baker can stretch this particular line with the rules set by the. cops. stepping recipes for success strategy that make a difference. baking bread on d.w. . catarina pereira is a freelance midwife in berlin for seventeen years she helped women give birth but she's no longer willing to put up with the working conditions hospitals are closing their delivery rooms and midwives are quitting those who remain are overworked. as midwives we no longer want to work in delivery rooms and can't afford to five women at once because we can't assure the wellbeing of mother and child. this has not been he is

a sad. time of the. taking so. this prenatal class in berlin is for parents expecting their second child. here catalina pereira imitates contractions. but i mean ok three contractions. the last pretty fall and i was it for the women you know brings back memories.

of my hair and i think you could hear that the contractions are very different and the same always on one contraction is the same as another. one i had a stock of the midwife knows that such classes are more important than ever in germany because many children come into the world in difficult conditions in many places there's a shortage of midwives. yet it's freelance midwives like katarina who care for women and their babies before and after childbirth. and midwives employed in hospitals work in a high stress environment. that's why catarina has changed her courses in recent years. not only did she help expectant parents prepare for the birth of their child both physically and mentally but also i tell them about was a situation in the hospital in the car that one midwife must often camp for three or four women at once and i'm trying to strengthen the women give them

a good sense of physical awareness forthrightness so they'll get through the birth ok. pushkin can. last for most people how does the board my husband for example. if we want to create contractions optimizes the child's position then i tell a woman often i like this only. catarina help to deliver children for seventeen years. but recently she decided to only do create an antenatal care and to give classes. it wasn't an easy decision to make. she knows how hard it is for parents to find a midwife. and i know. many rejections were always the same we have no capacity no place is free this summer and we started looking quite early. to be ambushed we looked for two three months when my first child was born eight years ago it wasn't such

a problem but now it really is. tough to do nothing and hope. the motel is what he painted one last time he was so active let's see if you react to my hands that way again. where the money can still hit on the side. samantha mckenna is expecting her third child and katherina is caring for her during her pregnancy. she'll also be present at the birth but only to provide emotional support as a friend but i think asking why don't we return to assisting with deliveries if i had a really good idea of how i could work in a team outside the hospital. and not be on constant cool. but i took this. babies come into the world at any time of the day or night so these midwives are on call twenty four seven but having to be available all the time we tag on her family life wonderful good trait just as it should be. freelance

midwives pay high liability insurance premiums that's also another thing preventing cut to reno from returning to delivering babies eleven would be the biggest hurdle i would face if i went back to delivering babies next year it would be where would i get the six or seven thousand euros to pay for liability insurance money ha ha because i need that before i could return and i think that's also the biggest problem facing the young midwives have just finished training. off their own. freelance midwives who assisted births face skyrocketing costs for liability insurance they can now expect to pay over eight thousand euros a year and caterina says even if they are partly reimbursed midwives aren't paid enough for their work. when mobile. i think it makes me really angry because we simply aren't paying for the responsibility that we have that's what i

think is so awful that it's also a matter of appreciation hobby batch had song samantha thinks her midwife is irreplaceable. you just close it to you and wife. should i put it that you closer to her than to your gynecologist you can talk to her about things you wouldn't with a gynecologist because she doesn't have the time. caterina says that midwives take the time even if they're not always paid for it. that's a situation cutter brain is no longer willing to accept so she's organized a protest but i don't i'm one of the many midwives who aren't willing to accept the status quo any more we founded a group called midwife rebels one thing the midwife rebels criticised hospitals often closed the delivery rooms do to a lack of personnel and turn away women in labor. that's only the

simplicity and you know i'm not frustrating enough then when a woman in labor has finally found a hospital to take any may have to live with the fact that her midwife is looking after three or four other women in the same time so she won't receive adequate care that can lead to lots of medical interventions a high rate of says they are in sanctions and women who want traumatised by the birth when no longer willing to accept that is what is needed and i wish you lots of children lots of strength and don't put up with anything. i'd like to prentiss to to alexanderplatz or two or three big squares in the land of the soundtrack good music and just read off the things the life stream on facebook facebook. the things are postcards from the midwife rebels latest protest campaign ads people across germany send postcards to germany's health minister

complaining about the lack of midwives clothes delivery rooms and overworked birth attendants might assume this is the new york times. to reno and her freelance colleagues are also suffering from the crisis in the hospitals. it's just that. if women don't receive the. in hospitals has freed us midwives almost always have to make up for this at home. and this is not that didn't used to be the case i'm not bashing the hospitals the midwives they do what they can you get. to listen to them but often it's just not enough just so this is a sin considering how important this is we're not talking about removing it was just talking about the best of the child lots of her ideas in this. the midwife rebels demands are clear they want a political solution to fix germany's catastrophic birthing system. can't

maintain we don't need high tech we need well rested midwives we like there was and enough of them in the places babies are born. on the basis of the. only consumer to kill someone in the. samantha mccann office is about to give birth and she's lucky to have a well rested midwife at her side oh oh although katherina can't do much more than help her get through the contractions. one of the hospital midwives bears all of the medical responsibility. here. a short while later and marley is born both mother and child are well. eight days later catarina visit samantha mcconnell and her baby each day she checks on them both and answers any questions the new mother might have zero zero zero

zero zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero she doesn't seven hundred twenty can. today katherina has brought an apprentice along so you're oh sod off ski wants to become a midwife. but this she wants to get an impression of what the jobs like and hear how and marley's birds. went. for the visit is kind of my absolutely wanted kids arenas to be that i knew someone i trusted was that that we could do it that i didn't need to be afraid because that had problems with the birth of my first child and i had no reason to be afraid and she was there to really help me relax clinton was one of the ones with us to finish one. of you know and marley's birth also made it clear to cut to reno what she's been missing in the. photo what my want to do best again because i love the births of misrata saw. it

was a real gift for me to be present at one again after one and half years it was like it just rounded everything off up in my head but first she has to find out how to better reconcile her own family life with her chosen profession. until then should be dedicating much of her time to the fight for better obstetrical care in germany she has been a small because that's what you must ensure that women in hospitals get one to one care they have a right to it but i think midwives also have a right to work solely on a one to one basis if we midwives join forces with the colleagues in the hospitals who do incredible work and the freelance midwives and i think we can do it. they've never had a better standing in society than we do now and now is the right time to say stop this can't go on. we want this these are our demands and we simply won't work under

any other conditions and i think that's possible because. all of that doesn't frighten so you're a side of ski she sees it as a challenge. because it's so difficult right now and they are so many problems you have to consciously choose to do it. we won't get far if we always take another path when a problem arises some really looking forward to being active in taking. brings tears to my eyes come here say or yes we know people like clover. say or set off his desire to become a midwife gives caterina perera hope that her fight for better of step trickle care in germany will succeed. because. he would. he's been even though he doesn't fit as.

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