Birth Trauma

Birth TraumaThe APPG Birth Trauma report arose out of MP Theo Clarke’s concern that she was not alone in her experience of traumatic childbirth. It is based primarily on women’s voices and is all the richer for it. 1311 women responded, 100 maternity professionals and...

Revisiting the Womb’s a Balloon

Modelling the Uterus There’s nothing wrong with using a model to reimagine some function of the body, models are the scientists’ equivalent of metaphor (McGilchrist, 2022). You have to start somewhere, and if, like me, you question the traditional model of uterine...

Anatomist Extrordinaire

Modelling the Clitoris A little while ago I came across a most enlightening video showing that the heart is, essentially, a tube twisted at each end and then crossed over. I found it amazing that such a complicated but crucial part of our anatomy could have such a...