Maternal Monday social media campaign success
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa has now launched a microsite dedicated to African mothers, following the success of their social media campaign #MaternalMonday. The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, which...
View ArticleKing’s College: Tongue-tie and Breastfeeding Symposium
A tongue-tie and breastfeeding symposium event will be held at King’s College Hospital September 2015. The event will explore a wide range of topics across tongue-tie, breastfeeding and lactation, with...
View ArticleBirmingham City University PhD Studentship opportunities
Birmingham City University is offering PhD Studentship opportunities with The Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CHSCR). There are four research areas available to apply for, including...
View ArticleRoar Conference: Compassion in Maternity Services
The Roar Conference: Compassion in Maternity Services will be highlighting the culture of fear that is being experienced by maternity care workers around the world. However, kindness, compassion and...
View ArticleMidwives and the 113-year-old regulations
Regulations for midwives will see a big change and become modernised, with supervisors of midwives seeing two roles separated. The government is pledging to separate supervisors of midwives’...
View ArticleMidwifery Digest hot topic: Maternal mental health
The hot topic for the September 2015 MIDIRS Midwifery Digest issue is “Maternal mental health – everyone’s business”, highlighting crucial statistics of pregnant women’s mental health and a campaign to...
View ArticleQ&A with Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam Society
Why did you decide to start a society at Sheffield Hallam University? We set MaSH up around Christmas last year as we wanted to organise study days for all 3 cohorts at Sheffield Hallam University to...
View ArticleHuddersfield Midwifery Society conference
The Huddersfield Midwifery Society has organised a conference which explores the subject of maternal mental health. The Maternal Mental Health Conference will be head at Huddersfield University in West...
View ArticleIs hypnobirthing an effective pain relief?
Hypnobirthing is an option that some pregnant women can choose as their pain relief method during labour. Women are being taught self-hypnosis techniques to control their breathing and become relaxed...
View ArticleCLIMB Newborn Screening Conference, Birmingham
Midwives are invited to attend the CLIMB Newborn Screening Conference at the ICC, Birmingham, in October. The CLIMB Newborn Screening Conference will be exploring four new conditions on the newborn...
View ArticleDiary of a student midwife: Preparing for 2nd year
Since I last wrote I have now finished my community placement, completed all my work for year one and completed year one! My first year at university just flew past. Throughout my first year, I made...
View ArticleWhy SIDS research is vital, according to The Lullaby Trust
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), also known as cot death, claims the lives of around 290 babies a year and is the leading cause of death in infants over one month old in the UK On Monday 7...
View ArticleMidwife Appraisal & Revalidation CPD Conference
The Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference will offer midwives information about the developments of the proposed renewal process. Delegates who attend the conference will receive important...
View ArticleMidwifery Digest: Turning breech upside down
In September’s issue of the MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, we take a look at upright breech births, “Turning breech birth upside down: upright breech birth”. Read a sneak peek of this article and subscribe...
View ArticleIolanthe Midwifery Annual Awards 2015
The Iolanthe Midwifery Annual Awards 2015 was held yesterday at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, awarding research grants to student and professional midwives. In attendance...
View ArticleFlorence Nightingale Foundation scholarship opportunities
The Florence Nightingale Foundation is accepting applications from midwives, nurses and Allied Health Professional practice, with more opportunities available than ever before. Midwives across the UK...
View ArticleCochrane Review: midwife-led continuity models of care
Cochrane has published research into midwife-led continuity models of care in comparison to other models for childbearing women. Midwife-led continuity models aim to support and care for women through...
View Article‘Whose birth is it anyway?’ at the Royal United Hospital Bath
The Royal United Hospital in Bath is inviting both midwives and parents to attend their birth conference, ‘Whose birth is it anyway?’, to promote greater choice for women and partners. The conference...
View ArticleStudent midwives starting their courses in January
Since my first blog post about how I have come to gain my place as a student midwife, my offer has finally changed from ‘conditional’ to ‘unconditional’. What an AMAZING feeling – I have waited 3 long...
View ArticleWho is the expert when it comes to childbirth?
If you are a birth professional, how you answer this question is likely to be key to your day to day practice, affecting every detail; from the decisions you make when you attend a labouring woman to...
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