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Back to Limerick in Ireland

Today I am back in Limerick, to present an Active Birth workshop for midwives from the Regional Hospital and surrounding units. This is a follow up visit from one I made last October, when I worked with all the second year students in the current group at Limerick. That visit had been arranged in response to a request from the students for more input on normal birth and how this could be facilitated, because they felt they needed more practical experience in this area. That workshop contained 24 students and a few staff, and was a very interesting two days.

This time, the group will consist of midwives on the staff of the local maternity hospitals. I have already had some feedback from the students, several of whom attended the Perceptive Midwifery program that I ran in Glasgow recently, and it seems that the last workshop here resulted in mixed outcomes. The students were happy but some staff were a little sceptical. My aim will be to turn their thinking around as well, and to re-kindle the midwifery philosophy in this western area of Ireland.

Posted by andrea at April 28, 2005 06:19 PM