The Dialectic of Birth
I’ve always loved philosophy. I also love birth—its messiness, power, unpredictability, and potential for transformation. For years, I kept those two passions in separate boxes. This blogis my way of bringing them together.
This isn’t a place for tips and tricks or simplified narratives. It’s where philosophy meets practice—where feminist theory, embodied experience, and structural critique collide. I write from my perspective as a doula, antenatal teacher, and human rights educator, but also as someone who loves ideas and refuses to leave them at the door of the birth room.
The Dialectic of Birth is where I think out loud about the big ideas that sit quietly behind the scenes of maternity care—power, risk, autonomy, embodiment, control. It’s a space for exploring how the systems we work in shape what’s possible for the people giving birth, and for those of us who support them.
I don’t have all the answers—but I believe that asking better questions is its own kind of rebellion.
Posts are loosely grouped into themes like power, language, autonomy, the politics of doula work, and the postpartum experience—because birth never happens in isolation.
Have a browse, have a think, and see what speaks to you.
When the Guidelines Don’t Work: Rethinking Decision-Making in Maternity Care
Why it’s time to move beyond compliance, reclaim professional judgement, and put birthing people at the heart of care. Every…
This Is Not a Birth Plan
For a long time, I’ve wanted to write more—but it always felt too daunting, too slow, too solitary. Lately, though,…
