Why might midwives not support women’s choices?
The problem with guidelines is not that they exist nor that they play a role in structuring good practice. The problem is when guidelines over-reach their purpose.
Feminism
What is a medical indication?
Medical indications exist somewhere on a spectrum between being written on tablets of stone, handed down to new doctors by a supreme being on a mountain top – to being completely made up on a whim. What happens when they are misused?
Language matters
I write about the importance of language from time to time. Here’s a collection of all these thoughts in the one place.
Central fetal monitoring and the work of maternity clinicians
My doctoral thesis is now out from embargo and freely available. Reading a doctoral thesis is hardly everyone’s idea of a great way to spend an evening (or several), but if you do decide to read it let me know what you think!
Book review: What does it feel like being born?
A book about the power of saying yes. #MaternityActivism @HERevolution @Birthchoices
Birth Small Talk 