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Birth can leave a woman with a profound sense of strength, confidence and trust in her body. As Jeremy Hunt and James Titcombe warn against ‘normal birth ideology’, whose experiences are shaping the conversation? Drawing on research and over two decades as a doula, Kicki Hansard explores the benefits of physiological birth, the importance of women’s experiences and the responsibility of those with political influence to listen to the women whose bodies and lives are affected