from avoidance to a calling: how I got into birthwork

After the birth of my first child, I felt relief - like I’d dodged a bullet, really. His birth was attended by midwives, and relatively smooth, although I’d been threatened with hospital transfer for the crime of “postdates” and had a so-called ‘natural’ induction.

Thankfully, it turned out well - but I felt like I had very little control over what happe…