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Born in Lockdown – mothers’ experiences in a pandemic

Paul24 March 2021

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 transformational – the act of putting pen to paper can......

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Endometriosis awareness month: how can midwives play their part?

Paul12 March 2021

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 is a painful and potentially debilitating condition. It is......

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Birth in water education – changing and challenging times during the pandemic

Paul17 February 2021

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 high quality waterbirth education continued. Firstly, I started to look......

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Childbirth Choices Matter Campaign: enabling choice of caregiver

Paul4 February 2021

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 women and birthing people the choice of care provider......

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Lessons from Saving lives, improving Mothers’ care 2016-18

Paul29 January 2021

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. For those unfamiliar with these reports, since 1952 an investigation......

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The Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Paul20 December 2020

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, hugs and touch were forfeited for social distancing, facial......

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Opportunity for innovation: COVID-19 and group antenatal care in Northern Ireland

Paul3 November 2020

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 future midwives. A model of group antenatal care and......

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Quality versus Quantity in online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul26 October 2020

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 online and questions what the future will look like. The......

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Antenatal colostrum harvesting: a service for women with diabetes

Paul5 October 2020

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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Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research 2020

Paul18 September 2020

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......

Midwifery Feature Articles

Born in Lockdown – mothers’ experiences in a pandemic

Endometriosis awareness month: how can midwives play their part?

Birth in water education – changing and challenging times during the pandemic

Childbirth Choices Matter Campaign: enabling choice of caregiver

Lessons from Saving lives, improving Mothers’ care 2016-18

The Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Opportunity for innovation: COVID-19 and group antenatal care in Northern Ireland

Quality versus Quantity in online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antenatal colostrum harvesting: a service for women with diabetes

Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research 2020

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