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Leah Hazard
@leahhazard.bsky.social
NHS midwife, activist, author of Womb (NYT Editors’ Choice), Hard Pushed (UK Sunday Times bestseller) and Birth Wars (coming 2027 from Allen Lane/Penguin Press). Trustee, Amma Birth Companions. www.leahhazard.co.uk. All views my own.
A pleasure to contribute to ‘Ideas for Keir’ in @newstatesman.com - let’s hope he reads and heeds.
June 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Last year I went to Berlin to film a documentary about the diagnostic potential of period blood - one of the many topics in my book, Womb.

The link is now up on Arte TV. Please enjoy this très chic clip from the French-dubbed version.

www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
March 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hanging in.
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I did the thing.
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well, quite.
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A screenshot of Labour’s manifesto, promising that ‘never again will women’s health be neglected.’ Like, did they think we would just not notice?
January 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Women fear childbirth because - although it can be joyful, safe and empowering - it can also be traumatic, dangerous and violent. And I say that as a midwife and die-hard birth nerd.

Elon should stick to space and sycophancy. You know, stuff he knows about.
November 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Just realised that #MedBookSky #BookMedSky #BookSky exists. May I humbly recommend my own book about the body’s most misunderstood organ as the ideal festive gift, and a handy literary antidote to The Patriarchy. 💙📚
November 17, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I feel you!
November 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Joining Bluesky is like walking into a party where you think you know no one, only to realise that some of your old pals are hanging around the fringes.

A pleasure to see some of my #MedSky #BirthSky #ObGynSky #BookSky colleagues from the other place! I raise my iced latte to you.
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Hi BlueSky gang! A little introduction. I’ve been an NHS midwife for 11 years, I write about repro health/rights and my next book, BIRTH WARS, is due in 2027 from Allen Lane. Also often seen mouthing off on TV/radio about the maternity crisis - here’s a recent one from BBC R4 Woman’s Hour.
November 14, 2024 at 2:57 PM