29/12/2025
With midwives being criticized, ostracized and in the minority this is really good to know. Midwives do know this as this is our life so perhaps this is good to serve as a reminder as to our worth. We work, we give professional care, compassion, community, we balance between what you want so desperately and what we are ‘allowed’ to do as well as what’s safest. We spend nights and days on phones, at your side, putting ourselves in danger just to come and care for you, missing our own loved ones and commonly without sleep. We smile and show understanding as we try our very best to make such memories for you. Please be kind to midwives. Sometimes your birth may not be as you dreamed, it’s your midwife saving you, saving your baby by making the hardest decisions. We know you’ll be sad and disappointed and often upset with us for these very decisions.
These special extraordinary people called midwives are rare gems in a very flawed system around the world. They need to be honored. Calling all midwives who feel my message to stand together, read the link and know you are extremely unique and the guardians of natural birth. We have a place even in the darkest times. Be strong and keep believing.
Did you know? A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of midwifery continuity of care found significant impacts on labor, birth, and maternal/infant outcomes. Birthing parents were more likely to birth vaginally and after 37 weeks gestation, and less likely to have a cesarean, episiotomy, or induction of labor.
Consider what continuity of care looks like in your community, alongside access to midwifery care. How might you support clients in your community in advocating for greater continuity where it’s an option for them?
You can learn more about the review here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105300
