Worst day, cursed day
The worst day of my career happened a year ago and started much like any other. I took the kids to the childminder and headed to clinic....
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IDM 2020
Am I the midwife I wanted to become? Sometimes I don’t know, and this week in particular I’m not sure. The service has been stretched,...
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping I donned my uniform Then doffed it again. While you were sleeping I held a hand And mopped a brow. While you were...
First births
I remember the first birth I saw: shoulder dystocia in the pool, released by the woman standing up and raising a foot up onto the side of...
Pride
There is more fear than I can even begin to describe. It’s a fear of the unknown. A fear of admitting, finally, who I am and what I want...
The cult of natural birth
Dear health secretary, You must absolutely investigate the cases of women being denied analgesia. I would like you to also investigate...
Vile
He used to take my photo and critique it later. He’d save them on his phone and bring them out at intervals, zooming in on various parts...
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife
2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, so declared by the World Health Organisation. Today is day three of this new year, a year for...
Audit of a decade
Facebook would tell you that I’d become a mum, got married, bought a house, celebrated my 30th, become a midwife, got my Masters, had...
Imagine...
Last week we celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the inimitable wonder women in my life. I looked at the women around me that night...
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