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Premature births account for 111% of the total number of births worldwide In Brazil, the percentage is slightly higher, at 119% (World Health Organization (WHO), 2012; Blencowe and Cousens, 2013;...
Peer support for breastfeeding mothers is defined by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as:
There has been a significant cultural shift regarding the inclusion of male partners in childbirth in Western societies since the 1960s (Hildingsson et al, 2011) Male partners are no longer barred...
Influenza (or ‘flu’) is a highly infectious viral illness of the respiratory tract, with a usual incubation period of 1–3 days (Public Health England, 2013a) It can be spread by respiratory droplets,...
The chair of the Maternity Transformation Programme in England has warned that not enough is being done to ensure safety within maternity services Speaking at the NHS England Health and Care...
In October 2016, I and three other midwives visited Freetown and some of its surrounding districts in Sierra Leone We were volunteering for the charity, Life for African Mothers (LFAM), a charity...
In 2010, a national newspaper reported that the National Patient Safety Agency database recorded three women who lost their babies following surgery, saying that,
Certain words raise my hackles almost automatically One example is people referring to ‘nurses’ providing maternity care As I have shouted at the television and radio many times, no they don't! After...
On Wednesday 27 September, at the stroke of midnight, BBC News in Suffolk posted its next story online (BBC News, 2017). Hardly ideal timing, one might think, except that this was a story about a...
Germaine Greer wrote that ‘[c]hildbirth has been transformed from an awesome personal and social event into a medical phenomenon’ (Greer, 1984: 19) But given that around 830 women die every day from...
How to Survive your Nursing or Midwifery Course As thousands of midwives, mentors and lecturers return to university after the holidays, two readers review a book relevant for all in midwifery...
What happens when the losing side in a court case decides that it wants to appeal? It is an understandable inclination, especially after what is often years of protracted negotiation and debate;...
As a student midwife, breastfeeding is something that we speak about often, from the booking appointment to postnatal appointments to support women who wish to breastfeed their babies In the UK, 80%...
For a language with a wider vocabulary than any other, it can be surprising when English fails to aptly communicate an intended meaning. This has certainly been the case this month, where one small...
Nominations for midwifery awards are upon us, and I frequently meet previous winners and nominees who remember with pride how their achievements were recognised Will you consider nominating a...
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