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A new vision for Wales
The Welsh government has launched its Vision for maternity services in Wales. After two years of work, involving women and their families, midwives, other NHS professionals, Health Boards, community and voluntary groups, the Vision and ...
Guest blog: New tools to help you support smokefree pregnancies
As midwives are well aware, stopping smoking is one of the best things a woman and her partner can do to protect the health of their baby through pregnancy and beyond. But you may not be aware that in recent years the percentage of women recorded ...
Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2019
As 17th June is the start of Breastfeeding Celebration Week, let’s take a moment to reflect on the many benefits of breastfeeding and why it is something so worth celebrating.
Smokefree
As midwives caring for women we have all listened to these sheepish confessions: ‘I know it’s bad… but I only smoke one or two in the evening… once the kids are in bed… it really is one of life’s few pleasures… something just for me….’.
OASI Care Bundle RCM and RCOG comment
In 2014 the RCM and the RCOG decided that something needed to be done to address the increasing rates of OASI (obstetric anal sphincter injury). OASI has an enormous negative impact on the lives of those affected. Following a round table discussion ...
Guest blog: A day in the life of a perinatal programme practitioner
Nikki Rhys-Jones is a specialist midwife who joined the NSPCC in 2012. Nikki has been delivering Baby Steps, a perinatal education programme, for five years and in that time she has run 69 groups in Swansea and Bridgend. She lives in Cardiff and ...