Two years ago, I set up Mothership Writers, running creative writing courses especially for new mums. I’ve now carried out more than a hundred workshops and time and time again I’ve seen just how nourishing and restorative – if not Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
It may have passed you by, but the month of March 2021 has been designated Endometriosis awareness month. For an estimated 1 in 10 women across the world (Endometriosis.org) and 10% of women of reproductive age in the UK (Endmetriosis-uk.org) this Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
It has been a difficult time since March last year in so many aspects of my work. Once all face to face teaching was postponed with no idea of restart dates, I soon realised I needed to adapt to ensure Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
Planning a birth is a concept that has become part of our colloquial language in our childbirth journeys; choosing the environment, care provider and circumstances that surround your birth is both an issue of human rights and personal dignity. For some Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
On January 14th 2021, the next confidential enquiry into maternal deaths, Saving lives, Improving care for 2016-18 was released from MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK) based at the NPEU in Oxford. Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
I think like many other people, I was partly expecting the March lockdown in response to the Global Pandemic, but paradoxically it was also a big shock. Suddenly the things we have always taken for granted, like seeing friends and family, Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
Covid-19 has provided many opportunities for implementation of change at pace and has also facilitated reflection and review of usual processes with a much sharper focus on priorities. This is particularly relevant within the provision of maternity care and education of Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University, and steering group member for the Maternity and Midwifery forum, reflects on the changes experienced by educators and students through the COVID pandemic. She discusses the challenges of educating midwifery students Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
The benefits of breastfeeding are well known but there are many reasons why newborns might end up receiving formula first and often this is beyond a mother’s control. In response to this, the UNICEF Breast Feeding Initiative has long been advising Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
The fourth annual Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research conference takes place in an unprecedented time when the whole world is fighting COVID-19 and breastfeeding has been the subject of many guidelines, consumer queries and research. As usual, the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby