Midwives: those who accompany's women. Interview with Helen Strivens and Josune Iribargoyen

Abstract

We approach the issue of motherhood introduced by two midwives focused on the rehumanization of care for pregnancy, birth and postpartum from a feminist perspective. In the fall of 2019, we had a conversation with Helen Strivens, who belongs to Ocean Comadronas, a pioneer collective of midwives who attend natural births at home in Granada and, with Josune Ibargoyen from Magale, a space that also began attending births at home and last year extended project with Magale Etxea (Magale Home) in Donostia. We talked with them about patriarchal logic in health care and obstetric violence; about to give birth at home and the collective struggle of women for the rehumanization of health care from pregnancy to postpartum. Also, we talked about sorority, information, knowledge and empowerment.