This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
A woman has been jailed for 2½ years after she admitted taking poison she had bought on the internet to terminate her pregnancy (R v Towers [2015]). The woman pleaded guilty to administering a poison...
This is the second part of a two-part paper in which a new model of evidence-based decision-making for midwifery is proposed In part 1, the case was made for a fit-for-purpose decision-making model on...
Pregnant women seeking asylum in the UK are identified as a vulnerable group in society, with specific concerns relating to their health and wellbeing (Aspinall and Watters, 2010) They may have...
Student midwives in the UK are often learning the skills of midwifery in institutions where the physiological process of birth is disturbed by technological intervention and lack of privacy The aim of...
I had never considered myself a very maternal person, so when I fell pregnant unexpectedly I was shocked by the sudden array of unconditional love and overwhelming sense of protectiveness I suddenly...
Despite all the evidence that breastfeeding is best for babies, many people still hold negative opinions about it For example, Kathryn Blundell—then deputy editor of parenting magazine Mother &...
The Master of Midwifery Practice (MMP) is a newly accredited postgraduate midwifery course offered in a university in Western Australia, and successful completion of the course leads to registration...
Resilience can be defined as ‘the ability to maintain personal and professional wellbeing in the face of ongoing work stress and adversity’ (McCann et al, 2013: 61) Stress is an individual's reaction...
Last year, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015) issued a revised Code setting out the professional standards of practice and behaviour for midwives The standards form the yardstick against...
In April 2013, the idea for the Deaf Nest project was born Reflecting on my professional experience from overseas, I realised that deafness and pregnancy are rarely considered together
According to Skouteris (2012: 664), citing a survey of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ‘body image concerns are largely ignored by physicians working with pregnant women’...
I am a 34-year-old ‘career’ mother of two My daughter was born in 2013 at 44 weeks I went into labour but after ‘failure to progress’ I was admitted to the local maternity ward and induced After 9...
BJM supports midwives by sharing expertise and advice to help you build confidence, grow professionally and improve care.
Evidence-based best practice
Peer-reviewed research
Practical guidance
CPD support