Abstract
The stories of our lives that bring each of us to a career in midwifery are unique. The stories, once we are midwives, that then influence our careers, are also unique. These stories of care for women characterise the course of our careers and ourselves. A short essay competition to attend the annual Medical Complications in Pregnancy conference 2019 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists gave two colleagues from London the occasion to reflect on situations from practice where childbirth deviated from the realm of ‘normal’ and into disease. As we become increasingly floored by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the key role of midwives across health, well-being as well as disease is especially stark.
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