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Practice Wisdom: Hey… mind your language!

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“Pizzas are delivered. Strong women give birth.” A plea to make to my sister midwives and although you have probably heard it before, I ask you to be patient. I realise that you are sensitive to politically correct means of talking to your colleague midwives and medical staff. I know that you will never ask a woman to “hop(s) up on to the bed, after having popped into the loo to do a little wee” (Leap, 1992, p. 60). I am certain that you would never speak of ‘allowing’ this or ‘permitting’ that and ‘management’ is what the facility leaders do, isn’t it?

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