CASPAR JONES

SELINA NYLANDER – A SPACE TO GIVE BIRTH IN

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at FACT, Liverpool, May 2009

Selina

Doula
NCT
MSLC
Public Health
Deverra
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Interiors
Evidence
• Mammals try to find warm, secure, dark
places to give birth - and human beings
are no exception.
• The Royal College of Midwives- Campaign
for normal birth
• "Women should
have the
opportunity to
labour in water, as
this is often far
more comfortable.
Hospitals are urged
to make sure the
facilities are in
place for this: three
pools for 1,000
births a year is
seen as adequate
provision."
• “In the hospital there were bright
lights, fluorescent lights, which were
harsh, and you had no control over it.
I had to get out of the pool and trek
up a loud noisy corridor whilst I was
trying to push my baby out.”

• Quote from a mother at the first ‘A

Space to Birth in’ event
• Film from the first ‘A Space to
Give Birth in’ event in March
2009.
Collecting images of Innovative
Designs
 Second Life
Te Wāhi Whānau/ The Birth Place
• Where do we go from here?

• What are the views of Midwives?

• Any questions?

• Thank you