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Tales of Midwifery - The Truth

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A committed (and tired) Midwife in the UK tells it like it is...

• Added on: Apr 18th, 2007
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: ron lyre
• Listed in: Health Medicine
• Tags: baby health mother pregnancy birth midwife

Recent Posts

• Women's Rights

  Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 16:02

  Style Police wrote on November 4th 2008 that midwives are 'transient in women's lives'. How I would beg to differ with that statement. Not only do I remember all the midwives that cared for me through 3 pregnancies, labours and during very stor...

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  Posted on Sunday November 23rd, 2008 at 07:03

  Jessica's StoryIn 2004, Jessica Palmer tragically died of Puerperal fever (Childbed Fever). This overwhelming infection is caused by Streptococcus A bacteria and used to be a contributing factor in deaths of women after they had given birth. This...

• Diary of a working midwife

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 16:01

  Monday 20th October – Diary of a working midwife.Any names or reference to events the details are changed to protect client confidentiality.Its 5.30 am and only another three hours until the day staff come on duty. It has been a long night shift ...

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  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 06:51

  WANTED – URGENTLY4000 MIDWIVES BY THE YEAR 2010!!In response to a survey by Net mums, who found that a quarter of women had not been able to attend ante-natal classes because there simply were not any, the Government has promised it will deliver 40...

• Free Birthing

  Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 15:07

  There has been a lot of publicity recently about this latest craze of women giving birth alone and unattended by either a midwife or a registered medical practitioner. In Britain, this legally falls into a grey area. It is against the law to give...

• Celebrity Mums versus the NHS

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 15:17

  Once again, a celebrity mum has voiced her disgust at the care she has received in the hands of the NHS for her post natal care. Myleene Klass gave birth in a private maternity wing at the Paddington Hospital and then was discharged to the care of ...

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