Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth by Katy Weitz, Philippa George

8 reviews

lucy_boden's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

orangeoverload's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Midwives deserve better!

This book was joyful and equally heartbreaking. We as a country have a long way to go in making our midwives feel appreciated for the wonderful work that they do.

The things that Pippa went through were brutal. She did not deserve what happened to her, and this book is a true testament to how undervalued our midwives are.

Hopefully this book will inspire the change that is so desperately needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sammantha's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

ruthieb's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

I enjoyed the birthing stories although some were very quick. I do feel this was a reflectective journal to help the midwife recover as she mentions in the book but felt for me (who wanted a story of babies rather then mental health) that there was too much of the mental health aspect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Blood, and Medical trauma

cupsofcharlotte's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This made me want more it this book could have been longer. It great to see real life experience and it wasn’t sugar coated at all. I wanted to cry at elements of this book the stillbirth and miscarriage stories broke me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

havelock's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

marieketron's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is roughly divided into two parts, with the first showing us the beauty of being a midwife, and the second part showing how it's being made so much harder to do that job well. I'm grateful that the midwife in question recognised and shared the unequal structure of management vs practitioners, the unfair workload, which is highlighted in how management treats sick leave and nurses in general. Eye opening and important read for anyone who wants to get a look into the workings of the NHS and how it is changing over recent years.

Oh plus the narrator was fantastic at acting out the sounds of women in labour, very immersive and impressive while not being distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Child death