{"id":40,"date":"2024-08-29T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2024-09-25T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:06:36","slug":"birthing-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/birthing-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthing Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This exciting project will tell the story of what it was like to have a baby here in Worcester across the twentieth century and into the present, collecting new oral histories of experiences of motherhood in the city. By engaging with local medical history, we can begin to understand why and how certain medical practices have changed over time and what this means for the people using them. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Marshall-Medical-Museum-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" style=\"width:211px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Marshall-Medical-Museum-1.jpg 643w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/George-Marshall-Medical-Museum-1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This project will be co-produced with the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmuseum.org.uk\/georgemarshallmuseum\">George Marshall Medical Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project will launch in 2025, but you can <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmuseum.org.uk\/birthing-stories\">read more about our plans here<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to be involved with the project, whether to share your own story, or as a volunteer, please <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmuseum.org.uk\/get-in-touch\">get in touch with the Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will also be advertising for a Project Officer, based at the Museum, in late 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"609\" data-id=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anna-website-GMMM-picture.jpg\" alt=\"parents meeting a new born baby for the first time\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anna-website-GMMM-picture.jpg 800w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anna-website-GMMM-picture-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anna-website-GMMM-picture-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Anna-website-GMMM-picture-676x515.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" data-id=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Babys-Bottles-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Antique baby's bottles\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Babys-Bottles-copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Babys-Bottles-copy-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Babys-Bottles-copy-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Babys-Bottles-copy-676x461.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" data-id=\"97\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Breast-shields.jpg\" alt=\"Breast shields\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Breast-shields.jpg 800w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Breast-shields-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Breast-shields-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Breast-shields-676x503.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This exciting project will tell the story of what it was like to have a baby here in Worcester across the twentieth century and into the present, collecting new oral histories of experiences of motherhood in the city. 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