Aleksy, a doctor, is caught helping the resistance during the war after creating a fake typhus outbreak in his town to keep the German away. However, a year ago Philippa, 35, began to show signs of stress: bursting into tears for no reason, fearful to leave the house and dogged by debilitating insomnia. The Secret Midwife is a work of fiction, but inspired by many real-life accounts of the Polish resistance, the brave doctors, nurses and midwives imprisoned in the camps and those who fought to save as many lives as possible in Poland during World War II. Pippa” describes how she became the youngest midwife qualifying as a midwife and how she has always known she has wanted to help women deliver their babies.

The Secret Midwife - Kindle edition by Lane, Soraya M

The first half of this non-fiction recount of a midwife in the NHS system is uplifting, emotional, entertaining, and funny. There were several unexpected twists throughout the story and I became so emotionally invested in the characters and the horrors which they faced.There she is tasked with helping as a midwife, bringing hope to those who found themselves pregnant in a place where death is a common outcome. I know that some of it because public authorities do not provide enough parking areas for them which they should, these people are British and entitled to have places to live that fit in with their community. Since I slept through world history in high school (and now I’m sorry I did) but now I get to read books like this that not only teach me but I enjoy it. Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons, and a collection of four-legged friends.

The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

This book has intensified my feelings about the role, mainly because of all the management issues and lack of staff nowadays. You’ll read a compelling account from a 95-year-old woman who recounts her role as a midwife during WW2.Later, the book takes a sinister turn as the author struggles with unmanageable workloads, an unsupportive employer and the unforgiving curse of mental ill health. They wanted to save as many women and babies as they could and they also wanted to world to know what happened in the camp and for the perpetrators to be made accountable. If an FGM victim tears during labour, which is highly likely, then our doctors are forbidden from sewing her back up the way she came into the unit. As a fellow NHS professional (not midwife) I can absolutely believe that this is a true and accurate account of how the whole system works. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you.