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Dear Emman, This is fabulous and I love how the royalties will also support midwifery. Such a thoughtful and important contribution. It is on my Amazon watch list! Thank you for all of your work on this. Best, Kerri Schuiling On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 4:01 AM, Emma Mills (Aneurin Bevan UHB - Maternity) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear list members, > > 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 10th 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 tru**s**ted 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 **n**ature**’**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 10th > 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 10th 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 > E-bost/ Email: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> > Ffôn/Tel: 01633 2344427 > Mobile: 07909937110 > Twitter: @ABUHB_Research > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1 > -- Kind regards, Kerri D. Schuiling, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Provost & VPAA Northern MI University Office: (906) 227-2922 FAX: (906) Email: [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1