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I just wanted to let you know about a book that a colleague and I have worked on together, that will be available from the 10^th of October.

 

It’s a collection of positive birth stories from home and MLU areas. The idea is to promote confidence in the birth process and redress the negative balance in the media (and often horror stories) around birth. It emerged from surveys, coffee mornings and general feedback from women and their families who felt they wanted to be flooded with calmness and ideas for encouraging a positive birth experience. We work in a health board in Wales where, like the majority of trusts and HBs across the UK, we are constantly looking at ways to reduce our IOL rates and encourage women to make choices around birthing outside of an obstetric unit.

 

The stories talk about the birth environment, birth support partners, trusting relationship with care givers, mobility, eating and drinking, hypnobirthing, etc., in the women’s own words.

 

‘I felt over whelmed, emotional , exhausted and really bloody proud of myself’

 

‘I completely trusted her in that moment and knew that she was there to keep me safe. What a wonderful connection that is and what a difference it makes when birthing a baby’

 

‘There comes a point where you go into yourself, you really can’t hear what anyone is saying and you can’t bear to be touched. I think it’s nature’s way of drawing all your senses in so you can cope with the task in hand.’

 

 

Would be so grateful if you could look out for it on Amazon from the 10^th of October and if you like it, share with women, colleagues and friends. Any royalties will be used directly within our midwifery led areas, and supporting midwives with hypnobirthing courses etc. For us, it is really not about making money, but all about helping women to feel safe, supported, calm, positive, reassured and enthusiastic wherever they choose to birth. We are keen to reach as many women as possible so that all women are aware of their birth choices. The book will be followed by Your Birth- Stories from consultant led areas in November/ December to reassure women and their families that the care they receive will be skilled, supportive and kind wherever they choose to birth ( very much focussing on ways to promote physiological birth despite the challenges of culture within OUs, continuous monitoring etc.) .

 

 

 

Thanks for your time, would welcome any thoughts or comments from list members (appreciate that there is a lot of experience in this group and really value your opinions), and just let me know if you are close to South Wales and would like to come along to the book launch on the 10^th of October.

 

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Emma Mills

Clinical Research Midwife

Research And Development Department

The Research and Innovation Centre

St Woolos, Newport

South Wales, NP20 4EZ 
Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan/Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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