I met Akemi only a week before she gave birth but her birth was one of the most transformative births I have attended as a doula. Here’s her story from my perspective as her [...]
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How are women supposed to think of birth as normal and achievable if all they hear are horror stories of forceps, vacuum extractors and undignified, unsupported labours with women forced to lie on their backs, legs spread for all the world to see? The beautiful birth I had with my last baby (after two previous caesarean sections—one emergency and one elective) is such a rare experience in the private sector, let alone the public sector. [...] Cas McCullough explores what it is like to have a long pregnancy and how to make informed decisions about interventions in a world where nearly every baby is born ‘on [...] |
   
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