The Maternity & Midwifery Hour: Recent Episodes
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Series 13 - Episode 10: Supporting mother and baby when a problem with an upper limb is identified
Examining the newborn requires extensive skills and knowledge of anatomy and physiology, of communicating findings to the mother and family of when all appears normal, and what to say and do when a deviation from the normal is noticed.
In this session we focus on the examination of the upper limbs, with senior midwifery lecturer Natasha Carr, and Ruth Lester highlights the importance of support and ongoing information to the mother and the family in caring for a child with an upper limb issue, and ensuring that they achieve their full potential.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Ruth Lester OBE, Retired Childrens Hand Surgeon; Trustee, Reach Charity
Natasha Carr, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Birmingham City University
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Series 13 - Episode 9: The Virtual Midwifery Caseload: Bringing women's voices into the classroom
The need to prepare students for real life practice, encompassing continuity of care, caseload holding and contemporary maternity care as well as the ability to effectively listen, and plan care in partnership with women and families is essential.
This week we will be looking at an exciting innovative way of achieving this, and are joined by Associate Professor of Midwifery and Lead Midwife for Education Teresa Shalofsky and Assistant Professor of Midwifery, Claire Nutt, and join us to discuss their work at University of Birmingham – both within classroom and research settings.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Claire Nutt, Assistant Professor in Midwifery, University of Birmingham
Teresa Shalofsky, Associate Professor in Midwifery, Lead Midwife for Education, University of Birmingham
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Series 13 - Episode 8: Empathy - improving care for women, babies and families
Today's maternity services are busy and potentially stressful areas for women to navigate and for midwives and student midwives to provide individualised and appropriate antenatal, labour and postnatal care.
Developing an empathic approach to care can really impact on the experience of the women and family, their access to information and their choices.
Our speakers are both engaged in innovative work to assist busy practitioners, as well as those in training, to develop their empathy, in real world practice.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Sarah Milnes, Midwifery educator, Researcher, University of Leicester
Jemimah Skilling, third-year student midwife, University of Leicester
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Series 13 - Episode 7: Record keeping and frameworks
Notes and record keeping. We are all aware of the importance of record keeping, as a tool for continuity of care, and as a legal requirement, and as one of the key competencies. So how do we cope with effective record keeping, without getting swamped, without losing time with the woman and baby or worse forgetting to record some aspect of our care.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Lyn Jones, Midwife, North West Anglia Foundation Trust; Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University
Biography
Lyn Jones
Midwife, North West Anglia Foundation Trust & Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn; Associate Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University Msc Midwifery & Women's Health
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Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) affects connective tissue throughout the body and has profound impacts during pregnancy, birth and beyond. In this session, Dr Sally Pezaro will first illuminate the ways in which she led a multidisciplinary and international team in co-creating the first evidence based clinical guidelines for the management of childbearing with hypermobile EDS (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD). Secondly, as there have been hypotheses put forward suggesting that symptomologies and other factors related to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation, and Dysautonomia are interrelated, Dr Brock will highlight the ways in which a systematic literature review may offer us further insights into these phenomena. Dr Pezaro and Dr Brock are collaborators on both of these projects, working within a large international consortium which includes the patient voice throughout. They are keen to invite questions and thought provoking conversations about this work. They are also keen to disseminate the guidelines in particular for use in clinical practice. Join us in the discovery of how people birthing with hEDS/HSD may be better supported for optimal outcomes.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Sally Pezaro, Research Enriched Learning Lead for the Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Coventry University
Isabelle Brock, MD, QoLify Chief Scientific Officer, NovaCombian Research Institute
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In this hour we explore Postpartum Psychosis also known as Postnatal Psychosis, an important condition which can impact on women and their families after the birth of a baby. Dr Sally Wilson will share what is known about Postpartum Psychosis, and its recognition, and how families can be supported through this. Shaheda Akhtar will talk about their experience and issues faced by families who experience PP.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Sally Wilson, National Training Coordinator, Action on Postpartum psychosis (APP)
Shaheda Akhtar, Peer Support Facilitator, Action on Postpartum psychosis (APP)
Biographies
Dr Sally Wilson
Sally joined APP in 2019 and coordinates APP’s Workforce training and Expert by Experience talks for health professionals across the UK. She was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis in 2015 after the birth of her daughter Ella and spent time in a general psychiatric ward.
Sally has a background in research and lecturing in Health and Exercise Sciences at Bangor University. Her research interests include; approaches to improving quality of life in people with chronic illnesses and trialling novel ways to increase research in healthcare settings. In her spare time, Sally enjoys playing hockey, cycling, climbing and spending time with family and friends.
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This week we celebrated International Day of the Midwife on the 5th May, a Day when the whole world midwife family celebrates their role with mothers, babies and families, and their impact on the world. This year the theme of the IDM is Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution. We are delighted to welcome Dr Kathryn Gutteridge to talk midwifery on this IDM week.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Kathryn Gutteridge, Honorary Associate Professor, Psychotherapist and Luminary Midwife
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The importance of environment and the support of the clinical team is well known for assisting students, and qualified staff to develop a learning culture, thus improving the information, support and care to women, babies and families in their journey through pregnancy through to motherhood and early parenting.
In this hour, we will explore the ICM Global Midwifery education standards, and share knowledge and experience of how the clinical environment can be influenced and improved towards this aim.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Maeve O Connell, Assistant Professor Midwifery, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Laura Moya Falcon, Clinical Midwife Specialist, Hamad Medical Corporation
Biography
Dr Maeve O'Connell
Assistant Professor Midwifery, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Maeve O’Connell is Registered Midwife and Nurse with a PhD on fear of childbirth. Maeve has a wide range of clinical experience from London and Ireland. Her interests are care of high risk women and intrapartum care. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing in Midwifery at RCSI which was awarded in recognition of her exceptional commitment, dedication and contribution in Midwifery.
Laura Moya Falcon
Clinical Midwife Specialist, Hamad Medical Corporation
Laura has 23 years of experience as a midwife. She studied in Middlesex university and worked in London for 6 years. From the begging of her career she was passionate about Birth Centers, waterbirth community Midwifery and breastfeeding. Back in Spain, she was the founder and director of Blossom Maternal Centre, a pioneer of its kind in providing holistic care, including homebirth. She has also worked as an Associate Midwifery Lecturer and the Breastfeeding Master Program at the University of Las Palmas. At the same time, Laura was a co-organizer and speaker at multiple national and internationals conferences and workshops for health professional, midwives and families. Throughout her career, she had been actively involved in TV, radio, newspapers and health magazines to promote midwifery model of care, physiological birth and empowering women.
She is currently working as a clinical midwife specialist in Qatar creating and supporting Midwifery Led Services and most recently leading the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Project. She collaborates with the Perinatal Mental Health Team, educational team, programs and policies development and quality improvement initiatives. Laura has also created an innovative simulation-based teaching program for Breastfeeding skills competencies.
With her recent finalized research COVID 19 Mothers infant feeding practices, mother baby bonding and postnatal care experiences in Qatar the brings the attention to the importance of the perinatal period for maternal and baby mental health.
Achieving a work-life balance as a midwife is a personal and a service challenge.
How to approach your own work life choices in your career, addressing stress, accessing support and insight into personal strategies from experts.
The demands of a service with staff shortages, a changing demographic of mothers with more complex conditions, the pressures and fear of errors.
Looking after yourself so you can look after others. Don't ignore the pressure, tackle the issue, learn from the best.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dianne Garland, Midwifery Consultant and Childbirth Author
Professor Holly Blake, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham; co-editor ‘Health and wellbeing at work for Nurses and Midwives’
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Is being a midwife, and staying in midwifery centred on emotional intelligence and compassion or all about money?
In the first of series 13, we explore two midwifery issues which have an impact on how we as midwives function, and in terms of midwives short and long term well-being in the health service.
We know how stressful the maternity services landscape can be, and this is often because staffing levels impact on ability to be ‘with women’. A recent study into utilizing an educational programme on Emotional Intelligence (EI) has produced some interesting findings, with benefits for women, and midwives. In addition, recent pay disputes within the NHS alongside the increases in cost of living do impact on midwives. So what effect does pay and reward have on midwives, and importantly on whether they stay in midwifery?
We are joined by Dr Mo Tabib who will share her recent work into Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Stella Nwogo who will share her work into pay, reward and it effect on midwifery staff retention.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Mo Tabib, Midwifery Lecturer, Robert Gordon University
Stella Nwogu, Matron, Newham University Hospital – Barts Health NHS Trust
Biography
Dr Mo Tabib
Mo Tabib is a midwifery lecturer at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. She has worked in a range of roles as a hospital, community, independent and research midwife, prior to embarking an academic role. Mo’s current research interests and publications are focused on the influence of the educational interventions on the wellbeing of expectant parents, future and current midwives.
Stella Nwogu
Stella is a registered nurse and midwife with a passion for the well-being, professional development of healthcare workforce and positive outcomes for our service users.
She has gained experience and expertise in pre and post midwifery education and practice development. As a recruitment and retention lead, she utilised her impeccable communication skills to ensure the provision of the right staff with the right skills in the right clinical settings.
She also has acquired knowledge and skills in project management, worked with relevant stakeholders in the redesigning of antenatal and postnatal care pathways in order to reduce maternity health inequalities and to improve experience for women and birthing people in her local community.
She has completed a Masters degree programme with Distinction in Human resource management.
She is privileged to have published an article titled "Review of the effectiveness of pay & reward and its impact on midwifery staff retention". This article has highlighted the need for improvement in the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of staff, career development and environmental factors.
She is currently the Maternity Matron for Inpatients, Helpline, ANC, Screening, Infant feeding and Immunisation teams.
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Series 12 - Episode 10: Anti-oppressive practice in midwifery and maternity services
As we come to the end of Season 12, we have an opportunity to reflect on oppression in midwifery practice and maternity services and how we all, as individuals, can reflect on our own attitudes and behaviours in order to counter bias and address social injustice, exclusion and discrimination.
We are delighted to welcome Alys Einion who will guide us through the complexities towards improving our practice and our relationships with women, families, and the whole healthcare team
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Alys Einion, Associate Professor, Author; Editor-in-Chief, The Practising Midwife Journal
Biography
Dr Alys Einion
I am a midwife and midwife academic, teacher and researcher. I am a novelist and prolific writer. The founder of Centred Birth Hypnobirthing, I am a hypnotherapist, complementary therapist and activist for Gender Equality. I am currently engaged in research on inclusive midwifery practice and education, and decolonisation of midwifery.
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An important part of a student’s journey to become a midwife lies in learning theoretical and clinical skills. In this session experienced midwifery lecturers, Lindsey Rose and Rosy Jordan alongside student midwife Amy Solt share how the assessment process works, how to prepare for assessment, what supervisors are looking for and getting used to completing the paperwork.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Rosy Jordan, Senior Lecturer Practitioner, Anglia Ruskin University
Lindsey Rose, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Anglia Ruskin University
Amy Solt, Student Representative
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In this session focusing on pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, our two speakers, Anja Johansen-Bibby, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lead for Maternal Medicine at Milton Keyes University Hospital and Layla Lavallee Registered Midwife and NIHR Doctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, discuss care during labour and birth, sharing the latest evidence and research for ensuring high quality maternity and newborn care. This will include exploring ongoing and follow up care for women after birth and the postnatal period.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Layla Lavallee, Registered Midwife and NIHR Doctoral Fellow, University of Oxford
Anja Johansen-Bibby, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lead for Maternal Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital
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Pregnant women with substance dependency are more likely to lead multi-layered, psychologically and socially complex lives and can be distrustful of mainstream services. Dr Elaine Moore, a retired midwife from Ayrshire, Scotland, joins us to talk about continuity of care and its value to the building and maintenance of relationships between safeguarding midwives and pregnant women with substance dependency. The study also explored the impact of these relationships on midwives and how this affected their interactions with the wider multidisciplinary, multiagency team.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Elaine Moore, Retired Midwife, Ayrshire, Scotland
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In this session, Midwife Maria Rowntree and Professor Calvin Moorley explore the value and learning through initiatives such as the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Inclusivity fellowship.Maria will then discuss the complexity of understanding privilege, inclusion and the impact of power, and what we should be doing to support women and their families for whom English is not their first language.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Dr Calvin Moorley, Professor of Diversity and Social Justice, London South Bank UniversityMaria Rowntree, Community Midwife and Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Inclusivity Fellow
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This week we are exploring some alternatives in managing pain in labour. We have two leading practitioners presenting two strategies:
1.The use of combs during labour
- Introduction to Reflexology in Pregnancy and Birth that may be useful for some women, and highlighting what midwives need to know too.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
The use of combs during labour
Amanda Redford, Midwife, Acupuncturist, Maternity and Fertility Complementary Therapy Specialist
Introduction to Reflexology in Pregnancy and Birth
Dr Denise Tiran, CEO / Education Director, Expectancy; Visiting Professor, Qingdao Huikang School of Midwifery, Shanghai, China
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In this hour, Florence Wilcock, obstetrician and mum, and midwives Deepa Santosh and Helen Green explore how we can improve the experience of women, their babies and families as they pass through the maternity services.
How does our perspective impact on our view, and the way we provide care, and how can we truly make the service kinder, more individualised and safer for all involved?
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Simple things count; The lithotomy challenge & other ideas to improve maternity experience
Florence Wilcock, Consultant Obstetrician, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Podcast Host, The Obs Pod
Deepa Santhosh, The Desi Midwife
Helen Green, Preceptorship Clinical Support Midwife, Kingston Hospital NHS
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Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia continue to be major causes of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity and can adversely impact on the experience of women and their families. The charity, Action of Pre-eclampsia (APEC), provides support to women, families, and to professionals. In this session our two speakers, Hsu Chong and Erum Khan, will be exploring the most recent research and evidence around pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
Dr Erum Khan will present an ABC of Eclampsia sharing research and evidence around eclampsia and how the condition can be recognised; why it is important to do this early and the role of a multi-professional approach to care.
Dr Hsu Chong will then explore Pre-eclampsia: signs and symptoms, discuss the role of clinicians in ensuring women have clear knowledge of the signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia and when to escalate care.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Dr Erum Khan, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, National Senior Maternity Advisor to NHSR; Specialist Maternity Advisor to CQC; RCOG patient Safety Committee member
Hsu Chong, Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Marcus Green, Chief Executive Officer, Action on Pre-eclampsia
Biographies
Dr Erum Khan
Erum Khan. Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at MKUH with an interest in high-risk pregnancy and intrapartum care. Also interested in clinical governance and the importance of non-technical skills in provision of good quality clinical care. Currently National Senior Maternity Clinical Advisor at NHSR and RCOG Patient Safety Committe member.
Marcus Green
Marcus is his eighth year as CEO of Action on Pre-eclampsia where he initially focussed on modernising the charity. Latterly he has worked on the continued international development of the charity, the focus on research where we’ve been involved in the publication of around 40 academic papers and on the external affairs and influencing role of APEC.
His career has been varied, starting off working for a political party ending up running the office of a former Health Secretary. He regularly worked alongside senior Ministers and the then Prime Minister. He also developed an interest in the politics of Albania where he was an election observer.
After this he moved into the mainstream of health charities eventually becoming director of a charity for the visually impaired, then CEO of a hospice in the south west of England, which under his leadership grew significantly and built a new multimillion pound hospice.
He then set up a business focussing on supporting charity leaders which is where the personal and professional came together as his wife had pre-eclampsia, it therefore became one of the best decisions of his life to work with APEC.
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In this session we expand our horizons to look at maternity services and midwifery in the world, with the help of our two special presenters : Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Chief Midwife at the International Confederation of Midwives, and Joy Kemp, Midwife specialist working in Bangladesh.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Chief Midwife, International Confederation of Midwives
Joy Kemp, International Midwifery Specialist
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This week we are looking at two important reports: the new MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry, and the Sands Listening Project. Both reports focus on the experiences of Black and Asian women and their parents of loss after a stillbirth or neonatal death.
Benash Nazmeen, Assistant Professor in Midwifery, Bradford University, and member of the Enquiry stakeholder group, will explore the MBRRACE report and its implication for midwifery practice. The report compares care reviews for Black and Asian women who have experienced a still birth or neonatal death in comparison to their white counterparts (Draper et al 2023).
Dr Julia Clark, Research Officer from Sands, will share findings from The Sands Listening project, which focusses on the experiences of Black and Asian bereaved parents. This key report, released at the same time as the MBRRACE confidential enquiry, has crucial messages for midwives and the multidisciplinary team. It identifies care that works well, as well as highlighting barriers, biases, and poor care, which might be contributing to ethnicity-related inequalities in baby deaths in the UK.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
’Black and Asian women’s experience of stillbirth or neonatal death: The MBRRACE-UK Perinatal confidential Enquiry’
Benash Nazmeen, Assistant Professor in Midwifery, University of Bradford and Co-Director, ASAMidwives
The Sands listening project
Julia Clark, Research Officer, Sands - baby loss charity
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As 2023 draws to a close, the final Maternity & Midwifery Hour of 2024 will review the wide range of topics and maternity leaders who have shared their knowledge and passion with us all over the past year, reflect on the challenges facing maternity and midwifery and look forward to 2024 to spotlight just a snapshot of some of the fantastic innovations that are taking place in the service and the dedication of our wonderful practising and student midwives everywhere.
