Watch on demand below – the full video box set will be available shortly

At various points during the festival you have a choice of different parallel seminar streams to participate in.

Please use the links below to access these seminars at the appropriate time, check the agenda for full details of all parallel seminars. If you are joining Stream B or Stream C – these will open in a new window, Stream A will play on this page.

IMPORTANT: If you are joining Streams B or C please remember to close the live stream page or mute the video player, otherwise you will get audio from both streams simultaneously.

13:30

A1: Finding the formula: using community science to explore the real-world experiences of formula preparation

B1: Birth before arrival at hospital: measuring and managing newborn temperature in the South West of England

C1: Gentle birth for a peaceful earth : pregnancy and birth from the baby’s perspective and how that might impact their lives and community

14:00

A2: We’re there as a sister, an auntie, a friend’: How the Cardiff-based Birth Partner Project supports women seeking sanctuary, who would otherwise give birth alone

B2: PERIPrem Cymru – a commitment to improving outcomes for preterm babies in Wales

C2: The evidence based early labour app for an emotionally safe birth

15:15

A3: Partnership working with women and families: the NMC view

B3: Exploring student midwives’ experiences of belonging during online learning in a pandemic

C3: Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis (PAO): How new groundbreaking UK research is improving medical knowledge & clinical care

15:45

A4: Tommy’s specialist helpline for Black and Black Mixed-Heritage women and birthing people

B4: Maternity Wellbeing Clinic – Swansea Bay Health Board | ONLY AVAILABLE TO VIEW IN THE ON DEMAND BOX SET AFTER THE EVENT

C4: Public health: making every contact count | ONLY AVAILABLE TO VIEW IN THE ON DEMAND BOX SET AFTER THE EVENT

Speaker presentation slides and other relevant festival documentation are available for delegates to access via the link below.

Access your Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2023 delegate resources here.

09:30 Chair’s opening remarks and welcome
Sue Macdonald, Maternity and Midwifery Festival Programme Curator and Editor, Mayes Midwifery

09:45 Lessons from the “The Autistic pregnancy, birth and beyond: your questions answered” Project
Dr Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer – Public Health, University of Swansea

10:10 Retaining students – give them some love!
Dr Jenny Hall, Midwifery Lecturer; Editor, Maternity and Midwifery Forum

10:35 Audience Q&A

10:45 Break

11:25 A midwife’s tale’: personal reflections
Professor Billie Hunter, RCM Professor of Midwifery, Cardiff University

11:45 Going digital, going global
Hannah Tizard, Education and Organisational Development Lead Midwife, All4Maternity
Neil Stewart, Editorial Director, Maternity and Midwifery Forum | MATFLIX

12:05 Audience Q&A

12:20: Announcement of the Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Forum Trailblazers Award Winners

12:30 Break

13:30 Parallel Seminars

A1: Finding the formula: using community science to explore the real-world experiences of formula preparation
Dr Sara Jones, Senior Lecturer, University of Swansea

B1: Birth before arrival at hospital: measuring and managing newborn temperature in the South West of England
Dr Laura Goodwin, Associate Professor in Emergency Care, University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol

C1: Gentle birth for a peaceful earth : pregnancy and birth from the baby’s perspective and how that might impact their lives and community
Rachel Giaccone, Holistic Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Education, Craniosacral Therapist; former NHS Midwife

14:05 Parallel Seminars

A2: We’re there as a sister, an auntie, a friend’: How the Cardiff-based Birth Partner Project supports women seeking sanctuary, who would otherwise give birth alone
Laura Santana, Chair of Trustees, The Birth Partner Project; Midwife, University Hospital of Wales

B2: PERIPrem Cymru – a commitment to improving outcomes for preterm babies in Wales
Laura Clarke, PERIPrem Cymru Lead Midwife and Cara Moore, Lead Midwife, Wales Maternity and Neonatal Network

C2: The evidence based early labour app for an emotionally safe birth
Emilie Wicks, Midwife, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

14:35 Break

15:10 Parallel Seminars

A3: Partnership working with women and families: the NMC view
Dr Jacqui Williams, Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Professional Practice Directorate, NMC

B3: Exploring student midwives’ experiences of belonging during online learning in a pandemic
Hollie Posthill, Senior Lecturer & Midwife, Jersey General Hospital

C3: Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis (PAO): How new groundbreaking UK research is improving medical knowledge & clinical care
Karen Whitehead MBE, Co-ordinator, Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis (PAO) Patient Group UK

15:45  Parallel Seminars

A4: Tommy’s specialist helpline for Black and Black Mixed-Heritage women and birthing people
Amina Hatia, Midwifery Manager, and Alicia Burnett, Midwife and Founder of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week, Tommy’s

B4: Improving care to women, babies and families: Maternity Wellbeing Clinic – Swansea Bay Health Board
Ann-Marie Thomas, Perinatal Mental Health Midwife, Jennifer Berrett, Clinical Psychologist and Matt Lewis, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Swansea Bay Health Board

C4: Public health: making every contact count
Judith Cutter, Consultant Midwife, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

16.15 Festival closes

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