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The Albany Mums protest – with their families

8 March 2010

snapshot-2010-03-07-21-27-272At the weekend I went to the demonstration in London against the destruction by King’s College Hospital of the Albany Midwives, a beacon of family and community based midwifery. I even spoke at the demo from the top of a double decker bus in front of the Department of Health – the listeners were certainly a lot more responsive than at any of the many meetings I have been to inside the Department!

The demo showed once again that maternity is a family issue. I took my camera and had some fun.

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  • clairebushell
    When I spoke to my husband about wanting to be a part of the Reclaiming Birth Rally on behalf on the local home birth group that I am involved with he said we should go together as a family to show our joint support. I was so glad to have his support and encouragement in this as with the planning and preparations for the home births of our two lovely boys pictured above (we're holding a "Please Support our Home Births" placards beautifully illustrated by our eldest boy). When fathers are prepared for, involved in and supportive of births, it is such a great opportunity to strengthen family bonds.
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