Responding to Leslie from Israel
It is encouraging to hear there are other midwives in "rather solitary"
situations like myself in Chile. I am a student midwife, and where I am it
is not badly looked upon, but there are really no midwives or homebirth,
and a bit of "fear" around the idea of homebirth.
I have found that time and gentle patience is very helpful in our kind of
situations. Your optimism, and going to work as normal, with examples of
how good natural birth can be right there on the job really do a silent
work and help clear the road for you. I think there is a lot in not getting
fired up (as we are tempted to do, knowing the terrible things that happen
in the hospitals and should not have to happen) and letting pure good
energy of your working attitude, and good obvious examples do the hard work
for you. Also, a lot of times doctors are so busy they do not even notice
what was written in the letter, and we should be understanding that being
trained in the gauntlet of medical school is pretty hard to deal with. It
creates a whole different reality, headspace, and ideals than what our
circle of midwifery around the globe so wonderfully and gently teaches us.
All strength to you Leslie, and may midwives be united in sacred birth!!
-Aiyana Gregori
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 19 May 12, 2000)
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