Midwifery Matters Spring 2025 Issue 184
Contents
Features
Witch Hunting the Homebirth Midwife – Spotlight on the ongoing case in Austria
Lenka Pazdera
Open Letter in Response to the Recent Briefing Birthing Outside of Guidance proposed by the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI, previously HSIB) Team
Michelle Quashie
Newly-Qualified Midwives: Expected to Run Before They Can Walk – Revisiting Benner’s Theory 40 Years On
Deb Hughes
From Pinard to Pen: Why I’m Writing Dystopian Fiction about Midwifery
Karen Lawrence
The E-Book Publication of Women’s Choices, Midwife Voices
Lynn R S Genevieve
Reviews
Midwives – by Chris Bohjalian
Reviewed by Lynn R S Genevieve
discussion
Changing the Face of Antenatal Care: A Comprehensive Strategy to Assist Women and Families
Fedwa Harrak
BH and Labour Contractions, are they the same?
Margaret Jowitt
creative
Agency
Sasha P. Goldsmith
A Womb with a View
Betsy Dwek
Pondering on Sonder in Relation to Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis for Rare Disease Day 2025 – A Poem
Karen Ann Whitehead MBE