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[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe Interesting the focus remains on women being older and more ‘complex’. The ‘normal’ birth ideology affects all. Many women like me, had no factors against us. Yet, poor obstetric and midwifery practice has left me with life long harm.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe Also the increase in induction v’s effective and efficient education and monitoring so the mother is aware of choices.

Not all inductions are effective or patient focused. A patient centred model of midwifery care is urgently needed.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe I’d have also liked to have seen the inclusion ‘the obsession with induction with outdated data’ in otherwise healthy women. Or a recommendation to closely monitor. This may avoid induction and unnecessary, sometimes devastating, interventions to the mother.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe What’s shocking is when you’re ‘quoted’ and the team didn’t have the decency to notify you that your words or experiences would be used in the final report. Lecturing on capacity and consent has made my experience a joke-a great way to show the future workforce how not to behave!

[Catherine Roy @catherineroyuk]

Nottingham maternity.
Jenny Ardley's story.
"My social policy background shows me this is generational harm on a massive scale"
https://t.co/1qhf6CRwHk

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe Is there any recognition the leaking of potential key components of the Ockenden report, is harmful and traumatic for those families not privileged enough to be in the inner circle. Some of us have to wait for a Zoom call.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@NottsCC How are you supporting the SEND children affected by the Nottingham Maternity Investigation by Donna Ockenden?

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@MartynPitman The national maternity scandal doesn’t just apply to bereaved parents. There’s a cohort of harmed women and their families that have had their lives destroyed by failed care. They are too living a daily trauma. A ‘birth nest’ wouldn’t have helped them either.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@theodoraclarke @PublishersAssoc @BAbooksellers @BirthTrauma @BitebackPub @AppleTreeLit @thenovelry Gough

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@MidwivesRCM You mention that as an organisation you’ve been ‘raising concern for years’. Could you please offer insight on how and when this has been done…why have your concerns been ignored to date, putting thousands of lives at risk of harm and death.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

I'd really like to hear from more student midwives about what's going on during your training. Happy to be contacted via DM or at [email protected] - anonymity is not a problem. #maternity #maternitysafety

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@JamesTitcombe If your perspective was the only narrative. Then as a harmed mother my statistic would never exist. Consider that not all harms in maternity are understood/recorded. Dangerous practice still exists. I’m evidence of this - 2023 and still fighting.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@Victoria_Rixon This is not an apology. It’s a justification for poor behaviour. Before you post consider, ‘professionals’ can be harmed as well. You are not the only person that held/has a registration. Many of us champion change in a positive rather than derogatory manner.

[Michelle Welsh MP @MichelleWelshMP]

My question on maternity services to the Prime Minister during PMQs 👇

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

After what has been an overwhelming two years. Maternity safety is now my priority. Two conferences in two weeks. As a professional with a lived experience, I’m recognising my super power 😊 - Happy Friday.

https://t.co/JsrEq2PMQn

[Dr Ruth Ann Harpur @drruthannharpur]

So @RCObsGyn are concerned that focus on 14 trusts will cause *real* anxiety for families living nearby.

Trying to reduce women's anxiety by denying very *real* risks was/is the heart of normal birth ideology

Anxiety isn't the problem, denial is.

[Lauren @Laurenncaul]

Thank you @Channel4News for having me back.

Talking about health inequalities and baby loss makes people uncomfortable but that silence is why it keeps happening.

We need a full, judge-led statutory inquiry. Nothing less will do.

For Grace. For every family failed 🤍

[Aubrey’s Dad @DadOfAubrey]

Not everyone shares their story.
Some hold it deep, quiet, unseen.

That doesn’t make their pain smaller.

To every parent who carries grief in silence:
we see you.
Your baby mattered too.

#BabyLoss #StillbirthAwareness #Grief #LossAndLove #YourBabyMatters

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@MidwivesRCM It’s not always about numbers - significant harms are caused by incompetence. Existing practices must be reviewed before ‘new’ staff also learn poor culture and practices, further exacerbating the harms currently being done by existing midwives.

[Harper2020 @Harper20201]

@NursingTimes Only ‘optimistic’ - is that not further worrying that they elude to not having confidence in their own processes?