For those of us who only know childbirth via soap operas, sitcoms and the movies, there are some misconceptions we may have formed. Midwives at KEMH shed some light on the real picture.

“We have women that come in and say they don’t want to be shaved and they don’t want an enema,” said midwife Erika Cullen. “But we haven’t done those things for over 20 years.”

Legs up in the air in stirrups?

“That’s like from the dark ages,” she said.

Maternity ward head Roxanne Kipps Jackson said Bermuda is not equipped to carry out home births safely and she noted that there are no birthing pools or hydrotherapy relaxation at KEMH.