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Birth as a Ritual- an article in Association of Radical midwives 2024.
Have I checked my 10kg Birth kit? Yes, tick. Petrol in my car? Yes, tick. Is the adrenaline still in date? Labour pathway file? Mobiles charged? Tick tick tick. There was always something to mentally or physically tick off when I was ‘oncall’ as a midwife for over twenty years. It was a 24 hour…
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Closing her Bones, 6 weeks postpartum November 2022
One week before, I spoke with H about what her ceremony might look like. She was concerned she would feel very hungry over a four hour session so I reassured her it was going to be a pleasurable , celebratory experience not a torture chamber! She could snack and drink whenever she wished. I have…
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