During the pre-election period National Institute for Health and Care Research are unable to post in the way they would normally do, so I wanted to advertise their Pre-Application Support Fund which provides support to enhance chances of a successful future NIHR career development award nihr.ac.uk/funding/pre-ap…

If you have given birth in the last 5 years and would like to share your experiences, Dr Claire Feeley and King's College London are carrying out a Birth Experience Study - scan the QR code in the image or head over to kcl.ac.uk/research/best- for more information.

Please help us understand breech pregnancy care practices in your maternity unit. Completing the survey takes just 10 minutes.

Reminder -- Please help us create a comprehensive description of breech practices in the UK! This will inform the next stages of OptiBreech research, and guidelines for practice improvement.

Seeing a woman in community who brings chocolate to every appointment. And today discharged another who was sad to be saying goodbye because she’s been so happy with her care. Times are tough but these special moments always spark joy 🥹

Visited my favourite snack library today Give Blood NHS 🩸🩹

Just wrapped up my first PPIE group meeting for my (first) postnatal ward sleep study. Public engagement has long been a passion of mine, and now I get to combine it with maternity research 😴🏥 Watch this space!

📢 Calling all new and expecting moms! NHS England is conducting a survey to learn about your early pregnancy experiences and how to enhance maternity services via digital means. Interested? Scan the QR code to take part! Survey ends 22nd September 2024.

End of November I’m taking on my first marathon 😳🏃🏽‍♀️ I’m fundraising for the wonderful baby bank Little Village Please donate if you can: littlevillage.enthuse.com/pf/jacana-lara

A fascinating piece from IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity co-chair Lord Ara Darzi - writing on our final report launch in the Guardian today. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This time last year I had months waiting to be able to start work, no clear start date and therefore no option to plan for earning in that gap. Student finance treats midwifery like any other course and finance runs September-June (even tho course finishes in September!)

Seeking pregnant people to complete a 5 minute online survey about about how their changing body feels to them whilst pregnant for my doctoral research bit.ly/Yorkbody If you are pregnant, please please consider completing it, or if not please share with pregnant people!

Fantastic afternoon online with Royal College of Midwives 💙 UK Maternal Cardiology Society learning more about cardiac disease in the perinatal period 🤰🏻🫀 Learnt a huge amount already and only half way through!

Thank you SignHealth for a fantastic session this morning. Lots of useful info about how to support Deaf clients who’ve experienced abuse. Perfect way to mark International Week of Deaf People and remind myself to book BSL level 3… 😊

My postnatal ward sleep study is now ✨ open for recruitment ✨ Who knew sticking posters on toilet doors across Lewisham could be so exciting?! Wellbeing of Women Royal College of Midwives 💙

Seeking autistic mothers and birthing people to participate in a research project about experiences of perinatal mental health difficulties. Please contact Hannah if you are interested in taking part. Pls RT. #perinatalmentalhealth #autism

Stepped in dog 💩 out on visits today but I did get a hello from this cute girl.

Could not be prouder of my extremely talented cousin Hannah Beer PRE-ORDER ASAP 🍸