Amy Bailey Instagram – If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be a midwife. 💥💥💥💥💥💥 I have endless respect and admiration for those women (and the occasional man!) who dedicate their lives to providing safe births, be they at home or assisted in hospital. These modern day magicians 🧙🏼‍♀️🔮 are under attack right now…insurance is difficult to obtain, rendering them unable to work professionally. Midwives often provide a birthing mother with the education and patient care that a busy hospital staff is unable to give. I wholeheartedly support #independentmidwives and champion their incomparable wisdom. Midwifery is an endangered vocation, one that we as mothers cannot afford to lose. It is because of my brilliant independent midwives, especially the very dedicated Andy Parker, that I had successful home births with all 3 of my babies (including twins, one of whom was breech). I was given the freedom and information I needed to feel relaxed and confident. I believe however a woman chooses to birth, she will have made that decision with no coercion, bullying, or subjugation to someone else’s convenience, profit, or protocol. 🙌 Please check out the hard work that @when.pushcomestoshove is doing to support independent midwives. It will make a birth nerd like me very happy 🤓💜