Here are a few stories which illustrate how the
implementation of the NHS Community Midwifery Model will benefit women and
their families
Click on the pictures to read the full story
Sara booked an independent midwife in her third
pregnancy, following two caesareans. Her story illustrates how important
it is to have a midwife you know and trust when things don't go according to
plan.
Cerys was grateful for a midwife she knew when
things didn't go according to plan in labour with her second baby and chose care
from a third-year midwifery student in her third pregnancy to ensure that a
midwife she knew would attend the birth.
Victoria
decided to have her third baby at a birth centre run by independent midwives
following two traumatic births.
Coming Soon - Emma's friend Sarah was her midwife, within the
NHS, for the hospital waterbirth of her second baby. The story is told
from both Emma's and Sarah's viewpoints.