About me
I am passionate about birth rights, and I want to protect physiological birth, which is endangered in our society.
When I was expecting my first child in the 90s, I decided that I was going to be a midwife. My aim was to work with physiological (at that time so-called natural) births, and preferably home births.
However, it took many years before I resumed my midwifery studies after a break. By then I had managed to be a nurse for 16 years.
As a midwife, I have worked in a laboring ward and at a maternity care center. Since 2020 I have assisted home births.
Right now I am writing a handbook on birth rights in collaboration with Birth Rights Sweden.
Viveca Crafoord
Education
University
- Programme in Nursing, Göteborgs Universitet, 2002
- Postgraduate Programme in Midwifery , Högskolan i Borås, 2018
- Acupuncture in mental illness and psychiatric conditions, 7.5 Hp, Högskolan i Väst, 2024
Academic exams - Bachelor of science in Nursing, 2002
- Master of science in Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2018
Free standing Courses - General Radiotherapy and Advanced Radiotherapy Nursing, Lunds Universitet, 2005
- Management and Care Development in Nursing, Högskolan i Borås, 2009
- CPR instructor training. D-CPR, S-CPR, Children's CPR, 2004
- Magplasket, (Water training in pregnancy) instructor leader, 2021
- Acupressure for Birth Workers, Förlossningsgruppen Gothenburg, 2021
- Home birth training, Barnmorsketeamet Gothenburg, 2021
- Physiological Breech Birth Online Training Course, (Management of physiological breech birth) Breech Birth org. uk. 2021-2022, (rehearsal annually; Dec 2023).
- Spinning babies, Gothenburg, 2022
- ACUbirth Obstetric acupuncture, Johanne Siegumfeldt, Copenhagen, 2023
- Childbirth Physiology, online course, Rachel Reed, 2022
- Member of the Reclaiming Childbirth Collective/Educational forum and learning platform (Reed education), since the start 2022.
- The Treatment of Menopausal Problems with Chinese Medicine Course, online TCM Academy, 2024