The Department of Midwifery is pleased to host visiting academic Dr Lesley Kay, who will be the keynote speaker for a two-day seminar titled The ‘World of Birth’, taking place on Monday 18 November and Tuesday 19 November.

The seminar will focus on how the experience of birth has evolved across generations and how women’s stories have shaped the meaning of birth over time. Dr Kay will offer valuable insights into how women in different eras have accessed and shared information about birth, how sharing stories influences a first-time pregnant woman’s meaning making of childbirth, and what it means to give birth in a technological era. Participants will gain rich insights into how stories from diverse sources construct the meaning of birth and how the journey of birthing has transformed as both a natural process and a technological feat.