My friend Marion, a fellow biker who raises huge amounts of money for breast cancer charities in the UK, is a midwife. She is pictured on the right with her two sons. A couple of years ago Marion took the brave step of leaving a safe job in the UK's National Health Service to set up on her own as an independent practitioner. Her business, Rutland Midwives (named after England's smallest county where she lives) provides a unique service offering prospective mothers (and their partners) real choice in their antenatal care - a far cry from the baby factories that some NHS hospitals have become. What is really cool though is Marion has started blogging about her work, sharing some really interesting stories and insights into the baby birthing business, and her work as a midwife and mother's advocate. If you are used to the usual dross and drivel that some people publish in their blogs, or if you think blogs are the exclusive preserve of geeks and techies, then take a look at Marion's blog - Marion the Midwife. And if you or your partner are having a baby and live anywhere near her in Rutland or Leicestershire then get in touch!
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
My friend Marion, a fellow biker who raises huge amounts of money for breast cancer charities in the UK, is a midwife. She is pictured on the right with her two sons. A couple of years ago Marion took the brave step of leaving a safe job in the UK's National Health Service to set up on her own as an independent practitioner. Her business, Rutland Midwives (named after England's smallest county where she lives) provides a unique service offering prospective mothers (and their partners) real choice in their antenatal care - a far cry from the baby factories that some NHS hospitals have become. What is really cool though is Marion has started blogging about her work, sharing some really interesting stories and insights into the baby birthing business, and her work as a midwife and mother's advocate. If you are used to the usual dross and drivel that some people publish in their blogs, or if you think blogs are the exclusive preserve of geeks and techies, then take a look at Marion's blog - Marion the Midwife. And if you or your partner are having a baby and live anywhere near her in Rutland or Leicestershire then get in touch!
I decided that my blog was looking a bit tired, so I just updated it to use Sun's Pacifica theme. I am still struggling to find my way around - for example I have lost all my fancy buttons and twiddly bits (that's a British technical term) on the right side for last.fm, technorati and sitemeter. Hopefully I can have it looking just how I want it within a short time. It might even give me a jolt into doing some more blogging!
I am a Sun employee, husband, father, but most of all I am a biker. Motorcycles allow me to escape and get some "me time" - an essential part of a good work life balance.
