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Hard pushed: a midwife's story

By: Publication details: London Hutchinson 2019ISBN:
  • 9781786331601
Summary: <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No sleep for twenty hours.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No food for ten.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers…</span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, Calibri;">Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of utter vulnerability to remarkable displays of strength, from camaraderie to raw desperation, from heart-wrenching grief to the pure, perfect joy of a new-born baby, midwife Leah Hazard has seen it all. Through her eyes, we meet Eleanor, whose wife is a walking miracle of modern medicine, their baby a feat of reproductive science; Crystal, pregnant at just fifteen, the precarious, flickering life within her threatening to come far too soon; Star, birthing in a room heady with essential oils and love until an enemy intrudes and Pei Hsuan, who has carried her tale of exploitation and endurance thousands of miles to somehow find herself at the open door of Leah's ward. Moving, compassionate and intensely candid, Hard Pushed is a love letter to new mothers and to Leah's fellow midwives - there for us at some of the most challenging, empowering and defining moments of our lives.</span>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;No sleep for twenty hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;No food for ten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, Calibri;"&gt;Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of utter vulnerability to remarkable displays of strength, from camaraderie to raw desperation, from heart-wrenching grief to the pure, perfect joy of a new-born baby, midwife Leah Hazard has seen it all. Through her eyes, we meet Eleanor, whose wife is a walking miracle of modern medicine, their baby a feat of reproductive science; Crystal, pregnant at just fifteen, the precarious, flickering life within her threatening to come far too soon; Star, birthing in a room heady with essential oils and love until an enemy intrudes and Pei Hsuan, who has carried her tale of exploitation and endurance thousands of miles to somehow find herself at the open door of Leah's ward. Moving, compassionate and intensely candid, Hard Pushed is a love letter to new mothers and to Leah's fellow midwives - there for us at some of the most challenging, empowering and defining moments of our lives.&lt;/span&gt;

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