Links Between Midwives and Student Midwives’ Mental Health Lydia-Rose Taylor – Final Year Student Midwife, Anglia Ruskin University Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 2 April 2024, Pages 12-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/YUHD5317 Summary There is an overwhelming prevalence of mental health struggles for midwives and midwifery students in the current workforce.1 Most concerning is […]
What Difference Does Clothing Make in Labour?
Hot Topic What Difference Does Clothing Make in Labour? Catherine Ryde – Midwifery Student, Coventry University Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 2 April 2024, Pages 24-26 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/UBEL3120 Summary Clothing in labour is a subject missing from standard student textbooks, guidelines and research. Despite a requirement for midwives to be person-centred and […]
Barriers Faced by Refugee Women and Birthing People Accessing UK Perinatal Mental Health Services
Barriers Faced by Refugee Women and Birthing People Accessing UK Perinatal Mental Health Services Emilie Janssen – Digital Lead Co-Editor Social @emilieejanssen Kalina Shah – Service Manager & In Person Coach Social @kalinafitness Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 06-09 DOI: https://doi.org//10.55975/PQNY1935 Introduction Refugee women and birthing people are […]
Exploring the Impact of Raised BMI in Pregnancy
Exploring the Impact of Raised BMI in Pregnancy Rachel Barnes (she/her) – Student Midwife, University of Central Lancashire, Pre-registration Midwifery BSc Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 20-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/BVFP9231 Summary Despite public health initiatives to encourage a healthy lifestyle, obesity levels continue to rise, with more than half […]
Supporting Autonomous Birthing Beyond Guidelines
Supporting Autonomous Birthing Beyond Guidelines Elli Blackwell (she/her) – Student Midwife, Birmingham City University Twitter @elli_studentmw Jessica James-Hill (she/her) – Homebirth Midwife, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Samuel Todd (he/him) – Lead for Professional Practice and A-EQUIP, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 […]
Facing Fear: A First-Year Student Midwife’s Perspective
Facing Fear: A First-Year Student Midwife’s Perspective Rachel Fucella (she/her) – Student Midwife, University of Birmingham Twitter @raebae12 Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2023, Pages 06-09 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/XRZK1004 Introduction Fear. It is one of the most gripping and visceral of human emotions. But what place, if any, does fear have […]
Birth Trauma Debriefing: A Specialist Midwife’s Perspective
Birth Trauma Debriefing: A Specialist Midwife’s Perspective Pia Caprioli (she/her) – Midwife, NHS Lothian Homebirth Team Instagram @pi_el_ca Lesley Mills (she/her) – Student Midwife, Kingston University SPECIAL GUEST Illiyin Morrison – Birth Trauma Specialist Midwife Instagram @mixing.up.motherhood Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 3 July 2023, Pages 22-26 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/PACY9882 Summary In the […]
Tokophobia: More Than Fear of Childbirth
Tokophobia: More Than Fear of Childbirth Suman Bhambra – Student Midwife, King’s College London Instagram @sumanbham Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 3 July 2023, Pages 06-09 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/PAOQ1725 Introduction This article provides a comprehensive overview of tokophobia, also referred to as fear of birth. It explains what this condition is, the impact […]
Yoruba Postnatal Practices
Yoruba Postnatal Practices Joanne Kotun (she/her) – Student Midwife, King’s College London Instagram @_j.ktn Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 2 April 2023, Pages 06-10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/EAWJ3261 Summary The Yoruba are one of the three major ethnicities in Nigeria predominantly based in the Southwest. Yoruba culture is strongly rooted in honouring family and […]
Exploring Jewish Birth and Culturally Sensitive Care
Exploring Jewish Birth and Culturally Sensitive Care Jessica Falk Perlman (she/her) – Student Midwife, King’s College London Twitter @jessfalkperl Amy Hertz (she/her) – Student Midwife, King’s College London Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 2 April 2023, Pages 16-19 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/NAGL5560 Summary A small and vibrant ethnoreligious community, Jewish people account for less […]