Along with every other professional with even the smallest interest in childbirth, I’ve been glued lately to the BBC’s wonderful “Call the Midwife” on Sunday evenings. It’s a cut above other historical dramas, because so many of the storylines are based on the true-life recollections of the late Jennifer Worth, who accurately depicted [...] Read more »
SHIFT CHANGE SYNDROME
I’ve kept myself rather out of the doula world this year. Too many worries at home mean I’ve cut right back on this, my favourite work, because the emotional burden is just too much; I know how to put boundaries between work and home life, sure, but as a doula one is shouldering the emotional life of [...] Read more »
Euphemisms and birthing language
The language around birth is very important. With HypnoBirthing it is all-important since hypnotherapy is an entirely language-based therapy.in this month’s “Practising Midwife”, the distinguished midwife Sara Wickham discusses euphemisms such as “pop” – “often preceded by the word just”…”an attempt to soften any number of clinical procedures which are routine but which individual women [...] Read more »
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