Talking to and supporting families
Amma, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist – Talking to and supporting families (1)
‘It’s such a deep grief’
Amma, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist – Talking to and supporting families (2)
‘I named the child’
Jane, bereavement midwife – Talking to and supporting families (1)
‘The hardest part is the first conversation’
Jane, bereavement midwife – Talking to and supporting families (2)
‘Occasionally the grandparents want something but the parents don’t’
Jane, bereavement midwife – Talking to and supporting families (3)
‘People want to cure you’
Katy, community midwife – Talking to and supporting families (1)
‘Most of my women are not White British’
Katy, community midwife – Talking to and supporting families (2)
‘Sometimes I give women hugs’
Eileen, junior registrar – Talking to and supporting families (1)
‘It’s hard to know what the right thing to do is’
Eileen, junior registrar – Talking to and supporting families (2)
‘If I say the wrong thing that could be the thing you hold on to’
Ruth, student midwife – Talking to and supporting families (1)
‘In a room with a woman in labour you can run out of things to say’
Ruth, student midwife – Talking to and supporting families (2)
‘The word ‘concern’ is a word that really resonates with people’