Laura regularly presents at conferences, takes part in podcasts, and speaks in the media. Her expertise covers issues in midwifery, maternity care, and the links between creativity and maternal mental health. She also speaks on issues that effect the Jewish community in maternity and healthcare.
Her audio-visual presentations combine art, culture, media and midwifery research. Presentations can also be delivered as interactive workshops or posters.
Her audio-visual presentations combine art, culture, media and midwifery research. Presentations can also be delivered as interactive workshops or posters.
THE MATERNAL JOURNAL PODCAST
Laura is host of the popular Maternal Journal podcast where you can listen for conversations with a range of incredible writers, poets and graphic artists on motherhood, parenting, creativity and mental health. She has taken part in many other podcast such as Lockdown Babies, Birth Ed Podcast, The Mother of All Solutions, Maternity Hour, The Parent Support Collective and Guerrilla Science.
PRESTENTATIONS
Themes explored in presentations & public speaking are outlined below.
- Antisemitism and Inclusion: towards Jewish Cultural Safety in Maternity Care - this presentation offers guidance on providing culturally safe care for Jewish women and introduces the new Jewish birth resource, Shifrah UK, co-founded by Laura. Presented at The Maternity & Midwifery Festival London, February 2025. Watch a version of the talk here.
- Maternal Journal - a look at the history & current use of creative journaling to support maternal mental health and well-being. Watch a video from the International Midwifery Expo, here.
- Birth, Art and Culture - an introduction to the influence and potentialities of engagement with art, media and cultural images of birth. Watch a video from the Maternity & Midwifery Festival Wales, here.
- What's in a Name - LGBTQI inclusive language and care in Maternity & reproductive health services. Watch a video from the Maternity & Midwifery Festival London, here
- From the Madonna to the Brelfie - a history of the representation of breastfeeding in culture and art.
- Straight Outta Vagina - a polemical look at 'obstetric violence' through images of violence against women, in art & culture.
- Birth in the Media - an exploration of the influence of mainstream, social & new media on birth culture.
Presentations delivered at: The Conference at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, The Normal Labour & Birth Conference, MAMA Conference, Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference, I Have a Voice, MAINN (Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit) Conference, International Midwifery Expo, London, Maternal Mental Health Alliance Conference, Maternity & Midwifery Festival, Cardiff, Annual Birth Trauma Conference, European Midwifery Association Education Conference, The Association of Radical Midwives Annual Conference, Oxytocin - Royal College of Art & King's College London, Baby Friendly, Shambala Festival (with Guerrilla Science)