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
- Joy Kemp, UNFPA Midwife working in Bangladesh
- Professor Lesley Page CBE, Academic & Midwife; Former President, Royal College of Midwives
- Dianne Garland, Midwife Consultant, Midwife Expert
- Dr Jenny Hall, Editor, MATFLIX
- Dr Anna Byrom, CEO, All4Maternity
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In this session we are exploring contemporary midwifery care during labour. This includes a presentation on the use of sterile water injections during labour, and labour aromatherapy.
We will explore the impact of the NICE guidelines, the forthcoming RCM guidelines and the recent CQC and Ockenden reviews, and consider how best to inform and support women and their families.
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Sterile Water Injections during labour
- Wendy Randall, Head of Midwifery, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust
Aromatherapy in Labour: an update
- Dr Denise Tiran, CEO/Education Director, Expectancy; Visiting Professor, Qingdao Huikang School of Midwifery Shanghai
Wendy Randall
Wendy is dual registered as a nurse and midwife with a Master’s degree in Public Health and Leadership. In her capacity as a midwife, she has worked in the different remits of a midwife both in primary and secondary care. Prior to her role as Head of Midwifery, Wendy was a consultant midwife for 10 years including a secondment as the consultant midwife lead for the RCM in the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth programme. Wendy has been recognised nationally for Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation and its contribution to midwifery education and safety. She is passionate about the value of multi-professional team working and education to improve the safety and experience of women and their families through their journey to parenthood.
Dr Denise Tiran
Dr Denise Tiran is an internationally renowned authority on midwifery complementary therapies, having pioneered the subject as a midwifery specialism since the early 1980s. Denise previously worked at the University of Greenwich where, having trained in several therapies, she was given the opportunity to develop the UK’s first practice-based BSc Honours degree in Complementary Therapies. In 2004 she established her own company, Expectancy, which provides a unique range of complementary therapy courses for midwives in the NHS and overseas, as well as a licensing system for midwives wanting to offer therapies in private practice. She has written numerous textbooks, her latest being Complementary Therapies for Postdates Pregnancy (2023) and has revised the last six editions of the Bailliere’s Midwives’ Dictionary. Denise was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Greenwich in 2020 and a prestigious Fellowship from the RCM in 2018 in recognition of her work. She has written four RCM Position Statements on complementary therapies and earlier this year was commissioned by the RCM to write new Guidelines for Midwives using Complementary Therapies, due to be published imminently.
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Birth trauma is often preventable. In this session Perinatal Psychiatrist and Co-founder of Make Birth Better Dr Rebecca Moore and Make Birth Better CEO Nikki Wilson will talk you through tips, tools and actions that every healthcare professional can take to reduce birth trauma. Together with service user voices, Rebecca and Nikki will cover susceptibility to birth trauma, trauma enquiry, consent, communication and more.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Nikki Wilson, CEO, Make Birth Better
Dr Rebecca Moore, Founder & Perinatal Psychiatrist, Make Birth Better
Biographies
Nikki Wilson
Nikki has a strong passion for driving social change. Her third sector career has focused on solving strategic challenges and building organisations from scratch including Make Birth Better, 10 of zen, Wings for Life UK and Read International. Nikki runs the ship and shapes the strategy for Make Birth Better and her deep drive comes from her lived experience of birth trauma and postnatal PTSD.
Dr Rebecca Moore
Rebecca works as a Perinatal Psychiatrist in London, dealing with infertility, pregnancy loss, anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma. She’s got experience spanning over twenty years. She developed a particular interest in birth trauma, which led to founding the annual Birth Trauma Conference and Make Birth Better with Emma in 2018.
About Make Birth Better
We are a unique collective of parents and professionals working together to make birth better for all, including the road before and the journey beyond. We exist to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of birth trauma through clinically-led training, support and campaigning.
Birth trauma describes symptoms of trauma relating to birth and/or circumstances around the birth. Between 25-40% of women in the UK find some aspect of their birth traumatic and between 3-8% of women who give birth in the UK will suffer from postnatal PTSD. Birth trauma causes a ripple effect and effects partners and professionals too. We believe that birth can be better. We drive systemic change through the provision of expert-led training including a wide range of free resources.
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This will be a conversation between Lesley Page, an experienced midwife who has worked to humanise childbirth over many years, and Clare Wardhaugh whose life has been committed to authentic lived spirituality and an understanding of love and its practice.
Clare and Lesley are working together on a chapter for a forthcoming book, Midwifery and Love. They are exploring insights from their different perspectives to illuminate the importance of love to our lives and love in midwifery practice. The start of life, pregnancy, labour and birth and the early weeks of life is a critical and sensitive period in which the transcendent growth of love, attachment and strong family relationships may be supported or disturbed. Midwifery is vital to ensuring the growth of love and commitment is supported rather than undermined at the start to life.
We hope that through this conversation midwives and others listening will be inspired to think about what love means and reflect on the place of love in their practice and in the systems and culture in which they work.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Editor; Mayes Midwifery, Host, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals
Contribution from:
- Professor Lesley Page CBE, Academic & Midwife; Former President, Royal College of Midwives
- Clare Wardhaugh
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Presentations will include some insights from international midwives and those supporting them in practice.Hosted by:Dr Anna Byrom, Creative Director - The Practising Midwife, The Student Midwife and All4MaternityContribution from:Dr Anna Byrom, Creative Director - The Practising Midwife, The Student Midwife and All4MaternityNeesha Ridley, Lead Midwife, All4MaternityDr Aaron Turner, Director, One Thought
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Welcome to an event you won’t want to miss - join this Maternity and Midwifery Hour on 8th November from 7-8pm to explore all the important and truly vital differences you can make to a new mother after caesarean section.Meet with award winning clinician, personalised care ambassador and author, Janine McKnight, as she takes you on an enlightening journey of truth and factual accounts of mothers’ experiences following caesarean section delivery.Explore the highs and lows of what midwives and HCPs should be delivering to provide healthcare at home in the current NHS climate and how midwives can focus on embedding the recommendations from The Long Term Plan.Self – Care is the actions individuals take for themselves, on behalf of or with others in order to develop, protect, maintain and improve their health, wellbeing, or wellness.In this webinar, Janine will seek to support attendees to embed self-care as part of a caesarean recovery care bundle.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Leading Educationalist; Host, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals and Hour; Editor; Mayes’ MidwiferyContribution from:Janine McKnight-Cowan BEM, Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor, RCNi Community & General Nurse Award winner 2019, Author of ‘C-Section Recovery Manual-Your Body, Your Recovery’
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In this hour, our guest, Stephanie Michaelides highlights the key aspects for midwives of supporting the examination of the newborn. A confident and competent physical examination of a newborn infant helps establish the midwife’s relationship with the mother and relevant others which will go on to enhance the baby’s wellbeing and empower the mother to give the best care to her baby. This will be especially important for a first baby when the mother may be in unfamiliar territory.Happily most newborn babies are healthy and well and we can give that information to the mother. But things can change very quickly, or problems may emerge which were not immediately obvious. By continuing to monitor the baby, we will be able to identify deviations from normal so that we can intervene and minimise morbidity and mortality.Supporting and educating the woman begins at her first booking visit and continues throughout her antenatal, intrapartum and post natal care until the woman and her baby are discharged to the GP’s care.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContribution from:Stephanie Michaelides, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Neonatal Care, Middlesex University
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Mayes' Midwifery is a core text for students in the UK, known and loved for its in-depth approach and its close alignment with curricula and practice in the UK.
In this session we meet the two editors, Sue Macdonald and Gail Johnson, of Mayes' Midwifery (just published!) and three of the authors, Lyn Jones, Alicia Burnett and Kylie Watson, who share their journey from initial draft the to the final chapters.
What is it really like to be an author? What are the challenges and the rewards?
- Neil Stewart, CEO, MATFLIX | Maternity and Midwifery Forum
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Leading Educationalist; Host, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals and Hour; Editor; Mayes’ Midwifery
- Gail Johnson, Midwife Educationalist; Editor, Mayes' Midwifery
- Lyn Jones, Senior Midwifery Lecturer , Anglia Ruskin University
- Alicia Burnett, Registered Midwife, Tommy's
- Kylie Watson, Consultant Midwife, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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This week it will be Menopause Awareness Day, and we will be focusing on the effects of peri-menopause and menopause on midwives in their working life supporting women and families.
Menopause has for far too long been a taboo and stigmatised topic. Finally, this generation of menopausal and perimenopausal women are fighting back and smashing that taboo. 50% of the population will experience menopause and the other 50% may be impacted directly or indirectly. Menopause in the workplace impacts employees, personally and professionally, with 10% of women in the UK forced to leave work because of their symptoms. Over 75% of NHS Scotland’s workforce are female, and 83% of the social care workforce are female , managing the impact of the menopause at work is important for both employers and their staff. Join Loretta Dignam, Founder & CEO of The Menopause Hub and Leah Hazard, Midwife, Author, Activist to hear more about why menopause matters.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Leah Hazard, Midwife, Author, Activist
Loretta Dignam, CEO & Founder, The Menopause Hub
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This Baby Loss Awareness Week, we are thinking about how best to care for and support women, their families and friends through the loss of a baby.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContribution from:Steph Wild, Bereavement Consultant & Relationship Manager, CuddleCotSteve Huggins, Commercial Director, CuddleCotClare Beesley, Lead Midwife for Bereavement, University Hospitals BirminghamBiographiesClare BeesleyShe has, with colleagues won several awards including the Butterfly awards and the prestigious RCM award in 2017. She has also written a chapter in the new Mayes Midwifery Textbook with colleague Sam Collinge on loss and bereavement care.Steph WildSteph joined the CuddleCot team in October 2022. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in health care and specifically in bereavement.Steph’s focus is to enhance the service we provide by providing a seamless and supportive environment throughout from order, delivery, and use of the CuddleCot.She works alongside health professionals, charities, non-profits, and families.Steve HugginsSteve brings a wealth of experience across various fields including PPE, CBRN, large-scale decontamination, mass fatality, capacity issues and solutions. Steve is very customer-focused and has been key to driving growth both within the UK and with overseas customers.He was also one half of the team behind the concept and design of the CuddleCot and feels very passionately that every family should have the choice of spending time with their baby when they have died.Speaking with families who have used the CuddleCot and hearing their stories and sharing these with the team makes him very proud that CuddleCot have helped in some small way.
The title of midwife continues to be enshrined in law in the UK- but what is it that midwives do that is different to other health care professionals in maternity services? Why is the role unique? What makes it special?Hosted by:Dr Jenny Hall, Editor, MatflixContribution from:Dr Maeve Anne O’Connell , Assistant Professor of Midwifery, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDr Claire Feeley, Researcher and Lecturer, King’s College LondonBiographiesDr Maeve Anne O’ConnellMaeve is a Registered Midwife and Nurse. Coming from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, she is passionate about midwifery, intrapartum care in particular and has a strong presence on social media as a nurse and midwife promoting midwifery and maternal and new-born health. Maeve holds a Master’s in Advanced Practice from King’s College London and a PhD in Medicine & Health from University College Cork. Her PhD research concerns fear of childbirth and tocophobia in pregnant women which has been presented at international conferences and journal publications, which are widely cited, a Cochrane Review- Interventions for fear of childbirth (tocophobia) and a book chapter in an edited text about understanding childbirth fear and anxiety. She is also the author of the new updated Chapter on 'Care in the First Stage of Labour' in the newest Edition of the core Midwifery Textbook Mayes Midwifery. She has been an Associate Editor for Women and Birth Journal for three years and peer reviews for many journals.Maeve is presently working as Assistant Professor of Midwifery in Fatima College of Health Sciences in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates where she is working with Dr Georgina Sosa to develop the first Bachelors Midwifery Degree Program in the United Arab Emirates. She has previously lectured in Midwifery and Public Health Nursing in University College Cork, Ireland and worked as Lecturer in Nursing at RCSI Bahrain, Bahrain and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Cardiff University in Wales in the United Kingdom. She is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at RCSI, which was awarded in recognition of her exceptional commitment, dedication, and contribution to the delivery of care.Maeve believes that positive public promotion of midwifery is crucial for the survival of our profession. In her role as an educator, her mission is to educate, nurture, and foster independent critical thinking and learning in students. She is passionate about evidence-based practice and that women and midwives have access to the best available evidence to provide woman-centred care. Her methodological interests are systematic reviews, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis and quantitative epidemiological studies.“We must continuously strive for high quality care for women and babies to give them the best start in life.”Dr Claire FeeleyQualifying as a midwife in 2011, earning an MSc in 2015, PhD in 2019; Claire has worked clinically in all areas of midwifery, in all settings, and across different organisations, across all birthplace settings – specialising in physiological birth across the risk spectrum, water immersion, advocacy and change implementation. Claire’s primary research focus has been on the sociocultural-political interactions upon women’s access to, engagement with and experiences of maternity care. Grounded within interests of health inequalities, childbirth choices, autonomy, rights and care provision issues; a core research focus is on ‘full-scope’ midwifery skill, competence and enabling (or not) working environments as the solution to overcoming many of the issues. Claire has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, two monographs, professional articles, book chapters, in addition to presenting nationally and internationally on these key topics. Now a lecturer and researcher at King’s College London and a freelance consultant, Claire can be contacted at www.clairefeeley.com
As midwives we are caring for women and their babies and families, and for partners and dads too. This session explores the experience of fathers, and we will be hearing from two leading speakers. The first will be Mark Williams, author, Consultant, and campaigner for dads mental health. Then we are joined by Midwife Debbie Garrod, who will share insights from her ethnographic PhD research exploring midwife-father communications during labour and birth. She will focus in particular on the nature of these communications, the impact of different birth environments on communication, and explore some ways in which midwives can help fathers, partners and other birth companions to habituate to the childbirth landscape.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContribution from:- Debbie Garrod, Midwife and researcher, NHSP Midwife, Manchester University NHSFT- Mark Williams, Keynote Speaker, Author and International Mental Health Campaign, Fathers Reaching OutBiographiesDebbie GarrodDebbie Garrod, qualified as a Midwife in 1993, has worked in all areas of midwifery and in several roles, all focussed on reducing health inequalities and promoting normal birth.In July 2002 she took up her role as Consultant Midwife in public health, and stayed in this role for 10 years. Debbie then left to study for PhD at the University of Leeds, which she combined with working part-time as a community midwife. Her PhD was awarded in 2021 and she is currently writing and publishing from her doctoral research. Mark WilliamsAfter a career in sales management and training Mark Williams became involved in the mental health sector after his own experience with depression following the birth of his child. Mark is the founder of Fathers Reaching Out and was a co-founder of the charity Dads Matter UK. He is an author, blogger, trainer and a public speaker.Mark has presented at over 100 conferences and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV News, Good Morning Britain and Channel 5 among numerous media appearances. He has recently visited Australia where he presented a paper at the International Marcé Society Conference held in Melbourne from 26 to 28 September 2016.He founded International Fathers Mental Health Day and the #HowAreYouDad Campaign to help ensure that all parents and families are supported throughout the perinatal period. Mark has spoken on television and radio stations around the world. Working alongside Dr Jane Hanley, he has published articles on Fathers (Paternal) Mental Health.In 2012, Mark was awarded “Inspirational Father of the year” and “Local Hero” at the Pride of Britain Awards. On World Mental Health Day in 2016 Mark was invited to meet The Royal Family and in 2019 he was awarded the Point Of light Award by the Prime Minister. Mark is also an Ambassador for Mother’s for Mother’s Charity.
-------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022.Support us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - MATFLIX.
Does love have a role in midwifery? If so, what is that role? While the concept of love in nursing has been widely explored, this has not been the case in midwifery and maternity care. Therefore, we invite you to join us to reflect on the relevance of love to our work.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
- Dr Diane Menage, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, De Montfort University and
- Dr Jenny Patterson, Midwife and Research Fellow, Edinburgh Napier University
Biographies
Dr Diane Menage
Diane is an experienced midwife, educationalist, mother, grandmother and feminist, but most of all a human being! Throughout her career her focus has always been on safe and effective care through relationships. She has worked clinically in hospital settings, community midwifery and independent practice. In 2018 she completed her PhD thesis on Women’s Lived Experience of Compassionate Midwifery at Coventry University before coming to De Montfort University as a senior midwifery lecturer.
Dr Jenny Patterson
Jenny is a midwifery lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. Jenny’s work as a midwife since 2007, both independently and in the UK National Health Service, led to her particular interest in women’s traumatic birth experiences and midwives work-related trauma.
Jenny’s PhD thesis explored the woman/midwife interaction, which is a significant factor in the development of PTSD-PC. Jenny is also passionate about supporting the midwives and maternity care professionals to provide the high-quality care they desire.
Communication and consent are key in this interaction and care quality, and so exploring the impact of language barriers in relation to informed consent within Scottish maternity services with Dr Şebnem Susam-Saraeva is an important step in further understanding contribution to birth trauma and maternity care challenges. Click here to read more
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Reviewing assessment of the newborn at birth and beyond
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Students as advocates
As we come to the final programme in the season, we are including two issues that are ‘hot off the press’ and important for midwives and students to know about and engage with.
