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En route to Israel, via London

Back in London this weekend, at the start of another month of workshops around the UK. Once again, I am staying with my old friend Caroline Flint, who has been terribly ill with a form of hepatitis for the last 6 weeks, Those of you who know this energetic wonder-woman and her busy midwifery practise would be surprised to hear that she has had to spend the last six weeks in bed, as she fights the effects of the hepatitis. At this stage, medical science has not yet identified what kind if hepatitis it is, but at least the scans she has had have not revealed anything sinister and at this stage it is thought that she is probably suffering from a viral form of hepatitis, possibly picked up in a hospital.

Meanwhile, I am recovering from the trip for 24 hours before heading back to Heathrow for the overnight trip to Israel, where I will be presenting at a Conference and facilitating two workshops, one for Palestinian midwives and the other for Israeli educators, doulas and midwives. This promises to be a fascinating week, and one where I hope to gain a lot of insight, especially into the Palestinian situation, which I have heard is far from good for labouring women. I’ll let you know what I discover.

Posted by andrea at June 12, 2005 03:03 AM