All4Maternity Chief Executive’s Letter Dr Anna Byrom – Founding Director, CEO, All4Maternity Social @acbmidwife Dear Valued Readers, This year marks a special milestone for us, as we celebrate the third year of collaboration with our talented illustrator, Lauren...
And Then There’s Us: I’ll Be Making Art Out of This Later
And Then There’s Us: I’ll Be Making Art Out of This Later Ellie Durant – Midwife and Founder of Midwife Diaries Published in The Student Midwife Volume 3 Issue 3 July 2020 When I moved to New Zealand to be a staff midwife in 2012, my creativity had more or less disappeared. It took a […]
My Journey of Midwifery Through Art
My Journey of Midwifery Through Art Emily Watson - Third year Student Midwife University of Hertfordshire Emily provides a short reflective piece exploring her journey as a student midwife and her expression through art. We are delighted to share her beautiful pieces...
Birth is not Porn
Birth is not Porn Laura Godfrey-Isaacs - Artist, Birth Activist and Midwife at King's College London Powerful images of childbirth posted by mothers, artists and organisations that advocate for women, are being censored on social media, and labelled as ‘porn’. During...
Passage from Birth Trauma by Mila Oshin
Passage from Birth Trauma by Mila Oshin Two months ago I was diagnosed with PTSD as a result of circumstances surrounding the birth of my first child, eight years ago. Surprisingly, perhaps, the past eight years have been some of my most creative and productive. I...
The trouble with milk…
The trouble with milk... Laura Godfrey-Issacs - Midwife Recently, I observed, with horror, a major midwifery conference and awards sponsored by two Breast Milk Substitute companies (BMS), and many midwives I know and respect, seemingly co-opted to promote them as a...
Playing Kate: Re-staging maternal transformation
Playing Kate: Re-staging maternal transformation A guest blog by Jodie Hawkes Introduction Since 2005 I have been making performances with my partner Pete Phillips as part of a live art duo Search Party. One of our...
Maternal Journal – Creative journaling
Maternal Journal – how creative journaling can support pregnant women and new mothers with a history of mild to moderate mental health problems Journaling: ‘a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use’ (Merriam-Webster, 2018)...
Holding On!
by Laura Godfrey-Isaacs and Helen Knowles The Birth Rites Collection of contemporary art about childbirth – opening at King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, 25th January 2018 (open to the public by appointment) In January 2018 The Birth Rites collection, the first and...
Birth Undisturbed – guest post by Natalie Lennard
I am a fine-art and commercial photographer of 11 years. Having long created surreal and elaborate fantasy scenes, always with a singularly conventional femininity, I’ve been increasingly hungry to showcase a more raw, powerful beauty in the most surreal yet commonplace event in a woman’s life: childbirth. Evan Gabriel I have long been fascinated by […]