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“Safe is not enough. What is the point in safe if you die inside yourself? How can you ever be safe, unless first you are free?” – The Last Midwife

The woman didn’t speak English, and her husband was at home with their other two children. She was alone and vulnerable, admitted to the labour ward because her membranes had ruptured more than twenty-four hours ago. I was assigned as her midwife. I was newly-qualified, anxious to please my seniors, and scared of the labour ward coordinator.

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