We may have it good in the UK - we have midwives, we (mostly) have choice and we have relative safety for mothers and babies. But many women and newborns are regularly failed by our maternity services and here's yet more press coverage on the subject:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/british-maternity-wards-in-crisis-2261403.html
What can we do to create change ?
I'm involved with a new campaigning website to look at birth around the world, mobilise our collective concern and demand improvements for women world wide.
http://www.oneworldbirth.com
Sign up - its worth doing for the trailer alone - and there's so much more to come.
Hi Hannah,
ReplyDeleteI just watched the video! I am super excited about this. My name is Cheroona Sievey and I live in the UK along with my partner and our three young children. We are the co~founders of The Lotus Birth Campaign check out our new blog http://lotusbirthcampaign.blogspot.com/.
We are on facebook too https://www.facebook.com/lotusbirthcampaign
Soon to be up and running with our website and we are writing our campaign book.
We have a new brochure on 'How to have a Lotus Birth' lovingly endorsed by Dr. Sarah J. Buckley (gently birth gentle mothering) who will be in the Uk in May! (more in blog).
Lovely to find your blog and to be supportive to each other in our missions!
Lotus Love Cher xxxx
Hi Cher
ReplyDeleteLovely to hear from you - keep an eye on www.oneworldbirth.com - we're interviewing the wonderful Sarah Buckley in May.
I'm following your blog now too - keep in touch
H x
Hello, not about this post (sorry!) but couldn't find somehwere to put a general comment. Please follow http://mothersuncovered.blogspot.com and post stuff there if you'd like.
ReplyDeleteMaggie