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Mother of Many – Birth, Babies and a Bafta by Emma Lazenby

By: Emma Lazenby | Anna Stealey | Vicky Carne | MIDIRS

When my mum retired two years ago, I started thinking a lot about the job that she had spent almost 30 years doing. Mum was a midwife in Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire and during her 28 years there she delivered more than 3000 babies.

The idea of being the first person that so many people meet, of helping so many women and families through such a hugely emotional, unpredictable and intense day or so in their lifetimes – each day and everyday, is amazing. It is such a hugely privileged and incredibly worthwhile achievement; a very beautiful and extremely giving way to spend a lifetime’s work. Inspired by my mother’s experiences and her commitment to assisting women through their births and into motherhood, I was prompted to make a film that would be a celebration of this amazing profession – being a midwife.

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