One of that of Students role as not just learning the art and science of midwifery, and balancing theory and practice, but also about being advocates for women and families and for fellow practitioners and highlighting disparities and inequalities that are faced by women and people of colour navigating the maternity services. Student midwife Amba Morrell shares and reflects upon her experience of undertaking this role.
We are also joined by Professor Hora Soltani, who will be presenting some findings from the newly published review of neonatal assessment practice in Black, Asian, and minority ethnic newborns supported by the NHS Race and Health Observatory study. This highlights the need for better assessment of neonatal well-being at birth by professionals, as well as ongoing assessment, being aware that some terms in use to describe the newborn such as ‘pink’ ‘describing a well-perfused baby, need to be better described in caring for babies of colour.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
- Amba Morrell, Student Midwife, London South Bank University
- Professor Hora Soltani, Professor in Maternal and Infant Health, Sheffield Hallam University
This session explores the under-researched phenomenon of midwives/student midwives themselves giving birth (and people who have given birth becoming midwives), how positive or negative experiences may inform future practice, and/or increase vulnerability to repeat trauma exposure.
Kate Greenstock (practising midwife and author of Flourish: A Practical and Emotional Guidebook to Thriving in Midwifery) and Sarah Milnes (midwifery educator and researcher) will explore questions around: - Improving strategies in midwifery education to prepare those who are already parents for clinical practice - Trauma-aware structures and support for return to work after maternity leave - How to support midwives/student midwives who are preparing to give birth/feed a baby with the complexities of previous trauma exposure, and multiple identities.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from: -Kate Greenstock, Midwife, Coach, Author of 'Flourish' -Sarah Milnes, Midwifery educator, Researcher, University of Leicester
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Midwifery is a career which carries so many possibilities and choices, and remains a popular career choice. In this session we are exploring with our speakers, their journeys into midwifery, including the highs and lows and the challenges they have face to be where they are now!
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
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Kemi Akinwunmi, Qualified Midwife, Specialist in Public Health, Professional Aunty
- Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Specialist Haemoglobinopathies Midwife, St. Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
I am a Mother, Midwife, Health Visitor, Antenatal Teacher, Baby Massage Facilitator , Baby and Infant First Aid teacher
A qualified midwife working within the NHS via agency / flexibly on delivery suite, antenatal and postnatal wards . Working part time as a health visitor with specialist experience in parental and infant mental health , whilst focusing on Professional Aunty private services that support parents get off to the best start by providing bespoke services that bridge the gaps of care .
Professional Aunty services was founded On my own unique lived journey of parenting where i realised the gaps and support in services parents - so I became the support I needed for other parents
My Mission is to Support, Assist and Guide you along your journey, by providing you with products and flexible services made fun! -current services - baby massage facilitator , bespoke postnatal visits and baby and infant first aid for the family . We also provide amazing survival boxes with key essentials for mum , dad and baby 😊
I have had partnership work with : @themotherhoodgroup, @fivexmore_, @theperinatalmhpartnership and The Baby Show
I have been part of Podcasts since starting my business @professionalaunty 😊 with a growing following of 1k+ and engagement of 4.5%
1st @whomovedmybirkin where we discussed racism in midwifery, juggling work, business and parenthood.
2nd @thebirthboothpod where I discussed the role of a health visitor and explored the various levels of support provided to families as they transition into parenting.
3rd @wellrestorer who discussed my business as a health professional practising outside the box
I enjoy Spending time with my son and watching him grow daily and myself evolve as a parent has been amazing and grows my passions daily to educate and support parents
Where can you find/contact me ? Instagram and Facebook: @professionalauntyEmail: info@professionalaunty.co.ukWebsite: www.professionalaunty.co.uk
My current role is a specialist midwife, providing antenatal care for pregnant women with haemoglobinopathy disease, and offering counselling and further screening for couples who are at risk of having a baby affected by major haemoglobinopathies.
Haemoglobinopathies are complex genetic blood disorders (diseases of the red blood cell). Most people affected by haemoglobinopathies are of African, Caribbean and Asian origin, but both the sickle cell and thalassaemia genes are found in most ethnic groups. Sickle cell disease is said to affect about 12,500 to 15,000 people in the UK.
Pregnant women who are affected by sickle cell disease are at risk of pre-eclampsia, inter-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), stillbirth, preterm deliveries, increased risk of caesarean sections and maternal death. This means that specialist knowledge and understanding is required in providing antenatal care.
Since 2015, I have been providing antenatal care for pregnant women who have haemaglobinopathies. In order to continue my role and provide women with quality care, I registered for a haemoglobinopathy course in 2016 to update my knowledge, but due to lack of funding I had to defer the course. I was then accepted for the Advancing Client-Centred Care course in 2019.
On this episode we looked at continuity of care with a wider lens. Sam will explore how a very small team designed and implemented the maternity care system in New Zealand where 94% of women get government funded continuity of midwifery care. We will be joined by Emma to look at midwifery continuity of carer and supporting parents-to-be in their pregnancy and birth choices, working flexibly to provide holistic, individualised care.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from: - Sam Denny, Nurse, Midwife, Project Manager, WHO/IFEM - Emma McKay, Community Midwife, Hywel Dda University Health Board Community Midwifery Services
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Historically, in all cultures, midwives have had a close connection with spirituality, and with religion. So as we look at contemporary care, do we need to reflect and be aware of our historical links? An awareness of different cultures, and of differences between beliefs, and practices is fundamental to the way the midwife can personalise care to match with the women and families personal needs. This week, we will explore some of the different beliefs and thoughts around fertility, pregnancy and birth and loss, and how these impact on the needs of women, families, and their babies, as well midwives in their planning and delivery of culturally sensitive and individualised care.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
- Dr Jenny Hall, Midwifery Lecturer; Editor, Maternity and Midwifery Forum and MATFLIX
- Fatimah Mohamied, Midwife and Cultural Safety Champion, London
Biographies
Dr Jenny Hall has been creatively educating for nursing and midwifery all her career, in practice, publication or higher education.
Recently this has been through developing reflective practice in other educators on the Postgraduate certificate for education. She is currently a mentor and assessor for a Higher Education Academy (HEA) programme and Masters level supervisor and assessor.
Her passion is to view women’s needs holistically, including recognising spirituality. Previously editor for The Practising Midwife, she has published widely.
Recent research topics include spirituality, promoting dignity and respect in education and the human rights experiences of disabled women.
Further interest lies in educating for Sustainable Development. She is Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She is Editor of the MATFLIX box sets.
Fatimah Mohamied is a Midwife, Mother and Muslim. She is an alloy of British, Egyptian and Bengali constituents, whose passions lie in advocating for marginalized and vulnerable groups. Her work also strives to dismantle patriarchy, white supremacy and racism with a focus on protecting the dignity and respect of those harmed or in harm's way.
Fatimah has written for grass roots organizations such as The Khidr Collective, and Migrant Matters. She has also contributed to efforts in reducing inequalities for healthcare staff via the Nursing Narratives documentary "exposed".
Fatimah runs the Cultural Safety Book Club which will commence its third season in September and is excited to begin her new role as Cultural Safety Lead in July, while starting a new podcast alongside the author Shelley Silas.
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Series 10 - Episode 7: Communicating with babies
We know that baby’s ways of communication, and how we communicate with them is important.
This week it is Baby Communication Awareness week, and we are delighted to be joined by colleagues from the Brazelton centre. Betty Hutchon one of Brazelton Centre UK Master Trainers in the NBAS and NBO and the co-founder of the Brazelton Centre UK, and Sarah Lam, Communications Manager for the Brazelton Centre UK , who is leading the planning and running the annual Baby Communication Week will be speaking, and answering questions.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
- Dr Betty Hutchon, Master Trainer, Honorary Neurodevelopmental Consultant OT, University College London Hospital
- Sarah Lam, Communication Manager, Brazelton Centre UK
Biographies:
Dr Betty Hutchon
As well as recently taking on the most important role in her career as 'Granny' (!), Betty has had countless positions and accolades in helping babies and children. For many years Betty was Head of Paediatric Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy for the Royal Free Hospital in London, and she is now Honorary Neurodevelopmental Consultant OT at University College Hospital, London.
Betty was one of the co-founders of the Brazelton Centre UK and is one of 13 Master Trainers in the NBO and NBAS worldwide!
In recent years Betty has played a leading role in setting up a charity promoting evidence-based early intervention called Ei Smart https://eismart.co.uk/
Sarah Lam
Sarah is the Communication Manager for the Brazelton Centre UK which amongst many things includes planning and running the annual Baby Communication Week! She also creates resources for professionals and parents related to understanding baby behaviour.
Sarah has a special interest in supporting the parent-infant relationship both before birth and in the first months of life. Her professional background is in midwifery and following her (short) time as a midwife she was involved in carrying out a research study at the University of Cambridge studying how parent-infant neural synchrony supports early learning which was published in the PNAS Journal.
Sarah joined the Brazelton Centre UK in 2016 and certified in the Newborn Behavioural Observations. A highlight in her role has been planning an International conference all about babies around the world!
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In this session, renowned international midwifery expert Dianne Garland discusses the current evidence around water use during labour and birth, parent and midwife preparation, and what is happening nationally and internationally.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
- Dianne Garland, Midwifery Consultant and Author of 'Waterbirth - an attitude to care'
Biography
Dianne Garland SRN RM ADM PGCEA MSc
Qualified as a midwife in 1983, her waterbirth teaching/research has taken her all over the world, from Australia, China, the United States, and India. Her book “Revisiting Waterbirth – an attitude to care” was published 2017.
Dianne works as an expert witness, University lecturer and maintains her clinical skills on a midwife-led / consultant unit in Kent. Dianne has various roles including professional advisor in Chinese and Indian birth centres. After launching her company in 2005 www.midwifeexpert.com. her roles have expanded in the UK and abroad.
In 2018 Dianne joined the NSA advisory panel
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Series 10 - Episode 5: Oxytocin Collective Care - The art & interdisciplinary strategiesThis week’s episode looks at Oxytocin Collective Care - an interdisciplinary live event about mothers, parents and carers that uniquely combines a bold programme of performances and live art along with discussion panels and workshops. It creates a platform for critical art practices, intersectional feminist theories and maternity services as well as showcasing the work of artists whose practices and personal experiences are often under-represented.At its third edition, Oxytocin aims to create an arts, health & community-driven programme to evaluate the effectiveness of Black and Brown and disabled peoples’ care and the cultural sensitivity of primary care providers, administrators and staff in maternity services.Hosted by:Sheena Byrom OBE, Midwifery Consultant; Director, All4MaternityContributions from:Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Midwife, Author and ArtistDyana Gravina, Art producer, Curator, Activist, Birth DoulaBiographiesLaura Godfrey-IsaacsLaura is an artist, midwife, award-winning author and health feminist. She combines her knowledge and experience in the arts and healthcare to bring fresh creative and interdisciplinary perspectives to support reproductive rights and justice, as well as feminist readings of the body.Dyana GravinaDyana Gravina (They/She) is an interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, activist, mover, and community builder. She is the founding director of Procreate Project, a pioneering arts organisation dedicated to womxn and non-binary artists who are (m)others. Currently MA in 'Gender Sexuality and Culture' at Birkbeck University.They have collaborated and curated projects with partners and venues including RCA, King’s College London, LADA Live Art Development Agency, Ugly Duck, Mimosa House, Women's Art Library, RichMix, Richard Saltoun Gallery, 198 contemporary Art and Learning, to mention a few. Her performance actions and performative lectures have been shown and hosted in the UK and internationally including, Artist Association Israel, East Street Arts, Wellcome Collection, ]Performance Space[, Leyden Gallery, The Yard Theatre, Institute Centre of Photography ICP ( NYC), Art Basel / Richard Saltoun Gallery, Minusoffspace (Vienna), Menoparkas Gallery (Kaunas), Gruentaler9 (Berlin)."Central to my thinking is the dismantlement and mobilisation of old structures, imagery and languages, which oppress someone's sense of identity and freedom of expression, within the birth space and beyond."Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour PodcastSupport us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - MATFLIX.
Series 10 - Episode 4: Baby loss - supporting black and mixed-black womenBlack and mixed Black heritage women in the UK experience pregnancy and infant loss at higher rates than their white counterparts. In response to these disparities, Tommy's Baby Charity have established a Support Service for Black and mixed Black heritage women, and midwife Alicia Burnett has launched Black Baby Loss Awareness Week - an awareness event which aims to improve Black communities' awareness of support services for women, birthing people and families affected by pregnancy and baby loss.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:- Alicia Burnett, Midwife, Tommy's Baby Charity- Amina Hatia, Midwifery Manager, Tommy's Baby Charity----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour PodcastSupport us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - MATFLIX.
Each year more research is published extending our knowledge about the health benefits of relational care, midwifery continuity of carer for women, babies and their families.While job satisfaction is increased, and work-related stress is reduced for those providing this model of care, there is also resistance to changing daily routines, established patterns of work and areas of responsibility among midwives who have no experience of ‘following the woman’.In this session we continue to explore the wider implications of continuity of care. What do service users think and say….?Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Mary Newburn, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead, Kings College London ARC MaternityJo Daguston, AIMS Volunteer, Public co-investigator, NIHR funded/ELHT ProjectZenab Barry, Political Scientist, International Development Specialist and Director, National Maternity VoicesEach week we covered a wide range of topics - from COVID-19 to Sickle Cell, from Racial Disparity to Restoring Home births - with the podcast released each Friday.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour PodcastListen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour Podcast.Support us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - MATFLIX.
The International Day of the Midwife is a chance to reflect on what we have achieved and what midwives contribute to the health and wellbeing of women, their babies and families. And we celebrate midwives’ strength, resilience and creativity.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Newly appointed First Chief Midwife, International Confederation of Midwives
- Wendy (Wanda) Warrington, Midwife, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Humanitarian Aid Worker, Poland and Ukraine
Biography: Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE
Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent has vast experience in healthcare provision. She is a registered nurse and midwife, previously the Chief Midwifery Officer for the NHS in England and now newly appointed First Chief Midwife, International Confederation of Midwives. She is one of two National Maternity Safety Champions and visiting Professor of Midwifery at Kings College London and London South Bank University.
Jacqueline has held senior positions in clinical practice, education, leadership and management including: Consultant Midwife, Director of Midwifery and Nursing positions for Women’s and Children’s services at Imperial College Healthcare Trust & Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Academic roles have included: Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Leader, LME and Professor of Midwifery.
Her experience has seen her leading and influencing national maternity standards and guidance. She also influences healthcare, nationally and internationally through, education and publications and is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences. She is a member of Tommy’s Charity National Advisory Board as Midwifery advisor, and the Women of the Year management committee. Her voluntary work currently includes Midwifery Ambassador for the charity ‘Saying Goodbye’ and trustee for the RCN Foundation.
She has received the HSJ, BME Pioneers award and she has been selected from over 100 nominations for inclusion on Nursing Times’ Leaders 2015 list that celebrates nurses and midwives who are pioneers, entrepreneurs and inspirational role models in their profession
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For many years, Entonox ‘Gas and air’ has been a treasured form of pain relief during labour. Recently interest in the media has highlighted other aspects, such as ‘recreational use’, and also the impact of Entonox levels on midwives and maternity staff as well as the environmental impact of Entonox – looking at a recent study.
