Midwifery: A name to conjure with? Dr Juliet Wood – Principal Academic in Midwifery, Bournemouth University Social @jwoodmidwife Summary This article is a reflection on the question of what meaning is attached to the professional terms we use to describe ‘a midwife’ internationally and whether this matters. During the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial […]
Early Pregnancy Loss Perspectives 1: Ectopic Pregnancy
Early Pregnancy Loss Perspectives 1: Ectopic Pregnancy Dr Anna Byrom (she/her) – Midwifery Educator, CEO All4Maternity Social @acbmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 8-12 https://doi.org/10.55975/URJW5831 Summary This article is the first in an occasional series focusing on early pregnancy loss reviewing the underpinning aetiology, personal impact, evidence and […]
Reflective Narrative of a Practice Development Midwife
Reflective Narrative of a Practice Development Midwife Claire Stringer (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University Social @ClaireEliz1986 Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 35-38 https://doi.org/10.55975/QJZH9456 Summary This article looks at my former role as a Practice Development Midwife and offers a reflective narrative of lessons learned. The most […]
Book Review: The Song of the Whole Wide World: On Grief, Motherhood and Poetry By Tamarin Norwood
Book Review: The Song of the Whole Wide World: On Grief, Motherhood and Poetry By Tamarin Norwood Review by: Dr Alys Einion – Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee, and Editor-in-Chief, The Practising Midwife Published by Indigo Press Publication date: 2022 Format: pbk RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 978-1911648734 ‘It was a lonely ocean…’ It took me some […]
How It Works 6: Understanding and Promoting Physiological Labour and Birth
How It Works 6: Understanding and Promoting Physiological Labour And Birth Sarah E Milnes (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, University of Leicester Social @sarahemilnes Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 13-17 https://doi.org/10.55975/FSKE3613 Summary From conception to the early postnatal period a mother and baby undergo a very specific and sequential […]
Birth Planning When a Baby has Died
Birth Planning When a Baby has Died Angie Bowles – Private Midwife Social @thespecialmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Page 19 https://doi.org/10.55975/KFPK6531 As a private midwife, alongside ‘normal’ full continuity care, I provide specialist care for those facing loss and in pregnancy after loss. Parents often report that the […]
Miscarriage Support Tool: Equity of Care
Miscarriage Support Tool: Equity of Care Rebecca Sweetman – Senior Digital Health Project Manager, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Professor Siobhan Quenby – Professor of Obstetrics, University of Warwick and Consultant Obstetrician, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Social @s-quenby Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 20-23 https://doi.org/10.55975/YZGZ9415 Summary Large […]
Asking in Pregnancy About Previous Trauma
Asking in Pregnancy About Previous Trauma Joanne Cull – National Institute for Health Research Wellbeing of Women Doctoral Fellow, University of Central Lancashire Social @CullJoanne Professor Gill Thomson – University of Central Lancashire Social @gill_thomson Professor Soo Downe – University of Central Lancashire Distinguished Professor Michelle Fine – City University of New York Dr Anastasia […]
Teaching Perinatal Loss Through Lived Experience
Teaching Perinatal Loss Through Lived Experience Dr Alys Einion (she/her) – Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee, and Editor-in-Chief, The Practising Midwife Social @alysthemidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 29-31 https://doi.org/10.55975/GBTB1030 Summary Supporting students and qualified staff to provide care during perinatal bereavement is a challenge. In UK culture, […]
Simulation-Enhanced Skills in Perinatal Bereavement Care
Simulation-Enhanced Skills in Perinatal Bereavement Care Dr Anne Leyland (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, University of Salford Social @ksleyland Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 32-34 https://doi.org/10.55975/GXHP3048 Summary The unexpected death of a baby through stillbirth is a tragic and traumatic event for parents and caregivers. For midwifery students, the […]