The Undercover Midwife

A paper has appeared that asks the important question as to why all Rhesus negative (Rh-) women are offered and given Anti D in pregnancy wh...

The Lancet has a new on-line birth/midwifery section with some interesting stuff on it: http://www.thelancet.com/series/midwifery This i...

http://mobile.philly.com/blogs/?wss=%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fbirth-breath-death%2F&id=255198201 A thoughtful on-line article summarising th...

The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS - see links to right) has devoted its latest journal (Vol 25, No 4) to Freebirt...

WHICH? the consumer guide has launched an on-line guide to help women find out about birth choices locally that fit their preferences and ch...

Here is quite a nice article telling the stories of a few clearly rational and sensible women: http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_250123...

Well this issue continues to haunt us - the AIMS booklet Ultrasound Unsound www.aims.org.uk covers the main questions well and here is anot...

http://www.bestdaily.co.uk/your-life/news/a543050/nhs-midwife-speaks-out-why-british-women-are-really-being-failed-in-birth.html This is s...

I have just watched a birth film that I love (although I loved the previous version called Birth into Being more) .  It is filmed mainly in ...

I have in my bedroom an old oak birth stool.  I think it is  early 20th century Spanish.  It is basically three legs that bolt to a seat.  T...