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
- Dr Wendy Jones MBE, Pharmacist; Author of 'Breastfeeding and Medication' and 'Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions'
- Catherine Kelly, Medical student, University of Dundee
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This session looks at a student led model of learning for student midwives in the form of a student led postnatal clinic within maternity service. The SMiLE Clinic provides student led postnatal care, supported by midwives in partnership with women and families. We hear from Dana and Sam on how the clinic runs, and what the women and students think of the being part of this clinic.About SMiLE Clinic:The Student Midwife integrated Learning Environment (SMiLE) is a postnatal clinic that is led by student midwives and facilitated by a qualified midwife (practice supervisor). This unique learning environment has a strong ethos of working in partnership, kindness and respect, and is a safe space where students are nurtured to lead in postnatal care by organising and operating two busy clinics.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Dana Colbourne, Registered Midwife, Postgraduate Researcher & Lead Midwife, SMiLE Clinic and;Samantha Perry, MidSoc President, RCM SMF South of England Representative and Student Midwife, University of Southampton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2023.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour Podcast - Support us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - www.MATFLIX.co.uk
This episode is an overview of the examination of the newborn, looking briefly at its history, the NMC requirements, and what this means for student midwives, qualified midwives and existing EON and NIPE practitioners. Our speakers explore the standards in action and consider how we can work towards a high quality standardised aspect of care, and develop skills, competence and confidence with the newborn baby.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Natasha Carr, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery & Professional Midwifery Advocate, Birmingham City UniversityLindsey Rose, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin UniversityDr Anna Byrom, Midwife, Director and CEO, All4Maternity-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2023.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour Podcast - Support us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - www.MATFLIX.co.uk
5 Easy wins with expectant parentsHow do you make the antenatal infant feeding and relationship-building information that you know you need to share, really be heard and understood by the parents you are working with, in the short time you have available?Renowned Infant Feeding Specialist and NHS Baby Friendly Initiative lead Shel Banks knows how tricky it is to deliver this key information alongside everything else you need to do in your allotted time with parents-to-be.Session 1 – What we know and understand about the issues of getting antenatal feeding information across to expectant parentsThe latest evidence base, including recent breastfeeding research from The Lancet, shows the reality of breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates globally. The report recommendations highlighted the changes we can work towards to embed information around choices for infant feeding with new parents.At Anya, we understand the evidence base, we understand the requirements of Baby Friendly accreditation and we understand the challenges of communicating the right messages in the time available: we know staff are spread thin in terms of time and resource management.We recognise that as healthcare professionals, you often have too many things to do in not enough time, and with not enough staff. We also recognise that the traditional ways of reaching people don’t work for everyone - and might not impact on the individual family in front of you.Session 2: What can we do to facilitate fully informed choices around infant feeding and relationship building, for all the families in our care? We will share our top tips on how to get this information across in an inclusive and meaningful way, without negatively impacting your workload.This session will include our top tips to be smart, use time and resources wisely, get the important infant feeding and relationship-building messages across AND make a big difference to the experience of your local families as well as improvements to wider public health outcomes.How can the Anya app help?As an evidence-based digital solution already in use in the NHS with monitored outcomes, we’ve got some excellent ideas along with a suite of evidence-based resources in different formats, suitable for different learning styles. Our app, containing the unique interactive 3D breastfeeding animation tool LatchAidTM, has already demonstrated improved breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates - and we can show you how it works.We’re also working with government-funded SBRI Healthcare to research how our digital solution can improve access to support and reduce health inequalities in maternity care. This has seen us broaden our antenatal information in accessible, plain English formats, increase our inclusion of black women, young parents, and low-income families, and develop new features to deliver continuity to our users.Join us, and together we can help make antenatal feeding information land in the right way, at the right time.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Shel Banks, IBCLC Infant Feeding Specialist, Clinical Director, AnyaBiography:Shel BanksShel Banks is an IBCLC Infant Feeding Specialist working to support improved infant feeding outcomes for families everywhere. Shel works part-time for the NHS, has a small private practice, is Clinical Director to Anya, and provides teaching, writing, and other expertise to a number of national charities and organisations. Shel has written a book and been involved in 3 Cochrane systematic reviews and the development of 3 NICE guidelines, and alongside her Anya work, is doing a Ph.D. part-time.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday for this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7 pm London, UK | Wednesdays throughout 2023.Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour Podcast - Support us on Patreon.Catch up on demandEvery episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Neil Stewart Associates and filmed by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.Catch up on the highlights with our supporters - www.MATFLIX.co.uk
For this episode you will need a piece of paper and pen, plus a glass of water (or wine!) before we start the session!There is no quick fix for sustaining midwives in the current climate. This practical session offers a selection of tools and mindsets to support you to stay well in midwifery – both in the day to day, and over the long term. If you are tired of the disheartened shoulder shrug and want to regain a sense of fire in your belly (or even a sense of humour!), join us.Hosted by:Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes MidwiferyContributions from:Kate Greenstock, Midwife, Coach, Author of FlourishSheena Byrom MBE, Consultant Midwife & Director, All4MaternityColette Grant, Performance Coach and Entrepreneur and; Dr Aaron Turner, Founder and Senior Partner, ONE THOUGHT
We welcome back Midwife Faiza Rehman, who set up the Raham Project in Peterborough, to provide support to mothers and families from ethnic minorities, through information, education and activities, with a focus on emotional support and advocacy. An important part of the project has been to give voice to the mothers, through monthly listening sessions. So how is this project going and how are the mothers, and families?In celebration of International Women's Day (IWD), and a special day for women; this year the theme is ‘embrace equity’ – towards a goal of understanding that we are all different, but equal! We are reminded that in many parts of the world, being a woman is tough, challenging and fraught with difficulty. We look to a world where we can truly celebrate women and their achievements throughout the world.Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Faiza Rehman, Midwife and Founder, Raham Project and;
Dr Kathryn Gutteridge, Honorary Associate Professor, Psychotherapist and Luminary Midwife
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The importance of nurturing midwives’ mental health and reducing the risk of burnout and the impact of trauma exposure has been brought into stark relief over the past couple of years. This session will identify the psychological realities of being a midwife and start to think about how we change the narrative.
To do this, we are joined by midwife, coach and author of ‘Flourish’, Dr Kate Greenstock and Dr Anna Byrom, midwife, educator, innovator and CEO and director of All4Maternity.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald,* Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Kate Greenstock, Midwife, Coach, Author of 'Flourish' * Dr Anna Byrom, Midwife, Educator, Innovator, CEO and Director, All4Maternity * Colette Grant, Performance Coach and Entrepreneur * Dr Aaron Turner, Founder and Partner, ONE THOUGHT*
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In this session, we are exploring the issue of perinatal mental health, and its short and long-term effects on women, their families and babies.
This includes the impact of postnatal depression, and how midwives can support the woman and her family through a return to health, and well-being.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Elaine Coote - (nee Hanzak), Inspirational Speaker and Author on Perinatal Mental Illness, Mental Health
and
Rosie Doman, Midwife and Preceptorship Lead, Barts Health NHS Trust
Biographies:
Elaine Coote (nee Hanzak)
Elaine Hanzak's purpose in life is to guide others to maximise their own effectiveness, mental health and happiness, equipping them with a tool-kit to make each day count. She addresses audiences of any size to share her challenges in life, including extreme postnatal illness and bereavement. Through a roller coaster of events, she shares her experiences and how each chapter of her life has formed the woman she is today! Her audience often comment on her humour and candour. Most important though is what she can share with others to help them face each day with a smile and ways to motivate themselves, in both their personal and professional roles. Her audiences are moved in more ways than one! Clients include NHS, Children's Centres, Customer Service Network Training, International Association of 'Pure' Hypnoanalysts, Forward Ladies, Capita, Healthcare Events, and Open University. She has appeared on 'BBC', 'Sky', 'This Morning', and national and local radio plus wide media coverage. Her books 'Eyes without Sparkle - a journey through postnatal illness' (Radcliffe, 2005) and 'Another Twinkle in the Eye - contemplating another pregnancy after perinatal mental illness' (CRC Press 2016) have been sold around the world and lead to presentations in Australia and to the European Parliament and at Westminster.
Rosie Doman
I am a Registered Midwife working professionally in the NHS since I qualified in 2006. I believe that all women and their families are entitled to outstanding, non-judgemental pregnancy care. I strive to deliver high-quality, holistic midwifery care which is tailored to the individual and their family needs. I love to deliver aspects of 'low risk' care to 'high risk' women, empowering women during their high
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This session looks at some issues around breastfeeding, recent research in bottle refusal by breastfed babies, and the intricacies of discussion about medication when breastfeeding.
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This session will revisit the NHS England Transformation agenda, reviewing where we are in terms of continuity of care in midwifery services. We will explore also the potential that this type of care has for addressing improved clinical outcomes and social inequalities and disadvantage.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald,* Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Trixie McAree, National Midwifery Lead for Continuity of Carer, NHS England/Improvement * Wendy Olayiwola, National Maternity Lead for Equality, NHS England/Improvement*
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This episode explores some of the factors that can contribute to better outcomes for women, their babies and families in their experience of postnatal care, especially within inpatient services.
Lesley Turner shares findings from her research into outcomes and quality of care, and the impact of staffing levels; and Elizabeth Duff from the NCT highlights the perspectives of women, their families, and the importance of high quality postnatal care.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: - Lesley Turner, Head of Practice Learning, (Nursing & Midwifery), University of Southampton - Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Advisor, NCT
Biographies:Lesley TurnerLesley has worked as a midwife in local Trusts and has close ties with practice. Previous roles as Clinical Educator and Practice Development Midwife enable Lesley to supervise the development of clinical skills for our midwifery students. Lesley completed a Masters in Public Health and is dual qualified as both a nurse and midwife.
Lesley is a personal academic tutor and an academic assessor under the NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment. She oversees placement allocation and communication with our providers. She has recently worked on increasing the number of Continuity of Carer placements within the programme.
As an Autism Ambassador Lesley is keen to promote inclusion and support for students and staff with autism.
Elizabeth DuffElizabeth Duff has been Senior Policy Adviser at NCT since 2009. Elizabeth’s portfolio covers a wide range of issues affecting parents during the First 1,000 Days, from childcare provisions to maternity pay.
Elizabeth is an experienced public speaker, championing the needs of parents at a national and international level. Previously she worked in journalism and communications, as well as chairing the Camden Community Health Council and being vice-chair of Camden & Islington Maternity Services Liaison Committee.
Elizabeth writes regular contributions in Midwifery: an international journal and is on the editorial board of the MIDIRS Midwifery Digest.
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Cervical ripening is a process of softening and opening the cervix before labour starts. Traditionally, cervical ripening has been performed entirely in-hospital, to allow monitoring of maternal/fetal well-being and early recognition of complications. However, an increasing number of UK maternity units offer outpatient (home) cervical ripening.
This hour, Mairi and Cassandra will discuss home cervical ripening versus in-hospital cervical ripening to determine whether home cervical ripening is acceptable from the perspective of both women and the National Health Service (NHS).
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Mairi Harkness, Research Fellow, University of Stirling and;
Dr Cassandra Yuill, Research Fellow, City, University of London
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Globally, significant numbers of women report obstetric violence (OV) during childbirth. The United Nations has identified obstetric violence as gendered violence. Obstetric violence can be perpetrated by any healthcare professional (HCP) and is impacted by systemic issues such as HCP education, staffing ratios, and lack of access to continuity of care.
Dr Hazel Keedle PhD is the lead researcher on the Australia's largest maternity experiences survey, The Birth Experience Study. The study explored the experiences of obstetric violence reported in a national survey in 2021 by women who had a baby in the previous 5 years.
Open text comments found three main categories:
"I felt dehumanised," "I felt violated," and "I felt powerless."
Women’s experiences of obstetric violence - moving from dehumanised, violated and powerless to respectful care?
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from: Dr Hazel Keedle PhD, Senior Lecturer of Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Australia
Biography: Dr Hazel Keedle, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer of Midwifery at Western Sydney University, Australia. Hazel has more than two decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator and researcher. Hazel's research interests are vaginal birth after caesarean, birth trauma, obstetric violence and maternity experiences explored primarily using feminist mixed methodologies.
Hazel's work is recognised nationally and internationally, with many invited conference and seminar presentations including academic publications and a book for women based on her PhD findings ‘Birth after Caesarean: Your Journey to a Better Birth’. Hazel is the lead researcher on the Australia's largest maternity experiences survey, The Birth Experience Study. Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.
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Series 9 - Episode 1: Safer beginnings – Increasing self-agency in maternity to reduce violence and harm
Kay details the Safer Beginnings programme and how they worked with partners to develop a new set of resources to increase self-agency in relation to reducing violence and harm in maternity.
Amity details the new Free From Harm resource that has been co-produced with their partners on the Safer Beginnings programme, covering the benefit and role of the resource in improving care.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Kay King, Director, White Ribbon Alliance and;
Amity Reed, Respectful Maternity Care Lead, White Ribbon Alliance
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BiographiesMaeve O'ConnellMaeve is a Registered Midwife and Nurse. Coming from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, she is passionate about midwifery, intrapartum care in particular and has a strong presence on social media as a nurse and midwife promoting midwifery and maternal and new-born health. Maeve holds a Master’s in Advanced Practice from King’s College London and a PhD in Medicine & Health from University College Cork. Her PhD research concerns fear of childbirth and tocophobia in pregnant women which has been presented at international conferences and journal publications, which are widely cited, a Cochrane Review- Interventions for fear of childbirth (tocophobia) and a book chapter in an edited text about understanding childbirth fear and anxiety. She is also the author of the new updated Chapter on 'Care in the First Stage of Labour' in the newest Edition of the core Midwifery Textbook Mayes Midwifery. She has been an Associate Editor for Women and Birth Journal for three years and peer reviews for many journals.
Maeve is presently working as Assistant Professor of Midwifery in Fatima College of Health Sciences in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates where she is working with Dr Georgina Sosa to develop the first Bachelors Midwifery Degree Program in the United Arab Emirates. She has previously lectured in Midwifery and Public Health Nursing in University College Cork, Ireland and worked as Lecturer in Nursing at RCSI Bahrain, Bahrain and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Cardiff University in Wales in the United Kingdom. She is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at RCSI, which was awarded in recognition of her exceptional commitment, dedication, and contribution to the delivery of care.
Maeve believes that positive public promotion of midwifery is crucial for the survival of our profession. In her role as an educator, her mission is to educate, nurture, and foster independent critical thinking and learning in students. She is passionate about evidence-based practice and that women and midwives have access to the best available evidence to provide woman-centred care. Her methodological interests are systematic reviews, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis and quantitative epidemiological studies.
“We must continuously strive for high quality care for women and babies to give them the best start in life.”
Georgina SosaGeorgina Sosa has been a Midwife in the UK for 26 years. She trained and worked at the Whittington Hospital in London from 1995-2003, where she opened an African well women clinic for women with female genital mutilation (FGM) and completed a Midwifery MSc. In 2003, Georgina moved to the James Paget Hospital (JPUH) in Norfolk and worked as a clinical midwifery manager until 2010. Georgina has published a paper concerning her experiences caring for women with FGM in the Midwifery journal “Midirs” and written a chapter titled the “Midwife Manager” in the book “Becoming a Midwife”. Georgina then worked as a Governance Midwife from 2010 to March 2014 leading the maternity services at the JPUH to CNST - Clinical Negligence scheme for Trusts level III.
Most recently, Georgina has successfully completed her PhD which explored midwifery one-to-one support in labour. She has also co-published papers on the concept analysis of midwifery one-to-one support in labour in 2011 in the journal “Midwifery.” In addition, Georgina has travelled to Sudan to speak at conferences and carry out low risk midwifery workshops and emergency skills & drills. Georgina has worked in all areas of midwifery but has particular passion for the care of women in labour and caring for women with FGM and training professionals concerning labour care and FGM.
The importance of being aware of the limited resources of the planet, protecting our ecological systems and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, may seem disconnected from everyday midwifery practice…This session will outline how these issues are affecting maternal health, how the care we provide contributes to the problem, and how we can all be involved in creating the change needed to achieve a liveable future for our children and the children we deliver.
In 2020, the UK’s NHS was the first health service in the world to commit to being Net Zero carbon emissions by 2045. The initial steps have been heavily steeped in estates, travel and transport; but what about the care and services we provide? Are there practices that can be adopted in Midwifery and Maternity services that can contribute to more sustainable care? And if nothing changes, what are the potential impacts for our services?
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Jo Frame, Midwife; Clinical Fellow, Chief Nurses Office, NHS England; Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellowship and; Alice Clack, Obstetrician, SusQI Education Fellow
Biographies:
Alice is a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in Sustainability and Obstetric Education in low resource settings, and has worked in Obstetric and Midwifery education projects in Liberia, The Gambia and Sierra Leone. She is currently working as a fellow in Sustainable Quality Improvement at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, and is in active member of the climate activist group, Doctors for Extinction Rebellion. She was also part of the Climate and Health score card project, and is currently working with other Obstetricians to develop a 'Sustainability and Health' e-learning module for the RCOG platform.
Josephine is a Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow based within Greener NHS and Chief Nurse’s Office at NHS England. Josephine qualified as a midwife in 2014 and has since worked in all areas of midwifery in south-east London. Josephine’s substantive post is as Practice Development Midwife, planning and facilitating MDT study and simulation days. She has continued to have ongoing passion around parental education, informed choice and supporting those at risk of social disadvantage health inequity. As part of her fellowship, Josephine is working towards embedding sustainability within midwifery and maternity care by identifying areas for opportunity and launching sustainable QI projects and by identifying areas for opportunity and launching sustainable QI projects working towards achieving the NHS Carbon Net Zero plan.
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Can you reduce and recognise severe tears?
In this episode, Lizzie Phillips asks if midwives can change the story of women's pelvic health, sharing women's real stories following perineal damage. As midwives, we are women's advocates and have opportunities to educate women, use techniques to reduce trauma during birth and give real choices throughout pregnancy and birth to the families we care for. It's midwives that recognise red flags and deviations from physiological birth, but is women's pelvic health seen as an essential part of our ongoing training?
This talk will empower you with the knowledge you need to get started on your journey to improving your knowledge of life long pelvic health.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Lizzie Phillips, Specialist Perineal Midwife, University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust Clinical Midwifery Lead OASI2 and contributions from User representatives
Biography: Lizzie Phillips Lizzie is an enthusiastic advocate for women's pelvic health and works at Plymouth Hospital. For the past 6 years she has been at the forefront of developing a new framework for reducing perineal trauma, improving recognition and repair and recovery from severe tears. She is a mum of two beautiful daughters and lives in the South West between the rugged moors and glorious sea.
Lizzie has over 18years midwifery experience. She’s had the privilege of being involved with many families giving birth in everything from the homebirth team to their high risk unit. She is now a Perineal Specialist Midwife and a firm believer that Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Gynaecology should overlap more than they historically have.
