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Thanks, I saw it on the BBC news a few weeks ago. Need follow up to understand if there has been an official document released, Here in Spain is great and got more ground work x testing our workshop in Granada and possibly cluster rct in Andalusia See you on Friday Best wishes Lucia Sent from my iPhone On 2 Sep 2011, at 18:30, "Macfarlane, Alison" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't know how I got this, but I'm passing it on. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michel Odent [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 02 September 2011 17:25 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and silent knitting midwives. > > The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists recently came to > the conclusion that too many babies are born in hospitals. In other > words, according to the College, it would be beneficial to increase > the number of out-of-hospital births > (www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14145862). This would lead to a radical > rethink of the selection and education of midwives. Outside hospitals, > where women must rely entirely on the release of their natural > hormones, the main preoccupation should be to protect the involuntary > process of birth against situations that can inhibit it. Modern > physiology can identify such situations, particularly those associated > with a release of adrenaline, and those that stimulate the neocortex > (the part of the brain highly developed among humans only). > The time is therefore ripe to underline the historical significance of > one of the 27 workshops offered during the Mid-Pacific Conference on > Birth and Primal Health Research (Honolulu. October 26-28, 2012). It > will be called 'The silent knitting session'. The participants will > realise at which point a repetitive task such as knitting (or, in > Hawaii, making a wreath of flowers to be draped around the neck, for > example) is an effective way to reduce the levels of adrenaline. Since > the release of adrenaline is highly contagious, the main > preoccupation of an authentic midwife, after the paradigm shift, will > be to maintain her own level of adrenaline as low as possible when she > is close to a labouring woman. Midwives of the future will also need > to train themselves to remain silent, since language is the most > powerful stimulant of the neocortex. The silent knitting session will > be a necessary step towards an understanding of what authentic > midwifery is. We present it as the symbol of a vital new phase in the > history of childbirth and midwifery. > How to bring as many British midwives as possible to Honolulu? All > suggestions are welcome. Contact [log in to unmask] after > exploring www.wombecology.com.