Vaginal breech birth training now available through the RCOG, 23 May 2023. breechbirth.org.uk/2022/11/06/vag…

🚨 Get behind our NHS workers! 🚨 This week will see the biggest NHS strike in years: 👨‍⚕️ Nurses 👩‍⚕️ Midwives 🚑 Ambulance 🏥 Physio Download a solidarity poster and put it in your window today 👊 bit.ly/nhseie

🧵 On Race Equality Week and every week, #ItsEveryonesBusiness to act on racism in UK maternity care. Race Equality Matters

At some point in all our lives we will be kept alive by a nurse. Morally and practically we should pay them properly. Yet my nursing colleagues have had a decade of real terms pay cuts - I support the #nursingstrike - it’s not about politics it’s about public health. Some say…

Did you know that there is a word, coined in 1973 by medical anthropologist Dana Raphael, to describe the huge physiological and psychological transition that women make when they become mothers? That word is 'Matrescence'. #matrescence #newmum #newmom #newborn #parenting

My wonderful friend Sarah was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer last year. She is going to have to start paying for treatment that’s not free on NHS. Every donation helps and gives her more time with her daughter Bea ❤️ donate here: gofund.me/e372b2d6

Sarah is such a special soul & I count myself lucky to know her & her beautiful family. Please give anything you can so she can have more time.

The care that health professionals give you in maternity must respect your dignity and your freedom to make decisions about yourself (this freedom is called autonomy).

Created from my own AI prompts in Midjourney then out through Kaiber for added movement. Love it.

Nurses are taking industrial action to highlight the crisis in the NHS - excess deaths - longest ever waiting lists - depleted workforce - eroded services - privatisation by stealth - staff struggling with cost of living Outrageous move by Steve Barclay

Muslim women come from diverse backgrounds and can look and dress in many different ways. Join us in celebrating the diversity of Muslim motherhood and let's break down stereotypes and promote understanding and respect for all cultures and religions #bmhaw23 #bmhaw23muslimmums

Protest is a human right. Our right to protest is protected by the Human Rights Act. Our right to protest is protected by international law. Don’t let anyone tell you different

"Nearly 40% of English #maternity services are classed as inadequate or requiring improvement" WHY isn't this a national scandal? Report published tomorrow by Sands - baby loss charity 💜🧡 & Tommy's

For women who gave birth via an elective caesarean section, black Caribbean women were 58% more likely to be given a GA compared to white women. Black African women were 35% more likely to be given a GA. Shocking inequalities. We should be ashamed of ourselves #maternity