‘Listening to women isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the safe thing to do. Stop being afraid of being humble and curious about the person in front of you, recognise their agency.’ Kate Brintworth Kate Brintworth #MatSafety2024

13% more black mums experience postpartum depression than any other group. 1 in 5 black mums report they do not visit a healthcare professional when they are feeling low mood and depression. We're supporting Black Maternal Mental Health Week #BMMHW24

Talking today about fat bias and blinkered BMI thinking in research leading to poor conclusions. Particularly when confounding variables more likely in higher BMI populations aren't accounted for... then the perfect example dropped into my inbox! bigbirthas.co.uk/bmi-blinkers/

Today we launch a new Priority Setting Partnership to gather unanswered research questions related to LGBTQIA+ perinatal care. If you have questions about becoming & being pregnant, birth, feeding & the year after birth for LGBTQIA+ people, tell us here: bit.ly/3Bev2zp

Can you help PhD student Ruya plan her Gestational Diabetes Research? Are you in the UK? Have you experienced GD in a previous pregnancy? bigbirthas.co.uk/gestational-di…

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.