On 20th August we wrote to NHS England calling for easing of visitor restrictions in maternity services. Partners are not visitors Matt Hancock Boris Johnson fatherhoodinst Kicki Hansard #ButNotMaternity

It’s time to review the current policies Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS. #birthworkersunited #butnotmaternity #doulasupport #birthrights #lockdownbirthrights

NHS England guide on 5th June states "a second additional visitor could be permitted" Still, most NHS trusts are ignoring this. You should be able to have who you want with you when you give birth #ButNotMaternity #enoughisenough Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS

You can have 30 guests at your wedding but not 2 birth partners during the birth of your baby? #birthblissdoulas #birthworkersunited #butnotmaternity #doulasupport #birthrights Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

You can travel abroad with your family but during an induction of labour, you have to go on your own? #birthblissdoulas #birthworkersunited #butnotmaternity #doulasupport #birthrights Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS

Not only do pregnant women have to labour partially alone and be without partners after birth, I am now fighting every day to get my stat maternity pay that is over 3 month delayed. When will women’s maternity rights be prioritised. #covidmaternity #ButNotMaternity

You can work in the hospital when pregnant but you can't have who you want with you during appointments or birth? #birthblissdoulas #birthworkersunited #butnotmaternity #doulasupport #birthrights Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS

Charlie Stayt “asymptotic teens getting tests so they don’t spread Covid to people are being told not to by the gov” Grant Shapps “well when we have #moonshot a technology which doesn’t exist yet, then they can test away” #BBCBreakfast #BorisTheLiar

You can have a social bubble but not include who you want in your birth bubble? #birthblissdoulas #birthworkersunited #butnotmaternity #doulasupport #birthrights Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Professor Chris Whitty NHS

Great to see Matt Hancock 100% supporting Alicia Kearns MP call for pregnant women & birthing people to be supported by partners of their choosing throughout their pregnancy and birth #butnotmaternity Kicki Hansard

The #ButNotMaternity Campaign Shows How Childbirth Became Covid’s Forgotten Battleground vogue.co.uk/mini-vogue/art…

Our Programmes Director @mariacbooker is quoted in this piece about v worrying new research from Make Birth Better. Women described feeling "devastated" & "powerless" in the face of #CovidMaternity restrictions. Specialist mental health support stopped for nearly half of women.

Nick Carver (Chief Executive East & North Herts NHS Trust): Allow pregnant women to be supported for all maternity care at ENHerts hospitals - Sign the Petition! chng.it/W74494ZV via Change.org UK

Thank you to Grazia UK for supporting women across our country to refuse to accept that we should have to give birth, or have pregnancy scans, alone As we enter Winter we mustn’t see NHS Trusts claw back victories we have won for women #ButNotMaternity graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life…

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Given the focus of this blog was on listening, we have tweaked the words commented on and apologise for any unintended hurt. The message remains that maternity services must support every individual's right to choose the birth that is right for them.. bit.ly/2KA05LM

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Over the past few weeks, with our But Not Maternity friends, we ran a campaign to promote 10 #BasicBirthRights that underpin safe, respectful maternity care. We’ve published the materials and info so anyone can use them. Please share! #HumanRights birthrights.org.uk/campaigns-rese…