Pls RT! We are so excited to invite all midwives & midwifery students in Northern Ireland and Ireland to fill in our survey 'Why are you proud to be a midwife?' qubnursing.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0o…
Share meaningful midwifery moments that make you ‘Proud to be’ a midwife! #AIMN #midwifery

Helping teams to advocate for the people in their care is an essential leadership skill. Read shona hamilton thoughts 👇

nmc.org.uk/standards/guid…

Trained counsellors like Vianne are able to provide immediate help and support to anyone in crisis or despair.

If you’re struggling to cope, don’t suffer alone. Talk to Lifeline today 🗣

📲 Call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000 or visit lifelinehelpline.info to learn more.

Will always say YES to any opportunity to talk about #specialistperinatalNI - proud of how far we have come in NI - still a way to go ⁦shona hamilton⁩ ⁦rcpsychNI⁩ ⁦RCPsych Perinatal⁩ ⁦Maternal Mental Health Alliance⁩ ⁦Robin Swann⁩ ⁦Public Health Agency⁩

To mark #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek , join Action on Postpartum Psychosis ambassador Laura Dockrill for an online creative writing workshop for mums with lived experience of postpartum psychosis.

Monday 1st May, 12.30-1.30pm BST
Free, donations welcome
Book here: bit.ly/APPCreativeWri…

Almost 1 in 5 women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the year after birth.

Tips on what you can do: bit.ly/41NPKPA

#MentalHealth

'Experts call for an end to the exploitative marketing used by the baby formula milk industry'

Combining research and recommendations, a new Lancet Series highlights the overlooked value of #breastfeeding : hubs.li/Q01BCg7K0

The colder months can be difficult for families, with many concerned about trying to keep their home and young babies warm. We want to remind you of the importance of following #Safersleep advice to reduce the risk of sudden infant death. For advice see pha.site/safersleepinga…

Significant inequalities remain. #mbrrace infographic summary emphasises the missing voices of the women who have died, many of whom had multiple adversity and multi-morbidity.

Moving toward the end of our 2 day perinatal training with the awesome cons midwife shona hamilton Northern Trust - one of perinatal champions in NI for the last 20yrs and one of the main reasons we now finally have #specialistperinatalNI rcpsychNI RCPsych Perinatal Public Health Agency

Literally why we do what we do - eternally grateful to Justine for her honesty and bravery and openly talking about her experience of postpartum partum psychosis RCPsych Perinatal rcpsychNI Action on Postpartum Psychosis Maternal Mental Health Alliance Highlighting why NI needs an MBU @RobinSwannMoH Public Health Agency

Co-regulation starts in utero.
I'll repeat this again.
Co-regulation starts in utero.
I'll repeat this again.
Co-regulation starts in utero.🧠🌱

The most terrifying thing about this statistic is that mums told WRDA Action on Postpartum Psychosis they didn't know we had no Mother & Baby Unit in NI, until they needed it themselves.

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay
It's time to deliver an MBU @RobinSwannMoH Department of Health

#StrongerFromTheStart

During Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 Oct), we are hosting Butterfly Remembrance walls at Antrim and Causeway Hospitals, where you can come along and place a butterfly to remember your baby or child. For more details, please visit our website at: crowd.in/39gr9w

Today marks day 4 of #Blackmaternalmentalhealthweek organised by The Motherhood Group the theme is feeding and well-being. Black Breastfeeding Week held in August was formed in 2013 to combat racial disparities by centering experiences of Black women/birthing people 📷Smitha Lee

♦️Breaking news: launch of the WHO guide for integration of perinatal mental health in maternal and child health services♦️

Make nursing and midwifery education free and provide a bursary to meet living exp - Sign the Petition! chng.it/6ktFmDZ4 via Change.org UK

Please Retweet 🙌🏽❤️ My documentary on mental health airs Monday at 9pm on BBC One and it’s such an important conversation we all need to start having. Thank you 🙏

Ahead of International Day of the Midwife 2022, CNO Northern Ireland Maria McIlgorm, Midwifery Officer Dr Dale Spence and Midwifery Adviser World Health Organization (WHO) Fran McConville say thank you to midwives in NI for their work in striving to keep “women and families at the centre of what we do”

RCM_NI
#IDM2022

Today marks day 1 of UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week and today's theme is

What is Maternal Mental Health?

Tommy’s have a comprehensive website with a specific content area about mental wellbeing. 1/3