AIMS (Association for Improvements in The Maternity Services) has posted a 10 minute film on You Tube in which Gemma McKenzie has created poems from the narratives of free-birthing women. It is very moving and beautiful and disturbing - the women's words trouble (about the maternity services) and inspire (about women's strength and insight) at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P38mvu9tlME&feature=youtu.be
Gemma McKenzie has researched women's experiences around free-birth and this use of i-poetry to convey her findings is a very powerful and effective way of communicating women's experiences and thoughts. It puts women's voices at the centre of research instead of as an afterthought or appendix to the main report.
