March 20, 2003

Language (again)!

Back in the UK office today for a quick catch up before heading off to Jersey for an Active Birth workshop tomorrow. I really enjoyed the Leicester program and will be back there in October for another group, which is already about half full from the waiting list!

Once again language was a bit issue for these midwives. Its not just recognising that “confinement” and “trial of labour” are very un-woman friendly, there are the subtleties of how information is phrased and the non-verbal cues that are part of the communication. Even when I flag the obvious “delivery” for excision, it is impossible for them to take it out of their conversation. Changing habits is such a hard task, yet if we are to move to appropriate, individualised care that is precisely what we need to do - shake off the old routines and develop and awareness of our personal behaviours and how they are meeting our client’s needs..

I’ve written about this in the past and one of these articles on language is now on the web site. See what you think of my suggestions - could you change the way you communicate with women so that you are promoting woman rather than midwife centred care?

Posted by andrea at March 20, 2003 12:33 AM

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Brilliant, Andrea!
My favourite part of that article is when you say "Whenever you are talking to a pregnant woman, try to develop the ability to "split yourself up" into three parts: the person speaking, the person you are talking to and an observer noticing the interaction between both of you."
I will try this 3 part splitting tomorrow when I talk to my pregnant friend about her upcoming labour. Indeed language is something that can and perhaps should be used to start a peaceful revolution in the process of empowering ourselves.
Cheers!
Jackie

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