Author, educator, speaker and experienced birth attendant, Rhea Dempsey is respected as one of the foremost thinkers on working with pain in childbirth
@hannahdahlen@DrKarleenG Yes Hannah the paper is so needed and so clear about the implications, Wonderful to see it in national newspapers. Thank you and the international team of academics for your clarity on the issue.
@millihill Oh Happy Happy Birthday to you dear Milli ... so wonderful that you are in the world ... thank you for all that you offer. Lots of love xxx๐๐
The trouble is of course, that Midwifery is in crisis because maternity care Is insanely medicalised and there arenโt enough Midwives to manage the complexity & drama brought about by over-medicalisation of the natural process. https://t.co/Rb6V8U7lkb
@CarolynHastie Yes Carolyn - tweet by tweet you have powerfully laid out the situation leading to the rise in trauma in birthing women and their babies and the despair, disillusionment and trauma in so many caring midwives. Thank you ๐