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Eleanor Copp's avatar

Hi , I’m Eleanor , mother of 4 adult children aged 30 ,26,23 and 21 . I can now give myself time and space to explore what I know and write about it . I’ve been a full time nhs midwife for 30 years and in private practice for 20 supporting women pre and post birth . I’ve experienced a lot of bullying and punishment in the job and needed therapy to survive it . I also wrote a column in Juno magazine for 11 years on a birth related topic . I want to give myself a chance to channel my issues / How to validate all my years of work commitment and knowledge ?

Midwives are unable to speak up or write publicly about issues and the media has made life complicated and misrepresents our reality, well mine anyway.

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Nancy Lynch's avatar

I’m in! Thrilled and humbly joining a writers group. I’m an activist, retired lobbyist, someone who writes but never really considers myself a writer! Yet I wrote grants successfully for years. Go figure. I have lots to say about all the things and I think it’s time to write it!

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