"I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying these emails. It is a great way to start the day, and reminds me that others do think the same way.   Thank you so much for putting this beautiful calendar together. I appreciate the time it must have taken, and for sharing such inspirational thoughts, quotes and clips – I will be coming back to them in the future!" 

NICE fellow

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"What you are doing is awesome and important.
Thank you from an unwillingly retired ex-independent midwife."

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"I'd just like to say thank you for doing this calendar.  I have learnt a lot from your messages and I hope from sharing them every day that people will have learned that we definitely have a right to decide what happens to a woman during pregnancy and birth.  It's not a one size fits all experience 

The message has been clear to me that it's about working with our care providers to get the positive experience and outcomes we want; but at the same time having the confidence to speak out and make our wishes known even if they don't perfectly fit the standard check box." 
Expectant woman

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"Absolutely fantastic Cathy!! We have a similar heart for birth rights. Your calendar, although technically nothing new to me, was still just the perfect little daily reminder of all the truths I hold dear. And certainly some were things I had never thought about before. In my third pregnancy I now just have so much more confidence to politely decline whatever I like and I now fully know when I’m being manipulated. It’s such a big relief and I forget that others still lag so far behind in their thinking."

Pregnant midwife

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