Lizzie is the midwifery lead for the OASI2 care bundle with the RCOG and RCM. Seeking to get the research on reducing tears from academic papers to the women we serve. She hopes to raise the standards of teaching for our future midwives and reduce the social taboo around pelvic trauma. Each week we covered a wide range of topics - from COVID-19 to Sickle Cell, from Racial Disparity to Restoring Home births - with the podcast released each Friday.
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Our research project examined informed consent during pregnancy, labour, and birth in the case of parents with limited English-proficiency (LEP) in Scotland and for whom interpreting services might be needed. It is often difficult for LEP parents to access adequate information in their own languages during perinatal care and this greatly contributes to poor maternal health outcomes.
The main objective of the project was to understand informed consent from an interdisciplinary perspective of midwifery and translation & interpreting studies. We ran a series of expert focus groups and interactive workshops with researchers and practitioners, which allowed us to create an environment where the concept of informed consent in multilingual and multicultural settings in Scottish maternity services could be viewed through fresh eyes.
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Contributions from: Dr Jenny Patterson, Midwifery Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University and;
Dr Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
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The weeks following birth, also referred to as the fourth trimester, are a critical period for both mother and baby, setting the foundations for long-term health and well-being. Postpartum care should be an ongoing process, rather than a single encounter, with services and support tailored to each woman’s individual needs to optimise health and improve outcomes for women and the wider community. Some of the issues that women and people commonly face in the postnatal period include discomfort following the birth, challenges with feeding, issues with bladder and bowel function, severe fatigue and mood disorders.
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Contributions from: Sheena Byrom OBE, Midwife Consultant and Director, All4Maternity and; Marie Louise, The Modern Midwife
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Giving birth by Caesarean Section can be challenging for women and their families, as they cope with recovering after major surgery and caring for a new baby.
Janine and Leonie, two very experienced midwives, wrote ‘C-Section Recovery Manual: Your Body, Your Recovery’, for women as a unique resource.
In this session they will share how we, as midwives and maternity care workers, can support, educate and empower women and families, so that they can recover to full health and well-being and enjoy being new parents.
Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from: * Janine McKnight-Cowan, BEM, Author; Queens Nurse; Project Manager- Personalised Care Workforce, Joined Up Care Derbyshire; 2019 RCNi Community & General Practice Nurse of the Year * Leonie Rastas, Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing; Nurse and Midwife
Biographies Janine McKnight-Cowan I describe myself as an author by accident, quite simply finding myself putting pen to paper all the clinical, trade learnt skills of a 42 year NHS career. Spanning general nursing, midwifery, and health visiting. In an attempt to leave a legacy of knowledge and skills to enhance the self management of mothers, so they can care for themselves, and in turn make that transition to motherhood, equipped and forearmed to navigate the hurdles of recovery and motherhood. The clinical path I have walked has exposed me to plan for the avoidable and innovate to make the difference you want to see. There is always a way through to share what is important, I look forward to sharing my maternity story with you.
Leonie Rastas- FACN.RN.RM.CPE.Grad Cert Higher Ed Leonie is known for her C-section recovery advocacy and support. She is a nurse, midwife, author, educator, innovator and founding director of ‘Caesarcare’, an online service business helping support women after caesarean birth She has worked with thousands of C-section mothers during her forty years in clinical practice and has personal experience with her own six caesarean births. Leonie taught in the Bachelor of midwifery program for ten years at Australian Catholic University and Charles Sturt University. In 2010 Leonie was admitted as a Fellow to the Australian College of Nursing in recognition of her service to holistic healthcare in 2005 when she founded an Australian health promotion charity. Leonie’s recent achievements include creating a surgical wound splint, caesarean recovery journal pages, a scar tracker and six weeks of day planners. These innovations can be seen in the ‘C-section Recovery Manual-Your Body Your Recovery. which she co-authored with Janine Mcknight Cowan.
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In this session, two midwives from Norfolk and Waveney LMNS share their trip to Uganda as a part of a small faculty of midwives, to provide training workshops for midwives, with midwives.
The aim of the workshops were to share learning on the main topics of haemorrhage, evidence-based care, respectful care, resuscitation and research.
Mollie and Nicola will be exploring the midwives’ day to day experiences of international midwifery with reflections on their own practices
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In this session we are looking at current challenges facing maternity care, and midwives. We will look at strategies to shine brightly, using different perspectives, and looking at how we as midwives can speak out, write and share what we do and what we can do.
(SFA) We also explore how you can, as a midwife shape the agenda!
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Series 8 - Episode 5: World Mental Health Day Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
We are joined for this episode by a world expert on ICP as well as someone who has experienced the condition.
This session will focus on to date, evidence based information on what ICP is, how to recognise it and how midwives (and students) can manage and support women and families experiencing this condition.
Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Dr Caroline Ovadia, BMBCh MA PhD MRCOG, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics, Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London; Honorary Consultant Obstetrician, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust * Ali Gilroy, Expert by Experience
Biographies Dr Caroline Ovadia Caroline Ovadia is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics at King’s College London, and an Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She qualified in Medicine from Oxford University in 2005; following clinical rotations in Oxford and Wales, moved to London in 2010 to undertake an Academic Clinical Fellowship at Imperial College London. In 2014, she commenced an NIHR BRC Clinical Research Fellowship in Translational and Experimental Medicine and King’s College London, following which she was awarded Clinical Research Fellowships by Tommy’s Charity and the University of Gothenburg, during which time she completed her PhD. This studied the role of ursodeoxycholic acid treatment in cholestatic pregnancy, under the supervision of Professors Catherine Williamson, Lucy Chappell, and Dr Peter Dixon.
Caroline’s academic interests are in the maternal and fetal influences of metabolic disorders of pregnancy, particularly concentrating on gut-derived endocrine signals and the prevention of adverse perinatal outcomes, including stillbirth. She has published work in major journals, such as the Lancet, Hepatology and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Clinically, she has undertaken advanced training in maternal medicine and advanced labour ward practice, and jointly leads the diabetes and endocrinology obstetric antenatal service. She is a co-investigator for clinical trials in cholestatic pregnancy and gestational diabetes. Caroline is a member of the British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society and the Society for Endocrinology.
Caroline believes strongly in engaging the public in medicine and science; as such she is a Key Collaborator on contextualising “The Birth Rites” art collection, has spoken at the “Pint of Science” international science festival, undertakes live social media interactive sessions, regularly speaks at schools and is a medical advisor to the charity ICP Support.
Ali Gilroy Ali Gilroy has a background in psychology, completing an MSc in Health Psychology in 2010.
She was diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy during her first pregnancy, having never heard of the condition before then. When seeking information about her postnatal health she discovered the research-charity ICP Support.
In 2021 she began working for ICP Support as their Engagement and Development Officer. She is currently on maternity leave with her second little itch and will return at the end of October 2022.
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Series 8 - Episode 4: Research on the Student Experience
This session focuses on research into student midwives’ perspectives, both before they come into midwifery and what their experiences are towards the end of their programme. This has huge implications for the students and for the midwives and lecturers supporting them through their midwifery journey.
Does a student midwife’s personal experience of childbirth affect their philosophy of care and the choices they offer women?
Contributions from: * Carla Jayne Avery, Associate Professor for Midwifery and Lead Midwife for Education (LME) Buckinghamshire New University * Sarah Milnes, Midwifery Lecturer, University of Leicester
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Waterbirth - the evidence
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
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Dr Claire Feeley, Researcher and Lecturer at King’s College London
Dr Ethel Burns, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Oxford Brookes University
Professor Charles Roehr, Clinical Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit - Clinical Trials Unit; Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Oxford
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Going for Gold - UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative in the University
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
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Dr Alison Taylor, Lead Midwife for Education, Deputy Head of Department Midwifery and Health Sciences, Baby Friendly Project Lead Lecturer, University National Infant Feeding (NIFN) Lead, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Bournemouth University
Megan Langrish, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Course Leader (Burnley Campus), UCLan Baby Friendly Leadership Team Gold Award, University of Central Lancashire
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Personal and professional challenges
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
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Dr Denise Tiran, CEO / Education Director, Expectancy, Visiting Professor, Qingdao Huikang School of Midwifery, Shanghai, China and;
Tamsin Bicknell, Consultant Midwife for Public Health and Safeguarding, Co-chair NEL LMNS, Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholar
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In this session we are looking at truly cutting-edge research work into the influences of power and hierarchy on staff safety and wellbeing; the underpinning problems of psychological vulnerability creating cultural challenges to staff safety; and poor working conditions creating workplace adversity. We consider different evidence-based strategies which may improve outcomes for staff, patients, and wider communities of practice, because the patient and staff experience of healthcare are intrinsically linked. Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Helen Elliott-Mainwaring, Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Leicester and * Charlotte Phillips, Senior Lecturer, University of Staffordshire
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In this session we are exploring current challenges facing maternity care and midwives. We will look at strategies to shine brightly, with Radha Wilson-Jefferies, emotional health coach for midwives and Dr Jan Smith, Psychologist and Coach, who will talk about supporting staff and her new mental health app for midwives. Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery Contributions from: Dr Jan Smith, Psychologist & CEO, Healthy You Ltd Radha Wilson Jeffries, Emotional Health Coach for Midwives and Maternity Live on Maternity and Midwifery Forum | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022. Listen to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour Podcast Support us on Patreon. Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk Register to watch the next episode LIVE or attend a Maternity & Midwifery Festival: https://mmf.eventbrite.com Watch the live stream: https://facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live
Women’s experiences of post-traumatic growth following traumatic birth In this session we will be exploring womens' experience of traumatic birth, through an important research project looking at women’s post traumatic growth.
This research has important messages for women’s, families and professionals in providing care, and supporting women who may experience traumatic birth.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Zoe Darwin, Reader, University of Huddersfield,
Rhianna Ketley, Clinical Psychology Trainee, University of Leeds
Linda McGowan, Professor of Applied Health Research in the School of Healthcare, Leeds University
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Voices From the Student Front
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Contributions from: Nicky Clark, Head of Midwifery and Child/Lead Midwife for Education/ Senior Lecturer, Chair of the NMCLME Strategic Reference Group| SFHEA |Chief Midwifery Officer Gold Award 2020 and
Nicole Rajan-Brown, Editor, Student Midwife Journal
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Series 7 - Episode 9: Highlights from the Northern Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2022 Presentations include: * Cancer and pregnancy awareness: seeing the symptoms * Supporting women and families fleeing at time of crisis
Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Wendy Warrington (Wanda), Safeguarding Families Specialist Practitioner, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust * Pete Wallroth, Chief Executive and Founder, Mummys Star
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The need for support, and the impact of stress on those providing support for breastfeeding mothers led Professor Amy Brown to explore the wellbeing of lactation support workers, prior and during the Covid-19 lockdown. In this presentation, Amy will share the complex picture that emerged, and what the implications are for breastfeeding women, their families and their supporters.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Professor Amy Brown, Professor, Public Health, Swansea University
Biographies Professor Amy Brown A psychologist by background, I now work in public health research specialising in research exploring early experiences of parenthood with a focus on infant feeding, mental health and normal baby behaviour. I have published widely across these topics with my research helping to inform policy and practice in the UK and internationally. I have a particular interest in public engagement and making sure our research findings are relevant, understood and shared in an engaging way so that they can reach new parents and those who support them. I have worked closely with policy makers, public health bodies and charities around the world to ensure this happens.
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In this episode, Sue and Zahra will discuss the one-day programme for maternity and midwifery professionals and policy makers building on the recommendations from the Ockenden Report into incidents at Shrewsbury and Telford titled Personalised Maternity Care: Building on Ockenden. Claire's presentation (a brand new recording straight from the live event in Central London on June 8th) 'Devising and facilitating personalised care plans for women wanting care outside of guidelines, including ELCS' will be played live. This presentation that would be of interest to everyone from students, midwives and other maternity staff. Debra will focus on sharing information about the Student Experience Festival (29 June) and how you and your Midwifery Society can get involved.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Claire Parker, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Former Consultant Midwife, Anglia Ruskin University Zahra Saeed, Midwifery Student, University of Salford Debra Murray, Deputy Editor and Marketer, Midwifery Forum
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The need to address perinatal pelvic health was highlighted by the NHS announcement in 2021 the that NHS Pelvic Health Clinics would be set up to support pregnant women and new mums to prevent and treat incontinence and other pelvic floor issues. These would provide a one stop shop for women, who can self refer, through their pregnancy and afterwards, providing specialist advice, exercises and treatment, plus training and support for local clinicians. Rachel Mullins and her colleague Zoe Nelson join us to describe the story of setting up their local clinic, who is involved, and provide us with the potential effects of this service on women, and how we can use this knowledge to roll out and expand the service.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Rachel Mullins, Perinatal Pelvic Health Midwife, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and; Zoe Nelson, Local Maternity & Neonatal Lead Midwife, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
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Is it a career move to education for you? Midwives moving to higher education - exploring the issues. Midwifery education in Indonesia, developing a collaborative curriculum. Exploring these topics will be Jo Foster and Mandy Wain, both Assistant Professors in Midwifery at the University of Nottingham. Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Joanne Foster, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham * Amanda Wain, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Biographies Jo Foster RGN RM BSc MSc PGCHE NMC Midwife Teacher FHEA Jo qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1994 and then completed a BSc in Midwifery in 1999. Jo practiced in a range of clinical midwifery roles and her passion for intrapartum care, ultimately led her to practice in a leadership role as a Labour Suite Coordinator. Jo is an active Newborn Life Support Instructor with the UK Resuscitation Council. Jo’s Masters research was in Preceptorship, and she is currently Assistant Professor in Midwifery University of Nottingham. She leads on the undergraduate courses; Year 2 Clinical Practice and year 3 Enhanced Maternity Care and the postgraduate course The Examination of the Newborn (NIPE).
Amanda Wain Mandy qualified as a midwife in 2007 and is Assistant Professor of Midwifery at the University of Nottingham. Her areas of expertise are within intrapartum care, and bereavement care. She was also previously a Supervisor of Midwives. Mandy is the Midwifery Practice Learning and Clinical Skills Lead for the BSC (Hons) Midwifery Degree. She leads the year three Practice Course, Advancing Midwifery Practice. She also is Course Lead for The Professional Midwifery Advocate CPD module. She is a link tutor to Nottingham University Hospital (NUH) Trust.
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This week, we look at two important issues that are facing midwives, midwifery and maternity services.
My Uterus - a reflection on Roe vs Wade with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs What does that leaked report from the US Supreme Court attempting to reverse the ruling of Roe versus Wade mean for women in the US and beyond?
Laura will consider what this means from a feminist and midwife perspective, including a celebration of the mighty uterus! And for many years, the issue of bullying has been cited as a problem within many spheres of society, including the NHS and midwifery, and still, it seems that there is a problem.
Why should that be and what can we do to address bullying and ensure that our service is caring and nurturing for our midwives, and medical and student colleagues?
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
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Amanda Burleigh, Midwifery Consultant & Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor
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How much of a plan did you have for your career as a midwife when you were in your training? Did you know what direction you wanted to go in? Are you now wondering what would be the best place for YOU in midwifery and maternity services? This hour will provide a spotlight on the things you need to think about right at the beginning, and then includes some ‘what I wish I’d known’... points to set you on the best pathway, or even give you some ideas for a slight change in your career direction!
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Contributions from:
Michelle Steptoe, Senior Lecturer (SFHEA) – Course Director, HSC, Midwifery, London South Bank University (LSBU) and Chelone Lee-Wo, Consultant Midwife for Public Health, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Biographies:
Chelone Lee-Wo**
Chelone qualified as a registered nurse in 1994 and worked in Gynaecology and Orthopaedic surgical wards at Kingston Hospital. In 1996 she gained a BSC (Hons) in Midwifery and in 2001 a Diploma in Obstetric Ultrasound from King’s College University. As a midwife in the North West London region for 20 years, she set up a multidisciplinary teenage pregnancy community-based service which continues. She was a Supervisor of Midwives for 10 years until the function ceased. During two years in Trinidad as a case-loading midwife in the only Caribbean stand-alone birth center, she completed her MSc in Advanced Midwifery Practice and produced a free Redbook equivalent for the local parents in 2016.
Chelone started her Consultant Midwife post at St George’s in 2017 and focuses on Public Health, Maternity Transformation, and Patient Experience.
MSc/RM RN PgDip ObstUS
Michelle Steptoe
Michelle has been a midwife for 29 years and in higher education for the past 14, achieving her MA in Academic Practice in 2010 and Senior Fellowship of the Higher education Authority (HEA) in 2016. She is currently the course director for the 3-year midwifery degree programme at LSBU (London South Bank University).
During her career, Michelle has had various roles, including an innovative role in developing evidence-based trust guidelines and standards, ward co-ordinator positions, staff training, and development, supporting and promoting home birth, and is a qualified hypnobirthing teacher.
Michelle’s clinical interests lie in promoting normality through empowering women and supporting midwives to provide woman/person-centered care and promoting the development of knowledge and skills through research and reflection.
Her academic interests lie in ensuring that students achieve to the best of their ability, and she has worked on various projects focused on developing appropriate feedforward methods, which help to enable students to become more independent on their learning journey and which help them to secure employment at the end of their programme.
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Thursday 5 May midwives across the world are celebrating International Day of the Midwife 2022.
This time of celebration will reflect on progress in midwifery over the past 100 years. We hope that midwives, maternity support workers and student midwives across the globe celebrate in unison.
