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Factsheet – Managing labour: mood, mobilise and munch (part 3 of 3)
Factsheet - Managing labour: Mood, Mobilise and Munch (part 3 of 3) Trixie McAree Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health, Birmingham City University @mcareetrixie (Twitter) Summary Birth is a physiological process that shows we are alive, other signs of life...
Factsheet – Choices around Vitamin K following birth
Factsheet - Choices around Vitamin K following birth Sophie Rickett Student midwife, University of Nottingham @student_to_midwife (Instagram) Summary This factsheet is about vitamin K, a substance which is offered to all babies, usually within the first hour of birth....
Factsheet – Breastfeeding medically complex babies and children
Breastfeeding medically complex babies and children Lyndsey Hookway Paediatric Nurse, Health Visitor, IBCLC, Author, PhD researcher exploring the needs of medically complex breastfed children. Founder of Breastfeeding the Brave @FeedSleepBond (Twitter)...
Growth spurts, cluster feeding, what’s it all about?
Growth spurts, cluster feeding, what’s it all about? Lyndsey Hookway Paediatric Nurse, Health Visitor, IBCLC, Author, PhD researcher, Holistic Sleep Coach and Founder of the Holistic Sleep Coaching Program @FeedSleepBond (Twitter) @lyndsey_hookway (Instagram) Summary...
Your emotions after a miscarriage
Your emotions after a miscarriage Chelsey Turner Community Midwife, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, BSc (Hons) Midwifery @ChelseyTurnip Summary Having a miscarriage can be an extremely difficult experience for you and your partner and for those...
How to support your baby to sleep without stress
How to support your baby to sleep without stress Lyndsey Hookway Paediatric Nurse, Health Visitor, IBCLC, Author, PhD researcher, Holistic Sleep Coach and Founder of the Holistic Sleep Coaching Program @FeedSleepBond (twitter) @lyndsey_hookway (IG) Summary Sleep can...
Bonding with your newborn
Bonding with your newborn Hannah Tizard Research Midwife Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Editor-in-Chief The Student Midwife Journal and Founder BloodtoBaby.com @midwifetiz Summary From the special moment a new mother hears her baby’s first cry, a...
The use of water for labour and birth during COVID 19 virus
The use of water for labour and birth during COVID 19 virus Dianne Garland Freelance Midwife FRCM SRN RM ADM PGCEA MSc Summary I was asked to write about the use of water during the COVID 19 pandemic, to reassure parents about using water. This is based on the best...
Placenta encapsulation
Placenta encapsulation Hannah Horne Deputy Head of Midwifery, South East Kent, Qualifications BSc, MSc @hanhorne1 Summary Placental encapsulation is a relatively new concept for many women and midwives, most recently made popular through celebrity endorsements....
Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing Sophie Fletcher MA, FNCH, Perinatal hypnotherapist, author of Mindful Hypnobirthing and Mindful Mamma: The First Year United Kingdom @sophiefletcher_author Summary Hypnobirthing, or hypnosis for birth, is a simple and practical approach to birth...