Welcome to my new blog, which I am hoping will gradually supersede my website (which is a constant source of frustration as I am not computer-adept enough to update and alter it myself, but thank you very much to Aaron at Peppermint IT for having managed it for me in the meantime!) ..
There is so much going on in midwifery and birth at the moment, not least for us as independent midwives, that I guess this blog is multi-purpose. I want to pass on information and links to those who might be looking for support and help in pregnancy, birth and postnatally; I also want to help publicise what is going on politically in the world of childbirth, and thirdly, I am adapting and forging a way to move with the times as independent midwifery in the UK is threatened with extinction in October 2013.
So, before I begin, thank you to the wonderful women and families with whom I have had the pleasure and the honour to work over the years, and I raise my glass also to those with whom I will continue to work in the future. I hope to be able to continue to be the midwife that I feel I am at my core, and to support the women and families who I know have not and will not sign up to the new world order of obstetric nursing for all.
