The birth trauma myth: it's not bad luck, it's not your fault, and it's not fair on any of us
While it is an utter failing of our culture that childbirth is so closely equated with trauma, it is not without basis.
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Charlotte Tonkin Edun
Jul 105 min
Necessity is the mother of invention : the birth of the Pocket Doula, and why it works so well
My job as your Pocket Doula isn’t to be present because you’re scared - it’s to instil in you the confidence to recognise your fear and use
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Charlotte Edun
Oct 30, 20234 min
We're human. Our relationships are everything.
From the home to our mental and physical health. From our bank accounts to the environment. Our relationships and interactions with the...
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Charlotte Edun
Oct 13, 20233 min
We have to learn to accept that everything is 'and/also' not 'either/or'.
Everything is more complex and more nuanced than 'there are two sides and one is morally superior to the other'. This requires more...
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Charlotte Edun
Oct 8, 20225 min
There is no alternative? Don't you believe it...
I am - finally - properly back to work this week. I have written a review of a book about maternity activism for AIMS (look out for it in...
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Charlotte Edun
Jun 28, 20224 min
The repeal of Roe vs Wade: an urgent call to return to the fundamentals of women's right
For most of the last 2 years I’ve been thinking about, reading about, and interrogating the concepts of choice and control in relation to...
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Charlotte Edun
Jun 21, 20222 min
Why we say 'good birth', and what it means for you
It was way back in 2013 that I briefed this logo to a trusted art director I'd worked with in my previous life. Back then I had a 4 year...
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Charlotte Edun
Jun 9, 202212 min
Framing the maternal body: neo-liberalism, dualism and sexed difference
This is the transcript of the paper I gave at the Open University GCRN this week (7th June). It's slightly packed in because I was on a...
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Charlotte Edun
May 20, 20227 min
3 problems with birth plans (and why you should write one anyway)
Why do birth plans have such a bad reputation, and why do we keep writing them?
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Charlotte Edun
Jun 29, 20214 min
6 things I loved about this week’s birth
I’m a doula not because I’m a birth junkie, and not because I’m soppy about babies. I’m a doula because birth has the potential to be...
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