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Growing a Family with Dignity

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Growing a Family with Dignity – Dr Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School from Narrowcast Media Group on Vimeo. Dr Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Delivery Decisions Initiative, Harvard’s Ariadne Labs gives a presentation on “Growing a Family with......
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Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced

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MMF Team Award Winners 2018: The RGU Midwifery Insight Team
The Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival takes place at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh on Wednesday 27th November 2019. The festival will feature our usual mix of high quality speakers, the latest industry innovations in our exhibition area, free taster treatments in our wellbeing zone and of course our third annual Scottish......
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Winners announced at inaugural International Maternity Expo Awards

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Inderjeet Kaur - Winner of the Chief Midwifery Officer’s Gold Award
Maternity professionals from around the world were celebrated in a glittering award ceremony at the inaugural International Maternity Expo Awards last night. Hosted by Maternity & Midwifery Forum and All4Maternity at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in central London, the International Maternity Expo Awards recognise and celebrate the very finest global examples of......
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“Body image is a stronger prediction of breastfeeding duration than weight.”

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In 2014 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Government Equalities Office published a report into the effects of body image during pregnancy and post-birth. The report concluded that midwives and health visitors should support women not to fixate on body image and to eat healthily during......
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Vaughan Gething AM- Keynote address

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After facing down calls to quit in Spring 2019 following a damning report into Cwm Taf maternity services, Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething AM pledged to improve the quality of maternity care in Wales. At the second annual Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery......
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Healthy Pregnancy Clinic HPC

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Obesity causes problems at all stages of life – so it’s not surprising that it can have a serious effect on the success of pregnancy. Miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth are all an increased probability, as well as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, thrombosis, gestational diabetes, longer labour, and heavy bleeding......
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Watch the Live Stream of the Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019

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On Wednesday 18th September around 400 Midwives, Student Midwives and Health Care Practitioners are expected to gather at Cardiff City Stadium to attend the Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019. If you are unable to join us on the day, don’t worry! Not only will presentations from the......
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