Clare and Clair talk to Obstetrician Dr Victoria Medland about her work, how we can help women and birthing people to have better experiences in hospital, why language matters so much and how her own experiences of motherhood and birthing gave her a new perspective.  In the UK in 2020/2021 around 46% of Births were by Caesarean or Assisted Delivery (Forceps or Ventouse) *   https://www.tommys.org/ https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ Dr Sara Wickham https://www.sarawickham.com/ Guidelines on Assisted Vaginal Births RCOG- https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.16092 www.lushtums.co.uk   We offer specialist Pregnancy Yoga, Postnatal Yoga, Women's Yoga and Antenatal Education classes all over the UK, in Canada, France and Holland. LushTums Yoga At Home Enjoy our signature practices to help you be more comfortable in pregnancy and prepare for birth - online, anywhere, anytime: https://lushtumsyoga.uscreen.io Fancy a change of career? Sign up for our Teacher Trainings and become a LushTums Teacher too; full details are on the website https://www.lushtums.co.uk/train-with-us * Reference Childbirth: method of delivery in NHS hospitals in England 2020/21 published Mar 24, 2022