Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Antenatal colostrum harvesting: a service for women with diabetes

Paul
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 the importance of teaching women how to express breast......
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Reflection on the International Maternity Experience: Maternity services after Covid 19

Paul
During these difficult and challenging times having access to this international online experience was a fantastic experience. Midwives have always been great at multi-tasking, but as someone who has enjoyed face to face teaching, the concept of this experience was so rewarding. I “multi tasked” drinking tea, housework, ironing, answering......
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Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research 2020

Paul
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 will bring you the most up to date research......
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LIVE STREAM: International Maternity Experience 2020

Paul
Welcome to the International Maternity Experience 2020 live stream! Join expert speakers from around the world to explore “Maternity Services after COVID-19: Recovery, Resilience, Sustainability & Rights”. COVID-19 has presented a huge challenge to maternity and midwifery services worldwide, laying bare shocking inequalities across healthcare and challenging the resilience and......
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Trisomy Screening and the Legal Standard of Consent

Paul
Following the recent UK NSC recommendation [1] to implement screening and testing for Edwards’ Syndrome and Patau’s Syndrome [2] into existing Down’s Syndrome screening programmes, [3] I am currently undertaking an ESRC-funded PhD project in Law at Swansea University that explores whether expectant parents are giving informed consent for NHS......
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