I studied midwifery in the 1990s after my youngest child started school, I wanted to make the birthing world a better place but soon found out that wasn't going to be easy. I've had the privilege of volunteering in a Birthing Home for poor women in the Philippines and worked alongside many amazing midwives helping women to birth naturally - and they did. I also did voluntary doula work for the Red Cross, supporting pregnant asylum seekers and refugees, this I did for several years before eventually co-founding a Scottish Charity to further this work, Amma Birth Companions. A woman's body is designed for childbirth, natural childbirth, and I have a particular interest in the biomechanics of the birthing woman's body and how to best utilise movement and positioning to improve outcomes. Why 'Protecting' Birth? Childbirth over the past few decades has become more and more medicalised and a lot of women expect it to be so, but it is a natural process and there are many ways to support women, to protect their birth space, and to help them confidently birth their babies.
