Candice Chauncy BA BMid

BA. Midwife. Honours student. interested in homebirth. #birthnerd #womenshealth

[Ernestine Ndzi @ndzitina]

Breastfeeding is not a woman's problem, its a national problem which unfortunately we have failed to see. Stats below speaks volumes @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland @NHSuk @alisonthewliss @APPGIFI @PublicHealthEng @RachaelMaskell @RishiSunak @UKLabour @labourpress @AssocBfMothers

[Camila Maranha @camilamaranha]

'Policy inertia' is enabling the products and practices of some commercial actors to cause significant, ongoing harm to health, warn experts.
A new @TheLancet Series argues for a bold system overhaul that puts people and planet first: https://t.co/ZZhLvnTqNH

[Biomechanics for Birth @MollytheMidwife]

“Planned hospital births increase the number of complications and interventions without achieving any demonstrable benefit in terms of lower maternal or child mortality”
https://t.co/V7hfvXLPC1

[michelle huang @michellehuang42]

i trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries - so that i could engage in real-time dialogue with my "inner child"

some reflections below:

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

"If we developed a pregnancy test that was as difficult to interpret as a CTG trace, and with similar positive and negative predictive values, we would chuck it in the bin and start again!" https://t.co/kuQshJKHQW

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@allthatsazz @Prof_Bayes @sagefemmeclare @jenhock13 @PhDMidwives Congratulations 🎉���🥳

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@jenhock13 @MorrowJane @BMidTeachersACU @bibbykrick Thanks for the updates! 😍

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@NeelaJan Is insurance a big cost as well?

[Caroline Homer @CarolineHomer]

Thank you @MidwivesACM @PMO_ACM @JoanneEDGray for this important statement. What a sad and scary day for all.

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

I love this term "breastsleeping"!

[Dr Clare Davison @sagefemmeclare]

"midwives who are educated and regulated to international standards of care can provide 87% of essential maternity care needs and would prevent 67% of maternal deaths, 64% of newborn deaths, and 65% of stillbirths.4 Midwifery provides a 16 times return on investment"

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

Today I am reading for my honours thesis and have just come across the stat that: in 2002 their was a national shortage of 1,850 midwives in Australia...doesn't seem like much has changed in 20 yrs 🤔#nationalshortageofmidwives #healthcare #medicare #maternitycare #australia

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@ryanhoulihan The Piano! First female director to win the Palme d'Or. An ode to the blue beard fairy tale and that a woman can be her own heroine.

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@VicAusMidwife

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@Sunnydownlane Or just decline it? 🤷

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

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Sometimes, writing hurts.

This one hurt.

My latest piece in @shot_au on "living alongside the virus".

On loss and life (and coffee shops) in our time of covid.

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https://t.co/h4tZ0xlsLI

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@Prof_Bayes Merry Christmas to you as well! 🥂🧑‍🎄

[Candice Chauncy BA BMid @CandiceChauncy]

@AlyceNWilson @CarolineHomer I also found this so powerful!