Christina

“We're almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we're going.”

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

We've had a new report out into maternity and neonatal care and honestly... there's not a single surprise in it.

It's still - and I don't use these words lightly - a total disgrace. We've had multiple reports telling us this. And yet the same problems keep happening.

Women not being listened to - mums and babies being harmed or even dying - when they shouldn't be. So many people have their own stories - I'm sure if you're listening to this right now you might have your own story - or know someone who does.

There's one thing I wanted to pick out from the report by Baroness Valerie Amos.

The investigation heard cases of women who had lost babies being placed on wards with newborns.

This might seem like a little thing. But can you imagine losing a baby. The worst moment of your entire life. All those hopes and dreams for your child's future. Carrying the baby inside you - feeling it grow - and then the blood, the desperation that maybe it's going to be ok, surely it's got to be ok, and then the reality that you've lost your child.

And then what happens? You're put on a ward full of other mothers just like you... but these mums have their little babies in their arms.

That is not just negligent. It is cruel.

And it also happens systematically throughout the NHS. Having a miscarriage? Go to the maternity unit. Just had a scan where you'd hope to see your baby kicking but actually find out it doesn't have a heart beat? Go and sit down with all the happily pregnant mums.

This is symptomatic of a system where women are treated like vessels not like people who should be heard and listened to.

Because bringing life into the world can be the happiest time of your life. But it can also be the worst time of your life.

Either way - it's the most important moment. And that's why we've got to get this right.

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

i have lived a thousand lives since

[Meech @MediumSizeMeech]

I know it’s a funeral but ZAYN MALIK?!???

[Quinn @MindOfQuinn]

Dark at 5pm. Hope all you summer hating weirdos are happy.

[liv 💛 @oliviazao]

Student Finance England glitch that wipes everyone’s balances? 🙏🏾

[Christina @ChristinaAF]

Wordle 1,114 2/6

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What a fluke 😅

[h @harry_jrh]

neeeeed whatever antidepressants she’s on

[Christina @ChristinaAF]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Eccedentesiast ⚕️ @__amalleiu_z__]

one thing about January is that she's going to make sure you feel all 31 of her days

[Star67🇯🇲 @RealistAaron_1]

I don’t care about what you did for Christmas or New Years lets just work in silence today👍🏾

[Rachel ♿ 💚 ✍️ @ChasingGlimmers]

Absolutely stunned that we're going to be taxed for selling on our children's used clothing, they have grown out of, at a loss, simply to try and make ends meet and buy them clothing that fits. The absolute state of the UK under the @Conservatives. Utter disgrace.

[🐆 @fuchsiadreamz]

okayyy bella hadid 👏🏽

[Christina @ChristinaAF]

Those wasted nights are not wasted, I remember every one… 💥🙌🏼

[Christina @ChristinaAF]

@fasc1nate Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

[Christina @ChristinaAF]

Reminds me of endless shits with Ikea radio…….

[B 🦋 @DontWorryBoutB]

Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. idk why I hate it so much bc I like her music