I'm Sandra Osumanu. I trained and practised as a midwife in Ghana, and I'm now a nursing student here in Canada — and I'm a mother who has lived the hardest version of this journey myself. Here you'll find honest, gentle answers to the questions every mother asks, and a window into what midwifery is and does.
Raphael's story is the reason this website and channel exist, so it comes first. After it, every guide follows the order a midwife would teach: foundations first, then pregnancy, staying safe, birth, and life with your baby. Each guide ends by leading you to the next lesson.
Sandra's own story: preeclampsia, bleeding, an emergency birth two months early, and Raphael's fight from 800 grams in the NICU to home.
Antenatal care, labour and birth, newborn care, community midwifery — the whole profession, explained by someone who practised it.
Irregular periods, acne, hair changes and stubborn weight — the hormone story behind them.
Week by week, how a single cell becomes your baby — and what you'll feel along the way.
Implantation spotting, the deep fatigue, the super-smell — and when a test can actually tell you.
The symptoms women notice first — often before a missed period — and how to tell them from PMS.
Small meals, ginger, and the bedside-cracker trick — what genuinely eases the nausea, and the warning signs that mean it's more serious.
Heartbeat, organs, fingers and toes — the twelve weeks when everything gets built.
Week by week, how your baby grows from a cluster of cells to a newborn ready to meet you.
Tasting your meals, practising breathing, dreaming — your baby is already rehearsing for life.
What the sonographer checks, structure by structure — and what being called back really means.
One egg that splits, or two that meet — the inside-the-body story of multiples.
The symptoms that look harmless but aren't. This is the guide I wish every pregnant woman would read.
Screening, food, monitoring and birth — the manageable condition too many women fear.
Dilation, descent, rotation, crowning — what really happens during vaginal birth, step by step.
The stages, the sensations, and the golden first hour — a calm walk-through.
How the two paths compare — recovery, risks, and what each one really asks of your body.
A calm, step-by-step look at a caesarean birth in 3D — so nothing on the day feels like a surprise.
Ten foods that support milk supply and your own recovery — plus the myths to retire.
The short, honest list for week one — and where to save your money.
Seven real reasons newborns wake — and what genuinely helps tired parents.
A steady, honest plan for after the healing — no crash diets, no bounce-back pressure.
My own pregnancy turned dangerous — preeclampsia, bleeding, and an emergency delivery two months early. My son Raphael was born weighing just 800 grams. We lived the NICU journey: the fear, the waiting, the tiny victories.
It's why I make these videos, and why the warning signs matter so much to me. No mother should miss them the way they're so often missed.
I practised as a midwife in Ghana, caring for mothers through pregnancy, birth, and the newborn days. In Ghana — as in many countries — midwifery stands as its own distinct profession. In Canada, much of that same care is carried out within nursing, which is why I'm now studying nursing here. My mission, on my YouTube channel From Womb to World and here on this site, is to help people understand midwifery itself: its branches and its topics, from antenatal care to labour and birth to the first weeks with your baby — taught plainly, warmly, and without frightening you.
Thousands of mothers watch along every week. You're welcome here, wherever you are in your journey.
One gentle email a week — what to expect at your stage, the signs to watch for, and encouragement for the road. Written by me, for you.