Medial funiculi furcata: a rare umbilical cord alteration

The first case involved a 33-year-old woman (gravida 4, para 2, miscarriage 1) at 34 weeks' gestation with a medical history of chronic hypertension, treated with nifedipine, alpha methyldopa and...

Is the midwifery profession academic enough?

In 2008, the move from diploma-level pre-registration midwifery education (which was introduced in 1996) to an all-graduate profession was supported (NMC, 2009). Many universities had been offering...

A reflection on masculinities and maternity

The event I will be reflecting on not only felt significant at the time, but has remained in my psyche since. While in conversation with a man I had recently met during a community engagement...

Paternal postpartum depression: emotional and social availability for women in the early postnatal period

While 1 in 1000 births are registered to same sex couples, in the UK, 91% of fathers are present throughout the continuum of maternity care (Davies, 2018), and it is mostly men that provide practical...

Out with the old and in with the new

The professional midwifery advocates at East Kent hospitals were as disillusioned as their colleagues. The advocate team, consisting of one full-time lead and 17 sessional advocates, were impacted by...

Are England's maternity services safe?

British Journal of Midwifery peer reviewers 2024

Hydrocephalus awareness

As a user‑led charity, families feel confident to talk to us. We found that families were frequently contacting us to say that their child's head was never measured and/or that they had no idea of the...

A cross-sectional study of paramedic management of out-of-hospital obstetric emergencies

A cross‑sectional study was undertaken to explore the perceived and actual learning needs, knowledge, attitudes and practices of registered paramedics to respond to obstetric emergencies. All...

Leadership and management: exploring culture shock in clinical settings in Brunei Darussalam

This qualitative study assessed final year midwifery students’ involvement in leadership and management modules during their course, and their experiences during clinical placement.

Sources of breastfeeding knowledge and support skills among midwives and students: a scoping review

This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) framework and adhered to the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews guidelines (Tricco et al, 2018). A review protocol was developed and...

Why women discontinue exclusive breastfeeding: a scoping review

A systematic search of PubMed, Ovid maternal and infant care and global health electronic databases was conducted using PRISMA guidelines (Page et al, 2021).

Decolonisation of global conferences: unfinished business for women's health advocates

Despite talk of ‘bottom up’ strategy, global health conferences often still perpetuate a mechanism of ‘top down’ agenda-setting by wealthy nations (Smith, 2006; Horton, 2019; Khorsand et al, 2022)....

Artificial placentas and wombs

‘…not all healthcare users are the same and therefore do not have equal need’ .

Dynamic learning experiences for students

In last month's issue, my colleague Alison Power welcomed students embarking on their midwifery journey and emphasised the growing need for interprofessional collaboration. The importance of midwives...