Maternity Outcomes

Maternity Outcomes Matter is a collaboration of charities and individuals who are passionate about safe maternity care.

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

The Aspire study is looking at women's experience during the pandemic https://t.co/gMNMEOnv56

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

Very welcome news from NHS England

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

The NHS is rolling out a new same day blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening condition for both expectant mothers and their babies.

This means the condition can be ruled out much faster and significantly reduce hospital admissions. https://t.co/TK7VoxhovO

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

Important project to improve the language around birth - 21st September not the only date. There will be more.

[Royal College of Midwives 💙 @MidwivesRCM]

The Re:birth listening project aims to gather service users’ and maternity professionals’ perspectives about the language we use in different types of birth.

Join us on 21 September to hear and share different thoughts. Book here: https://t.co/WwNY1EfvsI

[Group B Strep Support @GBSSupport]

This Group B Strep Awareness Month find out more about #groupBStrep in pregnancy. Watch our video to find out what carrying GBS can mean for your newborn. #GBSAM2021

[The MASIC Foundation @masic_uk]

The MASIC Foundation is hosting a webinar on Thursday 8th July: Understanding the Emotional Consequences of a Birth Trauma Experience
Visit the Eventbrite page now to register for tickets:
https://t.co/AM7ZOW7Geb
and follow @masic_uk for updates

[NEMMS @NEMatMedS]

There is a 3-4 x increased risk of myocardial infarction in pregnancy & the postpartum period.
🚩Chest pain requiring opiates in pregnancy is a red flag symptom.🚩

Join @NEMatMedS tomorrow evening to learn more. Email [email protected] to register

[Pauline McDonagh Hull @PMcDonaghHull]

I've said it before, but #forceps/#normalbirth scandal in UK will be next:
Focus on redress: #Symphysiotomy, the ‘mass medical experiment’ that butchered young women
https://t.co/rgKB9tUxjC
'some Irish hospitals used symphysiotomies as a way of avoiding the much safer #caesarean'

[BirthTrauma @BirthTrauma]

Thanks so much to the British Journal of Midwifery for inviting us to speak about birth trauma today. Very grateful for the opportunity - and great to hear stories of good practice from midwives. #BJMConference2021

[Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @theHSSIB]

This week’s @RCObsGyn final @EachBabyCounts report for 2020 includes cases investigated by @HSIB_org. The EBC programme criteria has been integral to our maternity investigations and we are grateful to RCOG for the learning from EBC to support safer maternity care.

[William Parry-Smith @wparrysmith]

Postpartum haemorrhage and risk of mental ill health: https://t.co/tVPojx765F

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Tokophobia is an extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth. It can be a debilitating and lonely experience, made worse by the lack of awareness around it, even from healthcare professionals, says Sarah-Jane Archibald #BMJOpinion
https://t.co/vnu1br04I7

[Campaign for Safer Births @CfSaferBirths]

😮 I can spend my money off voucher on many things including alcohol, sugary drinks, unhealthy snacks, but not to buy first stage baby milk 🤷🏻‍♀️ @catherineroyuk @FeedingAlliance

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

More success for GBSs https://t.co/D9VzIAhNA3

[NMPA @nmpa_audit]

Final call for #maternityvoicespartnerships who would like to learn more about the #NMPA and how we can facilitate change at a local level using our #data - email [email protected] to secure a place!

[Catherine Roy @catherineroyuk]

"She believes that the “healthy baby narrative” – that is, the idea that if you have a healthy baby as a result of even the most traumatic labour, you’re still ahead – and the fact that birth is a common life event diminish women’s experiences of childbirth."

😱😱😱 I can't.

[My Ectopic Pregnancy @EctopicMy]

If you work in A&E, EPAU, Gynae or any pregnancy loss bereavement setting, please ask your students & colleagues to follow this account & @cradle_charity so they can signpost women & partners to our support. #earlypregnancyloss #pul #ectopic #molar #miscarriage #tfmr #cradle

[Rebecca Brione @RebeccaBrione]

So excited to finally receive my copy of Women's Birthing Bodies and the Law today after lengthy postal issues. Kids are delighted to see my name in a real book! @CamillaPickles @jojohjhj @hartpublishing https://t.co/2tpceDFlFB

[Antje Horsch @DrAntjeHorsch]

Excited to give a talk today on the psychological impact of perinatal loss on parents and the experience of the subsequent pregnancy as part of the Winter Workshop on Perinatal Grief organised by University of Zürich @SSECR_ @CA18211

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

Thank goodness attitudes are changing!

[Catherine Roy @catherineroyuk]

In Childbirth without fear, Dick-Read gives selfishness as one of the reasons some women do not wish to breastfeed.

Just leaving this here.

[Maternity Outcomes @OutcomesMattr]

Birthrights campaign on racial justice in maternity care https://t.co/drqpRa34E2