The first annual Midwifery & Birth Conference was held in Cape Town last weekend. I was the photographer for the event. It was a wonderful gathering of birth professionals from Cape Town, but also from various other parts of South Africa. From midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, missionaries, doctors, to birth educators, there was a wide variety of voices to discuss what birth is like in South Africa and how to improve it. Here are some images from this historic event for our city: