#Undisturbed birth professional#
#Undisturbed birth series#

The study raised important issues for further investigation and analysis, and suggests that the videos and artwork have significant potential as tools for learning. When a woman labors and gives birth without disturbance, her body produces peak levels of birthing hormones.

#Undisturbed birth professional#

It is also necessary to be aware of potential difficulties inherent in the use of social media, such as in relation to professional behaviour, the possible exploitation of women and ownership of the material. It is important for midwifery educationalists to engage with technology and social media to be able to appreciate women's and students’ perspectives. Themes that arose from the discussions included tensions around using social media in the curriculum, and the educational value of viewing undisturbed birth. The associated videos were then played to the students, followed by a class discussion. Since its opening in 2014, Toronto birthing families and their midwives have embraced this incredible power spot as a safe haven for undisturbed birth.

#Undisturbed birth series#

Methods:Īs part of their midwifery education, midwifery students from a range of groups were shown the YouTube Series screen-print images. My all-time favorite birth book (and I have read many) is Ina Mae Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth and Gentle Birth is a close second. Women search for ‘realistic’ accounts from other women, as indicated by the number of hits on the YouTube videos on which Knowles’ YouTube Series is based. In her book, Gentle Birth, Gentle Parenting, Sarah Buckley, MD, a family practitioner in Australia, makes a strong case for undisturbed birth. Background:Īlthough birth in the Western world is a relatively safe process, there is a culture of fear around the process of giving birth. (This privacy can be as simple as a towel over one’s face to tune out the room, or it can mean being completely alone.

To facilitate exposure of student midwives to images of undisturbed birth by engagement with the YouTube Series of images created by artist Helen Knowles (2015). Any birth where the mother and baby are free to birth by instinct and are given the privacy and safety necessary for the body and baby to birth themselves, without interference, intervention, or being watched/measured/observed.