In this episode, hear more about the current midwifery climate with leading professionals and how to get involved on Thursday the 5th of May.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from Faiza Rehman, Founder, The Raham Project and;
Michelle Anderson, Senior Research Midwife, Royal Free London Reproductive Health & Childbirth Champion (North Thames)
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In the recent Ockenden report about a UK maternity trust, it was pointed out that midwives and staff had been prevented from speaking out.
In this hour Kathryn Gutteridge, Consultant Midwife, and psychotherapist will discuss the issues of speaking out in the current health climate. Read Dr. Kathryn Guttridge's recent article for the Maternity and Midwifery Forum. Join us to find out more. Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Dr Sally Pezaro, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health, Coventry University * Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Adviser, NCT * Dr Kathryn Guttridge, Consultant Midwife, and Psychotherapist
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It is really important that midwives listen to and work with women, organisations, and individuals who will enrich their care.
The Raham Project was set up for mothers and their partners who have recently used or are currently using maternity services, creating a safe and non-judgemental space for mums and partners to discuss all things related to pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal mental health.
Maddie, who is a doula and doula trainer, shares her role in supporting women and also midwives, illustrated by the support for midwives all over the country at the recent March for Midwives.
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Contributions from Faiza Rehman, Founder, The Raham Project and; Maddie McMahon, Doula
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For many years, parentcraft and preparation for childbirth and early parenting has been delivered face to face – utilising a group approach, with some controversy that it does not always meet all womens/parents needs, and that some women who need it might not access it. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, midwives had to think of different ways to support women preparing them for their pregnancy and childbirth journey, and ensure they were informed and confident. Many aspects of care moved online... including parentcraft. In this session we explore whether this is a good way to provide antenatal education and preparation; is this going to be a service that we continue to provide in this way? How do the midwives feel, and how do the mothers and parents feel? From these two skilled midwives you will learn some tips and ideas for making learning engaging and relevant. Join us to find out more. Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Dianne Garland, Midwife Expert * Geraldine Hotham, Parent Education Midwife, HEYBaby, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Women and Children’s Hospital
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Cleared for take-off – Reflections on Continuity of Care And what does continuity of care mean for midwives, and for the service? Some people are anxious that at this time, recovering from Covid-19, and with the impact of lack of staff, maternity services should revert to a more fractured service. So is this the answer to improving care, experiences, and outcomes for women, their babies, and families? Is it the best for midwives in terms of job satisfaction, stress, and mental health In this session, we will explore the possibilities, the choices, and where we, as midwives need to go. Join us to find out more. Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Professor Lesley Page CBE, Visiting Professor, King’s College London * Joanne Crawford, Head of Midwifery, General Manager for Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Health Care Group
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Providing empowerment and care to pregnant and childbearing migrants/refugees
The last couple of years has led to many people seeking a new, safe home in the UK. Some have been pregnant and childbearing women escaping war and violence, seeking safety. How can we support these women at this time, and ensure that they and their babies are supported and cared for at a critical time in their lives? Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Rose McCarthy, NCT Expert Practitioner, Y&H Maternity Stream of Sanctuary * Wan, Expert by Experience, Y&H Maternity Stream of Sanctuary
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Exploring how midwifery and midwifery education is being developed around the world.
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Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Dr Maeve O’Connell, Assistant Professor, Midwifery at Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr Georgina Sosa PhD, Assistant Professor, Midwifery at Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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About 600 pregnant women enter prison in England each year, with about 50 pregnant at any one time, and about 100 births occur annually. Davies’ (2020) research shows that even before the Covid-19 outbreak, pregnant women in prison faced significant risks. In 2017-18 roughly one in ten pregnant women gave birth either in their prison cell or en route to hospital, raising questions about their ability to access the right care.
On the 19th January 2022, Dr Rona Epstein and Dr Geraldine Brown, from Coventry University, and Maria Garcia de Frutos, Midwifery Lecturer, City, University of London published a report where they aimed to provide an answer to that question and add to a body of evidence that indicates that prison is not a safe place to be pregnant.
Join us to find out more.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: Maria Garcia de Frutos, Midwifery Lecturer, University of London
Janey Starling, Strategy and Campaigns, Level Up
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Personalised care means people have choice and control over the way their care is planned and delivered. It is based on ‘what matters’ to them and their individual strengths and needs.
Personalised care represents a new relationship between people, professionals, and the health and care system. It provides a positive shift in power and decision-making that enables people to have a voice, to be heard, and to be connected to each other and their communities.
Join us to find out more.
Hosted by: * Dr. Anna Byrom, Creative Director, All4Maternity
Contributions from: * Becky Westbury, Community Midwife Team Leader/Midwifery Lecturer * Dr. Claire Feeley, Midwife, researcher, educator, consultant, advocate
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Perinatal mental health (PMH) problems are those which occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child. Perinatal mental illness affects up to 20% of new and expectant mums and covers a wide range of conditions. If left untreated, mental health issues can have significant and long-lasting effects on the woman, the child, and the wider family.
Specialist PMH services provide care and treatment for women with complex mental health needs and support the developing relationship between parent and baby. They also offer women with mental health needs advice for planning a pregnancy.
Find out more with Michelle Anderson, Senior Research Midwife, Royal Free London Reproductive Health & Childbirth Champion (North Thames), and Judith Ellenbogen, Specialist Women’s Health Counsellor, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery Contributions from Michelle Anderson, Senior Research Midwife, Royal Free London Reproductive Health & Childbirth Champion (North Thames) Judith Ellenbogen, Specialist Women’s Health Counsellor, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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This session addresses the provision and access to postnatal care, long described as the Cinderella of maternity care.
Do we place enough focus, time, and energy on this time of transition to early parenthood, of coping with a new baby and a changed role?
Is there sufficient continuity and postnatal service? Where is the leadership of PN care and where is it going?
In this episode, Professor Mary Steen, Professor of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health at Northumbria University will take us on a journey to glimpse into the past, present, and future
She will be joined by Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Advisor at the NCT, who asks why postnatal has been neglected for so long and explores ‘Blood, sweat, and tears: mothers’ body fluids & patriarchal distaste for postnatal care’.
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Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Advisor, NCT Mary Steen, Professor of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health, Northumbria University
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Exploring the care of the newborn, in particular, the extremely preterm infant, and their parents.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Professor Paul Clarke,Consultant Neonatologist/Hon. Professor, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Dr Paul Cawley,Consultant Neonatologist, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’s, London, UK
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Having discussed extensively how midwives facilitate out of guideline birth choices, Dr Claire Feeley's presentation will focus on midwives' experiences of delivering such care.
Anna will discuss personalised care in relation to women’s experiences of making challenging choices such as out of guideline, declining all or elements of care or requesting non indicated intervention. To do this, she will make reference to current and existing global research as well as the paucity of UK focussed evidence which is where her own research is situated.
Please note: The previously scheduled episode with Terri Coates will hopefully now take place later in the series.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Dr Claire Feeley, Midwife, researcher, educator, consultant, advocate; Lecturer, King’s College London
Anna-Marie Madeley, Midwife; Doctoral Student and Associate Midwifery Lecturer, The Open University
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The short and long term benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and their babies are well known. How can we, as midwives and health care workers, support mothers and their families to choose to breastfeed, get successful feeding established and ensure that changes are sustainable?
NHS Lothian’s DEBS Project, in partnership with the Scottish Government, provides early support for breastfeeding. This session will share the development of the project and the outcomes for the women and babies in the project.
Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Sharon Gilchrist, Project Midwife, NHS Lothian * Caroline Buchan, Debs Project Midwife, NHS Lothian
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Happy New Year and welcome to Season 6 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour!
We find ourselves in the epicentre of a new COVID-19 storm. The recent variant has led to increased infection and sickness in the population, staff shortages, longer working hours and reduced breaks.
The first episode of the New Year will take a timely look at strategies and techniques you can adopt to boost your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues, helping you to move into 2022 stronger and more supported.
Hosted by: * Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from: * Julie Roberts, Bangor University, Midwives in Mind * Kara Davies, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Midwives in Mind
Biographies Julie Roberts I came to Midwifery quite late in life having worked in retail for a number of years. I wanted to follow my long-time dream of becoming a midwife but did not think that there was a route for me. Then I found Direct Entry and have not looked back. I am currently a Midwifery Lecturer at Bangor University and love working with the students and out clinical midwife colleagues. Previously I worked as a midwife within Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board in Ysbyty Gwynedd (Gwynedd Hospital) rotating between Antenatal, Intrapartum and Postnatal care. I have always held an interest in the wellbeing of colleagues and particularly in student integration into the placement environment.
Kara Davies Kara Davies is a community midwife in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. She will be moving to Cwm Taf Morgannwg in three weeks. Kara is a community Prompt facilitator and she is part of Midwives in Mind.
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We have a stellar line up of LIVE speakers to see out the year - our regular host Sue Macdonald is joined by Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Sheena Byrom OBE, Dr Jenny Hall, Dianne Garland and Nicolette Porter.
We’ll be looking back at some of the 2021 highlights and looking forward to 2022.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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This hour, we will be looking at the power and potential of physiology around pregnancy, birth, and postnatal periods. This includes a look at how we can support normal physiology and enhance the birth experience, the golden hour, and the early life of the baby.
This includes discussion around Oxytocin (that love hormone), the labour and birth environment, skin to skin with mothers, partners, and babies, and how that can enhance the new-born physiology, infant feeding, and long-term wellbeing.
Episode 14 of Season 5 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Dr Anna Byrom CEO and Creative Director of All4Maternity
Niamh Cassidy, Antenatal Instructor with Cuidiú Antenatal Ireland and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
More about our speakers:
Dr Anna Byrom
I have been working with The Practising Midwife for the last three years. During that time I have supported the development of the editorial content for each journal issue and helped to create a series of associated online content. I passionate about support everyday students, midwives and maternity workers to access evidence to inform practice and care.
In 2017 I became the proud new owner of The Practising Midwife. Alongside my mummy midwife, Sheena Byrom and our partners Creativeworld, we are delighted to be the first midwifery publishers of this important practice-focused journal.
Beyond The Practising Midwife and All4Maternity I work as a Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). I am also currently completing my doctorate exploring the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative with Professor Fiona Dykes at the Maternal & Infant Nutrition and Nurture research unit at UCLan.
I am also a busy mummy, with three children: Seamus, Betsy and William. Outside of work I love nothing better than sharing time with my family, relaxing in hot baths, reading and, when the weather holds, cycling the hills of the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
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Niamh Cassidy
As a Cuidiú Antenatal Ireland Antenatal Instructor & International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) I am passionate about providing evidence-based information and ensuring the families I work with are the centre of their own care. In addition to my Dip. in Antenatal Education and IBCLC qualification I am also a trained Social Care Worker. I have vast experience of working with women and families through these roles and also in my role as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor. I believe in the power of informed decision making in pregnancy, birth, parenting and infant feeding. This means that I support parents with the information and tools that they need to make confident decisions for themselves and their babies.
I have two children and live in Baldoyle, by the sea, in North Dublin. I am FEDANT (Federation of Antenatal Educators) Registered and a member of ALCI (Association of Lactation Consultants in Ireland).
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This evening we are sharing two new initiatives. The first is the new Birthrights film: Speak up, Speak Out’ film, which highlights the importance of human rights in childbirth, issues around care, birth trauma and the complaints process after birth experiences.
The second is Maternal Journal, which can be a strategy to assist mothers, pregnant people and families to develop their personal reflection and new parenting skills and confidence. Join us at 7pm on Wednesday 1 December to find out more.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Francesca Treadaway, Engagement Director, Birthrights
- Laura Godfrey Isaacs, Artist, Midwife and Author
More about our speakers:
Francesca Treadaway is a senior communications and external affairs professional with over 7 years’ experience in the charity sector. Prior to joining the Birthrights team, she led on communications, campaigns and government and sector relations at the Incorporated Society of Musicians. She has also spoken at conferences, festivals and events UK-wide about gender equality and mental health. Her current focuses are the service user journey, postnatal care and informed consent. She is also currently contributing to the pan-London review of maternity services as part of the Ockenden Review. She joins Birthrights with lived experience and the drive to make a difference for all women and birthing people. Speak Up, Speak Out is Birthrights new short film which features the real life birth experiences of three women and why speaking up and speaking out can be a positive force for change.
Laura Godfrey Isaacs aspires to bring her knowledge and experience in the arts together with midwifery to bring fresh interdisciplinary perspectives to inform birth education, practice, policy and research. She regularly presents at conferences, writes and blogs about birth and creates interdisciplinary projects and campaigns, such as Maternal Journal which supports mental health and well-being through creative journaling and Birth Cafe an inclusive space to talk about the significance of birth for all. She is Ambassador for Procreate Projects, Co-Chair of the Women’s Equality Party’s Health Committee, Board Advisor of The International Forum for Wellbeing in Pregnancy, and was member of the Thought Leadership Group at the NMC reviewing midwifery education standards.
Birth, Art and Culture Blog
Twitter & Instagram: @godfrey_isaacs
Website: www.lauragodfreyisaacs.com
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Recorded live at the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival on Tuesday 23rd November, 2021.
Cass McNamara, Chief Executive, Birthsparks Ltd. - Midwives as Innovators
Leah Hazard, Author, ‘Hard Pushed’ - Midwifing the Midwife
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COVID-19 has impacted hugely on all of us, and in particular those in the health services. Maternity Services underwent massive changes in efforts to reduce virus transmission. These changes and adaptations affected midwives, health visitors and women and their families.
In this hour, Professor Amy Brown shares some of her research into the experiences of woman and babies and midwives and health visitors who have experienced the Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting how we can move forward to ensure mothers, their babies and families are supported and cared for.
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Professor Amy Brown, Professor of Maternal and Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Highlights from the Student Midwife Experience Festival 2021
International perspective - Fran McConville, Midwifery Adviser, World Health Organisation
Keynote presentation: What we do ripples through generations - Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Chief Midwifery Officer for England, NHS England/Improvement
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We need at least 3500 more midwives in the UK, and recruitment to become a midwife remains quite strong – which can make it difficult to apply!
In this Maternity and Midwifery Hour, we hear from two student midwives, Deepa Santhosh and Nicolette Porter who will share their personal journeys into becoming a student midwife, with some ideas and tips on settling into the programme, how to prepare for lectures, zoom sessions and clinical placements. With their candid views they cope with the highs, the lows and the challenges of being a student midwife.
Episode 9 of Season 5 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Festival Curator
Contributions from:
- Deepa Santhosh, Student Midwife (masters), Oxford Brookes University
- Nicolette Porter, Student Midwife, Co-editor, The Student Midwife Journal
This week we’re exploring the needs and experiences of student midwives and how to enable effective learning environments to transform practice. International, national and local perspectives will be examined and plans for the future shared.
Hosted by:
Dr Anna Byrom, Creative Director, All4Maternity
Contributions from:
Caitlin Wilson, Consultant Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust/University of Worcester
Professor Jenny Gamble, Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Care Excellence, UHCW and Coventry University; Director, Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative.
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In this session, we look at how Continuity of Care can be organised, hearing from midwives about how they have engaged with CoC models, and what it has meant for their day-to-day practice. This is very much the ‘nuts and bolts’ of continuity.
Episode 7 of Series 5 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist
Contributions from:
· Dr Tracey Cooper MBE, Regional Chief Midwife for the North East and Yorkshire
· Laura Rumsey, Associate Head of Nursing and Midwifery, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
· Sarah Petty, Head of Nursing and Midwifery, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
· Joanne Crawford, General Manager for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Sexual Health, Head of Midwifery, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
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This week we are looking at how midwives can meet the needs of Afghan women, especially in the context of the recent events in Afghanistan. We will consider how midwives can work with women and families to ensure their health, safety and well being.
This week is also Baby Loss Awareness week, and we are going to consider the impact of baby loss on the women and families, and also on midwives and their colleagues.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist
Contributions from: * Sophie Russell, Consultant Midwife, Associate Director for Quality and Safety (Women, Gynaecology, Sexual Health and Neonates), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust * Michelle Lynch, Bereavement Midwife, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
In this session, we look at how Continuity of Care can be organised, hearing from midwives about how they have engaged with CoC models, and what it has meant for their day-to-day practice. This is very much the ‘nuts and bolts’ of continuity.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist
Contributions from:
Natalie Corden, Continuity Midwife; Blogger
Dr Tracey Cooper MBE, Regional Chief Midwife for the North East and Yorkshire
Professor Trixie McAree, Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health, Birmingham City University
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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What is the microbiome and why does it matter? Let the experts explain!
Episode 4 of season 5 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Contributions from: * Dr Emer Gilligan, Regulatory Manager, WaterWipes * Claire Ryan, Midwife; Medical Science Liaison, WaterWipes
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist
In partnership with WaterWipes | https://www.waterwipes.com/
Midwives have always been busy and over this last year, have been, and felt, even more so. With some staff redeployed, and some off sick, sometimes midwives are having to balance their workload and ensuring safe and high quality care for mothers and babies, with their own physiological and psychological well-being, even to the extent of not being able to have a drink of water, or have a short break.
In this session we explore the implications of not supporting staff, and strategies to ensure that midwives (and student midwives) are able to ensure that they are keeping healthy in the workplace, and caring for themselves, and their clients.
