Advocacy: Let’s Get Political Krystyna Nowobilska-Dean - Registered midwife, Private Midwives Instagram @kryssiki Nicole Rajan-Brown - Student midwife, University of Salford Instagram @nicrajan_brown Published in The Student Midwife Volume 5 Issue 3 July 2022, Page 22...
Experiences and Needs of Scotland’s Rural Midwives
Experiences and Needs of Scotland’s Rural Midwives Susan Crowther – Professor of Midwifery, AUT University, Auckland New Zealand and visiting professor, Robert Gordon University, Scotland Jean Rankin – Professor (Maternal, Child & Family Health), Head of Division (Midwifery & Specialist Nursing), University of the West of Scotland; Adjunct Professor of Midwifery, AUT University, Auckland New Zealand Ruth Deery – Emeritus […]
Magnesium Sulphate for Neuroprotection when Preterm Birth is Anticipated
Magnesium Sulphate for Neuroprotection when Preterm Birth is Anticipated Annette Ballard – Labour Ward Sister Rosie Cambridge – PReCePT Lead Midwife, Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 3 March 2020 Summary Preterm births are rising, and neonatal care provisions are advancing with research and technology. Intravenous Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4), given to the mother when […]
Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarships Part 2: Midwifery in the Netherlands
Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarships Part 2: Midwifery in the Netherlands Sarah Coiffait – Clinical placement support midwife, Northampton General Hospital Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 3 March 2020 The Florence Nightingale Foundation provides scholarships for nurses and midwives in three categories: leadership, research and travel. This year the foundation has awarded three midwives […]
The Virtual International Day of the Midwife – Crossing Borders: Reaching Midwives Around the World
The Virtual International Day of the Midwife - Crossing Borders: Reaching Midwives Around the World Ally Anderson VIDM Committee Member and Midwife at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK @AllyA1910 Annette Dalsgaard VIDM Committee Member, Midwife and...
Humanisation of Childbirth: 6. Midwifery technology – midwifery practice for the humanisation of birth
Humanisation of Childbirth: 6. Midwifery technology –midwifery practice for the humanisation of birth Dr Elizabeth Newnham – Lecturer in Midwifery at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 2 February 2020 In this sixth article of the 19th Midwifery basics series on humanising birth, Elizabeth Newnham talks more about the […]
The Architecture of Motherhood
The Architecture of Motherhood Marta Parra Casado – Architect, Madrid Politechnic University Angela Elisabeth Müller – Architect, Berlin Technic University Published in The Practising Midwife, Volume 23, Issue 2 February 2020 Summary Birth as a creative and complex act is, even today, undervalued, somehow hidden and subject to efficiency or performance criteria. Maternity wards are still being designed […]
#InspiredByYou
#InspiredByYou Katie Watkins - Integrated Digital Midwife, Wexham Park Hospital @watkins3112 on Twitter When I first qualified as a midwife in 2016, I had all the same emotions and feelings that I’m sure many of you felt. Excitement, terror, wonder… anxious about what...
Guardians of life in a climate crisis
Guardians of life in a climate crisis Belinda Phipps - Non Executive Director at Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust and Trustee for ProBono Economics Careless destruction Even through the all consuming work of supporting women through the process of becoming mothers, the...
‘Giving Birth Like a Cow’
Giving Birth Like a Cow - a reflection on a visit to Bulgaria Sheena Byrom Midwife OBE Consultant & Director, All4Maternity The Zebra Midwives I’ve just returned from Sofia, Bulgaria where I was invited to speak at a medical and midwifery symposium. Midwives Yoana...