Essentially MIDIRS vol 3, no 1, January 2012
Happy New Year! We get off to a fantastic start this year, with a lead article from Nicky Leap re-examining her seminal piece on the language of labour and birth. Other articles in Essentially MIDIRS...
View ArticleEssentially MIDIRS, vol 3, no 9, October 2012
In this month’s edition of Essentially MIDIRS, Nadine Edwards and Mavis Kirkham explore the rising incidence of women choosing to birth outside of the NHS system within the UK. Here is a preview of...
View ArticleSupport and company in labour Search Pack (L25)
This Search Pack, Support and company in labour, covers items related to companions in labour, including birthing assistants and doulas, but excluding fathers and partners – all in one digestable list....
View ArticleInternational Parenting Conference – special half price tickets available for...
The organisers of International Parenting Conference 2013 have very kindly provided MIDIRS members with the opportunity to purchase a ticket for this educational and inspiring event – at half the...
View ArticleDoula UK Conference
Doula UK are offering MIDIRS supporters a £10 discount on tickets to the 2014 Doula UK Conference Life after childbirth: Supporting the transition to parenthood, being held on 7th May at Etc Venues...
View ArticleBumps n babies hypnobirthing study day at Cossham Hospital
Bumps n babies would like to invite midwives, doulas, students and birth workers to take part in their hypnobirthing study day next month. The Bumps n Babies study day will provide attendees with...
View ArticleWorld Doula Week – 22nd – 28th March 2016
It’s World Doula Week this week – a time to honor both the doulas we work beside and the doulas that are aiding women around the world throughout their pregnancies, labors, and beyond. Doulas deserve a...
View ArticleDoula UK Conference: Revolutionaries and Visionaries
The fifth annual Doula UK conference at the Manchester Renaissance Hotel on Saturday 25th March 2017, coincides with both World Doula Week and Doula UK’s sixteenth birthday. Ina May Gaskin is the...
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