Episode 3 of Series 5 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist
Contributions from:
- Deepa Santhosh, Student Midwife (masters), Oxford Brookes University
- Dr Sally Pezaro, Senior Lecturer – The Academic Midwife, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health| Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Coventry University
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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Tune in for three exceptional presentations from our first hybrid festival (part digital, part in-person in Cardiff City Stadium), which took place this week.
Abi Holmes - Keynote: Midwives - role models for health
Elliott Rae - Dads, childbirth trauma and PTSD
Billie Hunter CBE & Joanne Cull - Reflections on the Work, Health and Emotional Lives of Midwives (WHELM) Study
Episode 1 of Season 5 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour. Welcome back!
Dr Jacqui Williams & Verena Wallace MBE from the NMC - The Language of the New Midwifery Standards
Hosted by Dr Jenny Hall.
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Nurturing and Caring for the Team
Episode 13 of Series 4 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Hosted By: Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Dr Jan Smith, Psychologist, Healthy You Ltd
Kara Davies, Midwives in Mind
Dr Tina South, Midwives in Mind
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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International trends: Highlights from the 32nd International Confederation of Midwives Congress
Hosted by:
Neil Stewart, Editorial Director, Maternity and Midwifery Forum
Contributions from:
Kaveri Mayra, Postgraduate Research Student for Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton
Dianne Garland, Midwifery Consultant, Director for Clinical Governance, Waterbirth International; Author of Revisiting Waterbirth
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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It is estimated that 7 million women in the UK suffer from urinary incontinence, usually during and after pregnancy and childbirth, yet, for many years it has been an under reported and under treated condition.
Following on from the recent welcome announcement that the NHS will be setting up pelvic health clinics, our two expert speakers will discuss the issues around pelvic health, and suggest practical advice on how midwives can support women with pelvic floor issues to ensure better outcomes.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Abigail Holmes, Consultant Midwife, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Personal Trainer
Teresa Gernon, Women’s health advocate and founder of Epi-no UK
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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About 30,000 women a year, according to the most recent research, experience birth trauma in the UK.
This episode will explore birth trauma, its impact on women and their families, and how practitioners can reduce the risk of trauma and support affected women.
With Rachael McGrath, Volunteer Manager, Birth Trauma Association and Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University.
The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) are a charity that supports women who suffer birth trauma – a shorthand term for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after birth.
Episode 10 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Rachael McGrath, Volunteer Manager, Birth Trauma Association
Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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The Getting over the Bump Service at St George’s is the only collaborative midwife/occupational therapy service in the UK that works in partnership with women with additional needs to plan for pregnancy, birth and early parenting.
This episode will focus on the need for joined up, integrated services for pregnant and childbearing women with a disability, to ensure that their additional needs are properly met and will hear, in particular, from Trudy Williams, Midwife and Cheryl Edwards, Occupational Therapist from St George’s about the innovative work of the Getting over the Bump Service.
Episode 9 of Series 4 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Trudy Williams, Maternal Medicine Midwife, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cheryl Edwards, Principal Occupational Therapist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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The recently published NICE Guideline on Postnatal Care is an essential tool and support for midwives and students in providing evidence based and appropriate care to women, pregnant people, their babies and families. This episode is an opportunity to hear how these were developed and key messages from the publication.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
David Jewell, retired GP; Chair of NICE PNC Guideline Committee
Nina Khazaezadeh, Consultant Midwife in Public Health, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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The menopause will happen to all women and as a largely female profession midwives and student midwives need to know about it, for their own wellbeing and to support women and families who may request information and support.
Recent media coverage of the topic has been helpful in identifying some of the issues that women face at this time of their lives, some of the challenges and stigma women face and what information and treatments are available.
The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age, as a woman's oestrogen levels decline. In the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause is 51. (NHS 2021) however POI ( menopause under 40) can happen at any time.
In this session Debra Holloway, Nurse Consultant will discuss these issues, consider the many treatments/therapies and approaches and how these can impact on women and their families, plus some share some useful resources.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
With contributions from:
Debra Holloway, Gynaecology Nurse Consultant and Chair of Women’s Health Forum, Guy's & St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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Professor Amy Brown is well known for her humorous and forthright approach to dissecting modern day media narratives and cultural pressures around motherhood and infant feeding. Her clear presentation of evidence and research will provide a picture of some of the difficulties facing new mums and how midwives can support them in the first few weeks of motherhood.
Episode 6 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
With contributions from:
Professor Amy Brown, Professor, Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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This week’s episode of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour will focus on the newborn will explore the midwife’s role in newborn assessment and fetal physiology and monitoring.
With expert speakers - Dr Mary Sheridan BEM, Newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) Lead and Midwifery Lecturer, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London and Sorcha Magee, Specialist Fetal Wellbeing Midwife at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.
Episode 5 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
With contributions from:
Dr Mary Sheridan BEM, Newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) Lead and Midwifery Lecturer, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Sorcha Magee, Specialist Fetal Wellbeing Midwife at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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Episode 4: International Day of the Midwife - with Professor Lesley Page CBE, Visiting Professor in Midwifery at King’s College, London and Adjunct Professor at UTS and Griffith University, Australia and Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Lecturer at London South Bank
As part of today’s IDM celebrations, tonight’s episode will explore the contemporary roles and challenges midwives face and manage that impact on the wellbeing of women, their babies and families, including practical advice on how midwives can work with women to protect their cultural identity.
Episode 4 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
With contributions from:
Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University
Professor Lesley Page CBE, Visiting Professor in Midwifery at King’s College, London and Adjunct Professor at UTS and Griffith University, Australia
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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Listen for an overview of All 4 Maternity’s new eLearn modules on culture, race and bias in midwifery practice from the Student Midwife Journal’s Editor in Chief, Alicia Burnett, and founding partner of MyMidwivesUK, Sheridan Thomas.
This episode is guest-hosted by Neil Stewart, Editorial Director of the Maternity & Midwifery Forum.
Access the e-learning modules here: https://www.all4maternity.com/about-us/plans-and-pricing/
Remember the knitted midwives of 2016? This hour explores creativity – including crafting, quilting and knitting. These skills are not merely practical and relaxing hobbies, but can be linked to academic study, reflection on practice and as a means of action and illustration of points.
The knitted midwives, a project led by Jenny and Lindsay in 2016, was to illustrate a political point that there was (and still is) a national shortage of midwives and that educating and preparing them is a major challenge to the service. It was also designed to celebrate what midwives can mean to people personally.
The knitted midwives were taken to the RCM annual conference in Harrogate and was a tangible picture of what a huge number actually looks like! And in 2020, there was a plan to celebrate the year of the Nurse and the midwife with an exercise in quilting.. Join us to hear about how you can engage creatively yourself!
Episode 2 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
With contributions from:
Dr Jenny Hall, Curator, MATFLIX
Lindsay Hobbs,Midwifery Lecturer, University of Bradford
Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk
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How important is it to be able to share and talk about issues within midwifery – the stresses, and the joys, challenges and the achievements? In this time of pandemic, rapidly growing information and changing services, it is crucial for midwives to be able to communicate and to be kept up-to-date through books, journals and, of course, social media.
In this hour, Nat and Leah, both experienced and committed midwives, will share their experiences as midwives and as bloggers and authors. We will go through day-to-day practice, continuity of care and work-life balance... and we may even discuss physiological matters along the way!
Episode 1 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
With contributions from:
- Natalie Corden, Continuity Midwife; Blogger
- Leah Hazard, Author, Hard Pushed; Midwife
Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
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Episode 12 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
This session will be the last in Series 3, we look forward to welcoming you back for series 4 in April.
Part 1 - Reflections: A Year On
It has been a year since the Covid-19 lockdown was commenced and Maternity and midwifery Hour participants will know that the MM Hour was designed in response to the lockdown to support midwives, student midwives and those in the maternity services, in the UK, to provide information, and continuing professional development through the pandemic. Sue will reflect on the highlights and on some of what we have learned over these hours.
Part 2 - Unconscious Bias: Time to challenge - time for action
The Covid-19 pandemic has identified and exacerbated inequalities in our society, and within the organisations in that society. The findings of reports such as MBRRACE indicating the huge differences in mortality for women of colour and white women, indicate that this needs to be addressed urgently within the maternity services. The major theme of systemic and personal racism and bias are being discussed with the aim of confronting both, and improving the outcomes and experience of women, babies and their families, and of midwives and maternity service workers also. In this session, Lola will raise the issues faced by black and brown women and their families, as well as for midwives and those working in the NHS.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Live contribution from: Lola Ornato, Midwife, Whittington NHS Trust
Recorded clips from: Mars Lord, Sarah Esegbona and Alicia Burnett.
Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
This session will share continuity of care from a midwife and new midwives' perspective, illustrating some of the demands and challenges of this approach to care, the importance of planning, and of communication between the team.
Continuity of care; transforming maternity care for women, babies, and families. Continuity of care has been highlighted for many years as a tool to improve maternity care for mothers and babies since the work of Caroline Flint in the 1980s, and the Changing Childbirth Report in 1994 through to the Better Births and Transformation agenda. Continuing research and evidence highlight the value of continuity of care, as an intervention that can improve care, reduce problems, and increase satisfaction with the service.
Episode 11 of Season 3 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Stephanie Leach, Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Helen Hunt, Continuity Care Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Association of South Asian Midwives (ASAM) is a platform for the South Asian Midwifery Workforce and birthing community. Statistics show that South Asian women and birthing people are twice as likely to die from pregnancy related issues compared to their white counterparts. Neonatal mortality is 66% more in the South Asian babies than in white babies.
The company was founded by three midwives, Nafiza, Benash and Sundas after discussions relating to issues witnessed, and situations experienced in the workplace and within their own South Asian networks.
Episode 10 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour: Chai and Chat with ASAMidwives
**Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
Nafiza Anwar and Sundas Khalid,** Co-Founders and Directors of Association of South Asian midwives CIC (ASAMidwives).
Supported by MATFLIX: https://www.matflix.co.uk
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Let's Look At... Postnatal Care is an opportunity for us to reflect over the last year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and think about what we have learned, and the changes we need to see in maternity services. Many changes have been made in terms of ensuring safety of women and their babies during this time, and using technology to communicate and support women and their families.
One area which has always been considered a ‘Cinderella’ of the service has been the postnatal period – a time when women have reported feeling ‘left to their own devices’, and a time of anxiety and stress, as they cope with the realities of being a new parent, getting to grips with establishing feeding, and may be recovering from the pregnancy and birth processes. It must also be remembered that this is also a times when mothers may still be at risk of morbidity and mortality, and midwives and others supporting them need to ensure that women and babies are safe, supported and those at risk swiftly identified and cared for.
Episode 9 of Season 3 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour: Let's Look at... Postnatal Care
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Officer, NCT (New Parent Support)
- Logan Van Lessen, Consultant Midwife
Supported by MATFLIX: https://www.matflix.co.uk
We are delighted to welcome Joyce Adu- Amankwah, Dr Rachel Kesse-Adu, Dr Emma Drasar who are joining the Maternity and Midwifery Hour again to address some of the complexities which face midwives and others in maternity care supporting women and families with haemoglobinopathies. This includes the issues that face women and their families, such as their choices, dealing with outcomes, potential stigma that they may face as individuals and within their wider communities, and the importance of inter disciplinary team work and communication.
Episode 8 of Series 3 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour: Further Challenges and Questions around Haemoglobinopathies
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributions from:
- Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Lead Midwife, Haemoglobinopathies, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Rachel Kesse-Adu, Consultant Haematologist, Guy’s ant St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Emma Drasar, Haematology Consultant, The Whittington Hospital
In January 2021 the latest MBRRACE report (Mothers and Babies Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiries) was published.
In this episode of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour, we ask 2 experts to tell us what the report's findings mean for BAME women and women with epilepsy.
Find out more about the MBRRACE Report: https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports
Episode 7 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Speakers:
- Kim Morley, ACP, INP, epilepsy specialist nurse/midwife
- Joy Palmer, midwife expert and educator
Supported by Matflix: matflix.co.uk
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/vu-qfHMUyxQ
Episode 6 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour: Nurturing Positive Mental Health During the Pandemic
Guest host: * Dr Sheena Byrom OBE,Director, All4Maternity
Contributors: * Fatima Ezzahra Ghauoch,Continuity Lead Midwife, Northampton General Hospital * Sam Tennyson,Team Leader, Northampton General Hospital * Dr Becca Moore, Clinical Psychiatrist, NHS * Louise Speakman,Midwifery Educator, UCLan – School of Community Health and Midwifery
Every day, healthcare professionals and the public are bombarded with information and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Join this week’s Maternity and Midwifery Hour to find out everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine, both for yourself and for your mums.
This session will confront the issues and give you the facts.
Episode 5 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
- Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Contributors:
- Dr Ken Hodson, Head of UK Teratology Information Service; UKTIS: www.uktis.org and Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Linda Machakaire, Head of Midwifery, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Supported by Matlfix: https://matflix.co.uk
Watch the full episode: https://facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live
Over the last few months, we have been very aware of some of the changes made in maternity services in order to ensure safety and services of women and their families, and this has impacted on women and their partners in particular.
This evening we are looking at the views and experiences of parents – first through sharing the newly published WRISK study ’Users experiences of COVID -19 maternity service changes’ – which is a Cardiff University/BPAS project, supported by the Wellcome Trust.
And then we are focussing on Dads mental health, and looking at ‘why Dads matter’, looking to support and improve the care and support for dads, and therefore the family as a whole.
Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday 27 January at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&A to update your knowledge.
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Midwifery update with: Mark Williams, Campaigner, Author, Speaker, Fathers Reaching Out
Professor Julia Sanders, Professor of Clinical Nursing & Midwifery, Cardiff University
Following on from our programme on blood disorders in Series 2, this episode will take a closer look at Thalassaemia in pregnancy - what it is, how to identify it, how it can be managed, screening and experiences of caring for pregnant women with the disorder.
Episode 3 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Featuring:
Dr Emma Drasar, Consultant Haematologist, The Whittington Hospital; North Central London and East Anglia HCC Lead for Sickle Cell and the North Central, West London and East Anglia HCC Lead for Thalassaemia and Rare Anaemias
Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Lead Midwife, Haemoglobinopathies, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Supported by MATFLIX: matflix.co.uk
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/hl7TITZgvjg
Episode 2 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour: Highlights from the London Maternity & Midwifery online Festival 2021 (13.01.21)
Catch up on Wednesday's London Festival highlights and learn more about the hepatitis B antenatal screening and selective neonatal immunisation quality improvement project: improving the quality of care of women with hepatitis B in pregnancy and their babies and hear the very first presentation of 2021 from Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Chief Midwifery Officer, NHS England.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Throughout 2020, maternity services were the one big health service that kept going, despite COVID-19.
Back in March, we launched the Maternity and Midwifery Hour, with a new episode every Wednesday, to provide midwives, student midwives and others in maternity care with an important update and connection every single week.
Each week we covered a wide range of topics - from COVID-19 to Sickle Cell, from Racial Disparity to Restoring Home births - with the podcast released each Friday.
In the first episode of Series 3, 7 pm, Wednesday 6 January, we’ll hear from maternity leaders who will not only look back at some of the challenges of 2020 but will also share their thoughts, ambitions and resolutions for maternity and midwifery services for the coming year.
As we start 2021, we would like to say a huge thank you to healthcare professionals for all that you have done in unprecedented times, working together to support women, babies and their families through the Covid-19 challenges. Thank you also to colleagues in education: teachers/lecturers who carried on adapting their materials and learning opportunities for students, supporting their students through challenging times and for those students who stepped up into practice. We are so proud of our role in supporting you to do that.
With contributions from:
- Pete Wallroth, Founder, Mummy's Star
- Jacque Gerrard MBE, MW-Physical Activity Champion, Public Health England
- Dr Sheena Byrom OBE, Consultant Midwife/Director, All4Maternity
- Manjit Roseghini, Director of Midwifery, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Dr Patricia Gillen, Researcher, Southern Health and Social Care Trust/Ulster University
- Jenny Clarke, Midwifery Consultant; @ JennyTheM
Chaired by Sue Macdonald.
Watch the full live stream: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live
Top 10 Maternity & Midwifery Hour episodes of 2020: https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/top-10-maternity-midwifery-hour-episodes-of-2020/3964/
Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
Reverse mentoring is when a worker in senior position is mentored by someone in a more junior position than themselves. There is emerging evidence that this innovative form of mentoring can be effective in promoting individual anti-discriminatory practice, organisational culture change in gender and race equality (Murphy 2012; Clutterbuck 2011) and can contribute to organisational diversity and inclusion. There is little specific guidance on how to do it, little research on its impact, and little theoretical underpinning of the mechanism for change.
Since July, Jim Thornton (Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) has been receiving reverse mentoring from Rebecca Dewey (Research Fellow and Early Career Researcher) in an exciting pilot scheme at the University of Nottingham. In this back-to-back Midwifery Hour, both Rebecca and Jim will explain the process and give their viewpoints on what can be gained from reverse mentoring.
Episode 12 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
With contributions from:
Professor Jim Thornton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham School of Medicine
Dr Rebecca Dewey, Research Fellow in Neuroimaging, University of Nottingham School of Medicine
Find the full episode: https://facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live
Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
Long COVID is estimated to be affecting 60,000 people so far.
