Last night was the first in a series dramatising the writings of Jennifer Worth based on her experience of being a midwife in the 1950s and '60s in the East End of London. As green as she was when she first arrived I doubt even a seasoned midwife from any era would have been ...
Tag Archive: Film
One World Birth
An incredible new project is coming soon called 'one world birth' that proposes to give a new platform and voice to the international scene campaigning to improve birth for mothers and babies around the world. Watch the trailer and then sign up at the website...inspirational stuff. http://youtu.be/sCPZrK8C2ZY
Best Beginnings: Visual resource for all
There is so much information and research out there on the maternity sector it can be a real challenge making sense of it, let alone keeping up with it. Best Beginnings is a charity that aims to make more information readily accessible to healthcare professionals and parents by making short films which is a medium ...
‘The Business of Being Born’ by Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein
In 2007 two friends decided to make a film about the current state of childbirth in America. These friends just happened to be Ricki Lake, a popular television personality and Abby Epstein a film director. The result is a personal, heartfelt and sincere documentary about their own experiences of childbirth and a film which ...
NHS modernisation listening exercise
The Department of Health (DH) has instigated a consultation exercise to find out what people think about their proposed NHS reforms. An online form provided the basis for feedback and Maternal Link took the opportunity to share 7 years of experience talking to everyone from Trust managers to individual midwives around the UK, summarised under ...
One Born Every Minute: Love conquers all
People seem to love or hate this series. With clever editing this is designed to make good TV but as an educational resource this is exactly the sort of programme that should not be aired.
Introduction to HypnoBirthing: Short film by Maternal Link
I have made a short film to introduce HypnoBirthing explaining why it is necessary and what it can achieve. It includes amazing footage of calm births and explanations of how HypnoBirthing came into being.
Gourmet feast from the midwifery menu
Think you should have choice in your maternity care? Feel like there should be options available to suit you? This fantastic short film sums it up perfectly, watch and enjoy! (Then order take home with a midwife…)
Family Centred Caesarean-Section: The future of elective caesareans
If you have to have a caesarean-section it is extremely comforting to know that a pioneering group of medics are trying to make the experience as mother and baby friendly as possible.
One Born Every Minute: When HypnoBirthing is not HypnoBirthing
This episode’s opening gambit was to ask if a previous caesarean-section that was required at 9cm was because the cervix got stuck. Just to confirm, cervix don’t get stuck.