Stories
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What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
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Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
Catalogue
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Maternity and child welfare : a plea for the little ones with illustrations from the Bradford Scheme / by E.J. Smith.
Smith, E. J. (Edward James)Date: 1915- Ephemera
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Let the toddler's first steps -lead to the welfare centre : get expert attention and advice before and after baby comes, advice on feeding -milk or special food, trained nurses who like children, do what the doctor tells you : Norfolk / Ministry of Health.
Date: [1937?]- Books
"To win recognition and accomplish results" : women physicians and maternal and child health programs in California, 1890 to 1930 / by Lian Gayle Partlow.
Partlow, Lian Gayle.Date: 1997- Books
Maternity and child welfare : report on the provision made by public health authorities and voluntary agencies in England and Wales.
Great Britain. Local Government Board.Date: 1917- Videos
Four born every second.
Date: 2012