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“I've had shifts where I've gone home crying, it just felt so unsafe,” says Heidi (not her real name). She has been a junior midwife for just two and a half years, and she's already had enough. (...)
Campaigner who fought against the medicalisation of birth and exposed damaging practices that harmed women during labour
More babies are born by C-section than ever, causing alarm at the WHO. But some believe the option should always be offered
Letters: Diana â the dream and the reality Perhaps the ordinariness of her statue befits a princess who shone so brightly that she cast a disproportionate shadow The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, at the sunken garden of Londonâs Kensington Palace. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, at the sunken garden of Londonâs Kensington Palace. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock Sun 11 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT Consensus in the press finds Dianaâs statue âdullâ, lacking âvitalityâ and âfrumpyâ and it may be tru...
Marie Mongan, 86, Who Developed Hypnotherapy for Childbirth, Dies Her natural childbirth techniques have been used by Kate Middleton, Jessica Alba and many other women around the world in search of a more gentle, unmedicated experience. Marie Mongan in 2015. Medical professionals in 46 countries have been certified in her hypnobirthing techniques.Credit...Grigoriy Yaroshenko March 16, 2021 When Marie Mongan was pregnant with her third child in the 1950s, she made an unusual demand. She told her doctor that when it was time for her to give birth, she didn’t want anesthesia — and if he didn...