Inspired!

I have to confess to feeling a wee bit burnt out, lazy and uninspired these couple of months re birth issues.

Meeting a very nice obs the other day and realising just how uphill it would be to change the birth culture here in Singapore also did not help boost my morale. The doctor was nice but very realistic and we both agreed it was uphill work.

But reading Andrea Robertson's diary has energised me again. Here is a very interesting account of the birth culture in Iran and how she is working with Iranian midwives and obstetricians to change the scene. The pictures of the labour ward there would send chills down your spine! If we say that birth here is so medicated and managed, gosh, look at the environment there and be thankful for what we have at least - private delivery suites.

A really marvellous, eye-opening and fun read - especially the Maryam's birth story written by Dr Kirsten Small - which is an account of the first official water birth in Iran!

http://www.birthinternational.com/diary/archives/2007_11.html

Now I feel more inspired to continue working towards working with and empowering midwives to support physiological birth - even though the task seems very huge and very daunting and rejection is more often a reality than a possibility!