Here you will find blog posts written by members of the team, previous clients and volunteers, on various topics. We look at the ways in which our socialisation as women and girls impacts our lives and the wider world. We're always excited to hear your perspectives on these topics so if you have something you'd like to write about or something you'd like to hear about, drop us an email!
Recent blog posts
Is induction ever an informed choice?
If girls were brought up surrounded by women who gave birth undisturbed and breastfed openly, would they ever doubt their body’s abilities? If a woman was taught to trust her intuition, to listen to her body and trust in the birth process, would she ever feel that medically forcing her body into labour before it’s ready is a better option than staying pregnant?
Sarah is awesome!
Sarah has been carrying out work for GMD for nearly three years, and it’s her birthday this week, so we are celebrating her and her
Response to another article about “the dangers of freebirth”
This morning the BBC shared an article online with the somewhat familiar headline “Medics warn of dangers of freebirth”. Of course we know what is coming because this kind of article comes out periodically in order to whip up some more fear around pregnancy and birth, as if women aren’t dealing with enough coercion as it is. Here are my thoughts on the themes of the article.
Freebirth is not just a reaction to the medicalisation of birth. Freebirth came first.
If you google freebirth or unassisted birth (which I don’t recommend doing!) you will be met with article after article describing this choice as a result of being “between a rock and a hard place”, “a new trend caused by poor maternity care” or women being “left with no other option”. And whilst the maternity system absolutely has had a part to play in leading women to this path, birthing unassisted is not “the lesser of two evils”, it is a return to the biological norm. For many women it is their first, instinctual choice. Why? Because it makes perfect sense.
Are a team of doulas better than one?
When you book a holding space session with us you will get one hour with two doulas. When you enter into a longer support plan
Mothers Day
This isn’t the post I sat down to write about mothers day. I was looking for that post that will inevitably do the rounds, about