my first year in midwifery school, and her work completely redefined my view of maternal care.

She didn't start with massive institutional funding or government backings.
She started in the 1970s on a farm in Tennessee, driven by a simple yet revolutionary thought that ‘Women’s bodies are not broken, and childbirth is not a medical condition to be managed—it is a physiological power’.

While the medical establishment at the time was routinely medicalizing every single delivery, Ina May did something bold. She built a model of care centered entirely on dignity, trust, and the natural capability of women.
Not only did she advocate, she proved it.

She documented every single birth, gathering data that forced the medical community to look at the numbers and realize that midwife-led, low-intervention care yielded world-class outcomes. She wrote Spiritual Midwifery, gave us the Gaskin Maneuver, and showed us that fear is often the biggest barrier in labor.

Her story taught me that real system change requires bold audacity backed by EXCELLENCE.

Over the next few posts, I’ll be sharing stories of midwives I’ve never met in person, yet whose vision and audacity have deeply shaped key parts of my own career journey.

16/09/2026

In Cameroon, we have a popular saying: "One hand doesn’t tie a bundle of koki."

If you’ve ever tried wrapping koki in banana leaves, you know it’s impossible to hold the leaf, pour the batter, and tie the string alone. It takes extra hands to keep everything intact.

Science backs this up. Humans are wired to be social beings. In fact, research shows that chronic social isolation carries a health risk equivalent to smoking 15 ci******es a day, raising premature mortality risks by over 26%. We simply aren't built to do life or work alone.

Today, I’m deeply grateful for the gift of community. No matter how driven you are, no real impact happens in isolation. The right company doesn't just lighten the load, it gets you further than you could ever go on your own.

I’ve been privileged and opportuned to be a part of amazing communities that stand by me, walk alongside my journey, and amplify our shared vision. Thank you to everyone who keeps showing up to help hold the leaves and tie the string😊.

07/09/2026

📌The best health policies in the world mean very little if they do not work for a mother in a rural clinic, which is why true impact always happens at the intersection of global strategy and grassroots reality.

Navigating both worlds—advocating at international decision-making tables one day, and sitting directly with mothers in our communities the next—has taught me that real change requires both vision and proximity.

When we let on-the-ground experiences inform high-level policy, health systems stop being theoretical and start delivering real, lasting care where it matters most.

28/08/2026

I’m Martha Agbornyenty - witty, straightforward, Jovial, deeply driven, and relentless when it comes to serving moms, babies and pushing healthcare forward.

And so far this year,

✔️ I’ve launched my sixth book
✔️ Traveled to over six countries across three continents
✔️ Graduated from a world-class fellowship program
✔️ Marked 5 years as the founder of Cameroon’s first midwife-led organization & moved our team into a new HQ
✔️ Re-launched a business & met amazing people along the way
✔️ Received international awards & stepped onto major global stages
✔️ Secured key public health partnerships that will transform maternal healthcare for thousands of women and newborns

Now, stay with me.
I’m heading somewhere with this, and I promise it’s not about flaunting achievements on fb🙂.

When people see a list like that, it looks like a collection of massive, sudden leaps.
But when I reflect on how those moments actually came to be, what stands out most is that these ‘super things’ didn’t feel big while they were happening. They felt small.
They were built out of quiet, ordinary, and often invisible daily efforts:

✔️ Showing up to write a single page when inspiration was nowhere to be found.
✔️ Sending one more email, editing one more proposal, or facilitating one routine training session.
✔️ Boarding early morning flights and navigating long transit hours while holding strategic virtual meetings.
✔️ Sitting down with our team to refine small operational processes so we could serve mothers better.
✔️ Showing up consistently, even on the days when progress felt painfully slow and rejection emails popped in.

Greatness is rarely ever a single event.
It is the cumulative power of small, quiet daily choices, tiny acts of consistency, and showing up long before anyone notices.
If you are currently in a season where your daily efforts feel small, routine, or insignificant, keep going.

The work you are doing in secret is quietly laying the groundwork for the impact that will one day stand out to the world.

25/08/2026

Good work really needs a voice(s) to carry it, and watching my team step up and speak so passionately for our vision The 'For Mom and Baby' Foundation this past weekend was the proudest moment for me.

At the Intentional Woman Conference, where over 250 women connected from across the country; I stepped in after a week away to find my team seamlessly taking full ownership of our vision with flawless attention to detail, brand excellence, and razor-sharp pitches.

When your team naturally owns the mission and realizes that every bit of impact and visibility belongs to them too, as a founder, you just pause and feel deeply grateful.

A huge shoutout to Ngwashi Charlotte, Mbah Larissa, and Diang Sumbwe for leading with such passion, and a heartfelt thank you to Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, chatted with us, and donated to support our work.

Maternal and child health is everyone’s issue, and together, we are doing more for moms and babies!

Thank you to the organizers of this event! It was beautiful & audacious!

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