The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

✍ Scribed by The Secret Midwife; Katy Weitz

• Publisher: John Blake
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For fans of One Born Every Minute.
The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, this is the story of birth, straight from the delivery room.

Strongest supporter, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none. The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother who tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift.
But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives and the women they care for is starting to crumble. Short-staffed, over worked and underappreciated - these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, and the consequences are very serious indeed.

✦ Subjects

Biography & Autobiography; Medical; Nonfiction; BIO017000; MED058120