Specialist, long COVID clinics are being set up across England.
Maternity and midwifery professionals need to look for indicators in mothers, babies and HCP staff.
Explore what we know about long COVID, what is being researched – its impact on pregnant women and babies and maternity services plus healthcare professionals themselves.
Hear from Dr Clare Raynor, Specialist in Occupational Medicine and Elaine Hanzak, author on perinatal mental health and overcoming challenges, to find out more about long COVID, its implications for mothers, babies, midwives and recovery.
Episode 11 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Featuring:
Clare Rayner, Occupational Health Specialist
Elaine Hanzak, author on perinatal mental illness, mental health and overcoming challenges
Hosted by Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour
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Over consumption, over reliance on plastic, single use and disposable items are all damaging the planet at a far greater pace than previously understood.
The Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of discarded masks and gloves now finding their way into the ocean, also looks set to have a major impact on the environment.
A must for all healthcare professionals who would like recommendations on how to live more sustainably, this episode will explore midwives’ views of sustainability and offer practical tips on what we can all do to reduce climate change and waste in both the workplace and at home.
Episode 10 of Series 2 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator and Chair, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals
With contributors:
Dr Lorna Davies, Academic Manager and Associate Head of Midwifery, Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand
Ashley Artusa-Barrell, Founder and campaigner, My Son's Planet
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Keynote address
Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Mental Health, Scottish Government
Contemporary postnatal care
Professor Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health Research & RCM (Scotland) Professor of Midwifery Research, University of Stirling
From the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival on Wednesday 25th November 2020. Introduced by Sue Macdonald.
This episode will focus on the demands and pressures COVID-19 has placed on midwifery education, spotlighting, in particular, inequalities, institutional racism and unconscious bias, and how we can work together as allies to ensure midwifery education and practice is fit for purpose.
Presented by: Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator and Chair, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals
With contributors: * Alicia Burnett, Third year student midwife at the University of West London, Editor in Chief of The Student Midwife Journal * Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University
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This episode explores antenatal and newborn testing, care & family support for birthing woman with sickle cell and other haemaglobinopathies during pregnancy, in particular ethnic groups who are most at risk.
Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Specialist Haemoglobinopathies Midwife, and Consultant Haematologist Rachel Kesse-Adu, will speak about the challenges presented during COVID-19 when providing contemporary care, including an overview of the biological and pathophysiological background of Haemoglobinopathies. The midwifery aspects of supporting women and families, including client centred care to pregnant and childbearing women with Haemoglobinopathies will be highlighted.
Episode 8 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Presented by:
Dr Jenny Hall, Editor, MATFLIX
With contributors:
Rachel Kesse-Adu, Consultant Haematologist, Guy’s ant St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Specialist Haemoglobinopathies Midwife, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust
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5 minute guided meditation with Dr Maeve O'Connell.
As we head into winter and further lockdowns and restrictions across the UK and globally, it’s more important than ever that midwives recognise the warning signs and have the techniques to take care of both themselves and the families in their care.
In this session our guest speakers will share some strategies and approaches that everyone can use to enhance personal well-being and answer your questions.
Episode 7 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
With contributors:
Jenny Clarke, @JennyTheM
Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, @thelovelymaeve
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Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
As we head into winter and further lockdowns and restrictions across the UK and globally, it’s more important than ever that midwives recognise the warning signs and have the techniques to take care of both themselves and the families in their care.
In this session our guest speakers will share some strategies and approaches that everyone can use to enhance personal well-being and answer your questions.
Episode 7 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
With contributors:
Jenny Clarke, @JennyTheM
Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, @thelovelymaeve
Watch the full episode: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live
Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk
Midwifery education has changed so much over the last ten years.
Students need to be equipped with the tools and strategies to learn and develop through their initial programme and throughout their career.
New ways of learning and teaching are being implemented - from self directed learning, to guided study, through to flipped classrooms and scenario based learning. All approaches used to enhance student learning and understanding, and ‘make it real’.
Hear from members of the teaching team at UCLAN about how they are meeting these challenges for their students.
Episode 6 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
Dr Anna Byrom, Senior Midwifery Lecturer; Facilitator of Learning; Placement Quality Project Lead
Sherrylynne Babolcsay, Midwifery Course Leader, University of Central Lancashire
Sarah Cordey, Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire
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Continuity of Care (CoC) has been shown consistently as being a key part in providing quality care and increasing the physical and emotional safety of the childbearing woman and her baby. Recent maternity service strategies and developments have made this a priority and, even with the impact of COVID-19, midwives and those engaged in maternity services are working to set up strong and sustainable systems to ensure that CoC is provided. These systems are designed to impact on quality of care and to work with the midwives’ working needs also.
Increasingly, continuity models are being used within midwifery education programmes, so that students can learn the theory and practice of continuity for themselves as practitioners, and for women and their babies.
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors: Mel Radford, Senior Midwife; Continuity of Carer Implementation Lead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
How do we teach students to integrate online technology and reporting into continuity of care? Dr Anna Byrom, Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire
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The loss of a baby, whatever the gestation, is a devastating event for mothers and their families. It is crucial that care and support is tailored to the needs of the woman or birthing person and their family, culturally sensitive and aware.
Timed to mark Baby Loss Week, this session will explore the key aspects of what midwives can do in terms of assessing the needs of the woman, and planning compassionate, dynamic care.
We welcome Kirsty, bereaved mother and co-founder of 4Louis who is joining us to share her experience, and talk about the work that her wonderful charity does to provide support and resources for parents after miscarriage, stillbirth and child loss, and improve information for those who care for parents.
Presented by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contributors:
Clare Beesley, Bereavement Midwife, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Bereavement Team
Kirsty Knight, Co-founder and bereaved mum, 4Louis
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Professor Jim Thornton from the University of Nottingham explores…
- What we’re discovering 6 months on
- What’s the science? Emerging issues and long COVID
- How organisations are responding and impacts on staff
- Lessons for midwives
Episode 3 of Series 2 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour.
Presented by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
In conversation with: Professor Jim Thornton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham
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Dame Elizabeth reflects on her early life, her experiences as a young nurse, the issues that are dear to her heart, her optimism for the future and why bullying caused her to drop out of midwifery studies.
Episode 2 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour
Presented by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
In conversation with: Professor Dame Elizabeth N Anionwu DBE CBE, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of West London; Patron, Sickle Cell Society; Vice-President, CPHVA; Patron, Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK and Life Patron, Mary Seacole Trust
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Highlights from our Summer festivals - The Wales & South-West Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020 and the International Maternity Experience 2020.
- Professor Grace Edwards - Educational Practice (Uganda) | WATCH: https://vimeo.com/456125351
- Hannah Dahlen AM - Birth in the Time of COVID-19 | WATCH: https://vimeo.com/458940649
- Jennie Joseph - Common sense childbirth: improving outcomes for women and children – lessons from the USA | WATCH: https://vimeo.com/456550584
Welcome back to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour!
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Dr Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Jess Read & Sascha Wells-Munro OBE: Leading and developing maternity services through COVID-19.
From the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020. Find the video presentation here: https://vimeo.com/438486838
While Sue and the team take a break over the summer, we'll be bringing you some video and podcast presentations from the archive - with a little help from our friends at MATFLIX. www.matflix.co.uk
Final episode of the series
Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
Lola Ornato, Midwife, Whittington Health NHS Trust
Mala Morjaria, Practice nurse / Midwife
Lola and Mala will draw on their hands-on experiences during the pandemic to reflect on how COVID-19 has affected midwifery practice for this group and for them as individuals, the challenges of setting up and working in a COVID-19 hub and key lessons for a more equal future.
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Featuring:
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
- Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho, Lecturer and Researcher, Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London
- Dr Sheena Byrom OBE, Consultant Midwife and Director, All4Maternity
Women and birthing people deserve the opportunity to choose where and how to give birth to their babies. It matters. Since COVID-19 we have witnessed restrictions placed on women’s choices through the withdrawal of home birth services, closure of midwifery units and banning the use of water for labour and birth.
Sheena and Lucia will present the evidence and debate why human rights and choice are integral to high quality maternity care and midwives are central to keeping this focus.
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Some best bits from our Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival on Tuesday 23rd June 2020.
COVID-19 and pregnancy - Professor Jim Thornton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Leadership in a crisis - Linda Machakaire, Head of Midwifery, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Chair: Sue Macdonald, Curator of the Maternity & Midwifery Festivals.
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
- Alicia Shirley Burnett, 3rd Year Student Midwife; Co-editor, The Student Midwife Journal; Curator, The COVID-19 Cohorts blog
- Laura Henry, 3rd year Student Midwife, Republic of Ireland
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Alicia and Laura will provide up-to-date information and discussion on the role of student midwives during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates from Midwifery Hour: Series 1 by following @MidwiferyForum on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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Featuring:
- Marc Harder, UK Programme Manager, National Bereavement Care Pathway , SANDS Charity
- Clare Worgan, Training and Learning Resources Manager, SANDS Charity
- Chair: Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator, The Maternity & Midwifery Festivals
High quality care when a baby dies is essential for the wellbeing of families. With effective tools, knowledge and support midwives can be empowered to address their own emotions and provide the best possible care when the worst happens.
During this Maternity & Midwifery Hour - to mark Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Awareness month - our speakers will discuss the key principals of bereavement care.
Clare will focus on how best to support bereaved parents and families in clinical practice. She will share insights from bereaved parents and discuss themes such as sensitive communication, grief and support resources for midwives.
Marc will talk about the roll out of the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP), a programme of improvement and include an update on recent successes. The 9 Standards of Bereavement Care will also be covered in Marc’s discussion along with details of how your trust can join the NBCP.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates from Midwifery Hour: Series 1 by following @MidwiferyForum on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Every episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel: www.youtube.com/c/maternitymidwiferyforum
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Featuring:
- Maria Booker, Programme Director, Birthrights
- Professor Lesley Page CBE, Academic & Midwife; Former President, RCM
- Chair: Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator, The Maternity & Midwifery Festivals
Women are vulnerable during pregnancy. For first-time mothers in particular, the experience can be daunting and they might not feel confident about standing up for their rights.
What does respectful, dignified maternity care look like?
How can we make sure that a high standard of respectful, dignified care is provided despite the challenges of COVID-19?
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue and Maria provide up-to-date information and discussion on how midwives can safeguard women's dignity and ensure that they are treated with respect during pregnancy and birth.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates from the Maternity & Midwifery Hour by following @MidwiferyForum on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Every episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by the Narrowcast Media Group and is available from Midwifery Forum’s YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel! youtube.com/c/maternitymidwiferyforum
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Featuring:
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
- Jenny Patterson, Midwife, Edinburgh Napier University
- Dr Diane Ménage, Lecturer in Midwifery, De Montfort University
The need for compassionate midwifery care for women and for midwives was identified in two separate pioneering research studies by Drs Diane Menage and Jenny Patterson and in this session their combined findings are explored.
They present their implications for practice, the profession and, in the context of COVID-19, how compassion can be an effective intervention to reduce the long term impact on women and families, and on midwives themselves.
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"For 30% of women who experience domestic abuse, we know that the first time they're abused is during pregnancy."
Special episode from our International Day of the Midwife event on Tuesday 5th May.
Featuring:
- Jess Phillips MP, Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding
- Dr Anita Byrne, Midwifery Programmes Director/Midwife Lecturer, Dundalk College of Technology, Ireland
To find all the discussions from the day, check out the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMu9tBz7G1Gg79MiMWYZnWa1iAItFRbWv
Recently appointed by Sir Keir Starmer as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, hear Jess Phillips’ powerful piece on domestic violence in which she talks about the unique position of the profession to reach women on their own and says that midwives could be the silver bullet in accessing women suffering from domestic abuse.
Dr Anita Byrne, reveals research that shows 30% of domestic violence and abuse is triggered by pregnancy and talks about the impact of a multidisciplinary, 13 week blended programme, created at Dundalk College of Technology, to improve knowledge, attitudes and skills relating to domestic abuse in Ireland.
Jess and Anita are joined by Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery, who brings her many years of midwifery practice and education expertise to the conversation, and Neil Stewart, Editorial Director of the Maternity & Midwifery Forum.
International Day of the Midwife: Leadership Voices is brought to you by MATFLIX: video streaming from maternity experts. Find out more at www.matflix.co.uk.
Featuring:
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
- Professor Andy Shennan, Professor of Obstetrics, King's College London; Trustee, APEC
- Caitlin Wilson, Consultant Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust / University of Worcester
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Andy and Caitlin provide up-to-date information and discussion on the role of midwives in reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia and whether testing, diagnosis and treatment has been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Keep your eyes peeled for instant updates from Midwifery Hour: Series 1 by following @MidwiferyForum on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – choose which suits your best.
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Featuring:
- Sue Macdonald, Co-Editor, Mayes Midwifery
- Professor Amy Brown, Professor of Child Public Health, Department of Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University
- Francesca Entwistle, Professional Officer - Policy and Advocacy Lead, Unicef UK
COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown have changed some of the issues women face around breastfeeding.
Update yourself on all the things you need to know about infant feeding during the pandemic so you can provide the best possible nutritional advice for mothers and their babies.
Explore the impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding rates. Answer women’s concerns about passing COVID-19 to their babies via breastfeeding.
How can new mums get advice and help at a time when resources are stretched and we are having to adapt to new ways of communicating?
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Amy and Francesca provide up-to-date information and discussion on how infant feeding has been affected by these exceptionally difficult times.
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- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
- Dr Jacqui Williams, Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Education and Standards Directorate, Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Nicky Clark, Chair of Lead Midwife for Education Strategic Reference Group; LME/Head of Midwifery and Child, University of Hull
This episode focusses on how midwives and students can be supported and enabled through changes to midwifery regulation.
In as far as regulation can ever be considered entertaining, our two speakers, Dr Jacqui Williams from The Nursing and Midwifery Council and Nicky Clarke from the University of Hull will be highlighting all the key issues in an accessible and inclusive discussion with our chair, Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery.
Being up to speed with professional regulation is a bit like the dentist – we know we have to, but we’re not thrilled at the prospect. Our live streamed programme format does its best to inform in a lively discussion that helps to update and inform.
The Maternity & Midwifery Hour is supported by Matflix: Video streaming from Maternity Experts. www.matflix.co.uk
Episode 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour focuses on ‘Supporting Maternity Staff through COVID 19 - Midwifery Leadership and Staffing Initiatives’ with expert contributions from:
- Professor Trixie McAree, Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health, Birmingham City University
- Dr Tracey Cooper MBE, Associate Chief Nurse (Midwifery), Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery
Maternity and midwifery staff are working under a full caseload, often with teams separated to work with COVID-19 or with at-risk mothers.
Reassignments, new patterns, personnel support - what do midwives need and what is smart management providing?
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Trixie and Tracey provide up-to-date information on how effective midwifery leadership and staffing initiatives are supporting maternity staff through these exceptionally difficult times.
Your chance to hear the latest thinking and get your questions answered.
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Sarah Noble, Head of Midwifery, South Warwickshire NHS Trust
Abigail Holmes, Consultant Midwife, Cardiff & Vale UHB
Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
There’s no doubt that midwives are the experts when it comes to supporting pregnant women, new mothers and families. However, with the world in the grip of a coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals have restricted visitor access and consultations that once would have taken place in hospital are suddenly being moved online.
Practise guidelines are changing almost daily - and women’s birth plans are changing too.
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sarah, Abigail and Sue provide up-to-date information on working through COVID-19 and discuss how midwives and allied healthcare professionals are adapting their practice to continue offering the best support to pregnant women, new mothers and families during these exceptionally difficult times.
Your chance to hear the latest thinking and get your questions answered.
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- Dr Anna Byrom, Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
- Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
- Alicia Burnett, Student Midwife, University of West London
Midwifery Students are stepping up into NHS service due to COVID-19.
Some are ex-nurses but third-year students are stepping up into clinical service too. Midwifery schools are experiencing a crash-course in online learning for those students in college.
Hear what is happening, the challenges for students and education staff – many of whom themselves have stepped up. What are the new rules and challenges?
In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Anna, Alicia and Sue provide up to date information on working through COVID-19 and how student midwives, midwives and allied healthcare professionals are stepping up during these exceptionally difficult times.
Your chance to hear the latest thinking and get your questions answered.
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Under Pressure: Wellbeing Matters
Dr Sheena Byrom OBE, The Practising Midwife Journal
Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery
Jenny Clarke (Jenny the Midwife)
Sheena, Sue and Jenny provide up-to-date information on working through Covid-19 and top tips on how midwives and allied healthcare professionals can protect their own physical and mental wellbeing during these exceptionally difficult times.
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Resources:
RCOG COVID-19 guidance: https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/2020-03-28-covid19-pregnancy-guidance.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3PagumWgKQmVk92AxbTevSMq-gRhVMRuuOzEt9_PkkU9MocA45tWES8mg
Guidance for students: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Student%20support%20guide%20master%20.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3FHHX7xgVXd6vwdGrToDg0W2UjuwXBh3EyuJEVF3htl62mTP67pdoNooM
All4Maternity's NutureZone: https://www.all4maternity.com/caring/blog/nurture/