
Pauline McDonagh Hull
@pmcdonaghhull
PhD Candidate @UCalgary
caesareanbirth.org summerbornchildren.org
Journalist, formerly @BBCNews
Author, Choosing Cesarean A Natural Birth Plan
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Mother had to wait until very late in pregnancy to have #caesarean birth choice 'approved', which is not unusual. This needs to change NICE RoyalCollegeObsGyn Royal College of Midwives ๐ thesun.co.uk/fabulous/32416โฆ

Thing is, *some* organisations have a huge and valuable dataset of bereaved parents and the ability to connect them. THAT also seems to be an opportunity to learn don't you think Sands - baby loss charity ๐๐งก? Nottingham, Leeds, Oxford - all getting traction because bereaved parents found each other.

Nottingham. Ryan Parker & Emmie Studencki's struggle to get to the truth. โข focus on normal birth/CS targets โข missing โ๏ธ call record โข placenta cut up before referring to coroner โข CQC refusal to prosecute @ 1st โข CQC not prosecuting lack of candour thetimes.com/article/9aa1e7โฆ


The Women's Health Symposium, hosted by the amazing Leslie Horton, will celebrate #IWD2025 Calgary Public Library on March 8th. The full schedule is now live, and a month-long women's health art exhibition begins on March 1st. UCalgaryMedicine U Calgary ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ Global Calgary


eventbrite.ca/e/below-the-beโฆ Donโt miss this opportunity to learn about a condition that impacts 1 in 10 women but remains widely misunderstood. Calgary Health Foundation Calgary Public Library O'Brien Institute for Public Health Alberta University of the Arts


For years Birthrights, Tees, Pauline McDonagh Hull, myself & others fought against the unethical ban on maternal request caesarean birth but OUH leadership did nothing to protect women who were put through assessments with psychiatrists, fearing social services involvementโฆ




U Calgary International Womenโs Day- March 8. Celebrate by attending the Womenโs Health Symposium at the Calgary Central Library Libin Cardiovascular Institute Come, hear great speakers ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ Jamie Benham, MD PhD UCalgary Kinesiology Dr. Reimer on fueling across the life span. #menopause #PCOS ๏ฟผ



Happy International Womenโs Day #Calgary! Iโm delighted to celebrate with an important conversation with Alison K. Shea, MD, PhD and Leslie Horton about the unmet needs of people experiencing perimenopause & menopause Calgary Public Library for the inaugural Womenโs Health Symposium #IWD2025


See BBC News (UK) headline Nov. 2024: while inquest cites #caesarean request refusal & acute hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy... bbc.com/news/articles/โฆ Baby Emmy's death occurred after planned vaginal birth and delayed surgery.


I'm not convinced a national inquiry is the best way forward. Wes Streeting Theo Clarke Taking years; costing ++ยฃs (with ยฃ58.5bn already projected for current maternity claims); no guarantees; & so much existing data is not acted on. Why? academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/advโฆ #caesarean

