Nanni

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

destined to be today's recycling or will we listen to these midwives and the brave one of @megs_13
Or the @CMAHomebirthIrl & Women who today will come out in protest about restrictions on homebirth, ironically a part of the service that is actually working as per @NPEC_UCC 7/

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

The ball is firmly in your court now @DonnellyStephen @roinnslainte @HSELive @NWIHP
Listen to midwives @INMO_IRL listen to your consumers, the women/people accessing care & consumer groups @AIMSIreland @BirthMovementIE @RachAnnFagan @lindabtweeting
Thank u @HollyCairnsTD 🙏

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

they have to, they have families to support, mortgages to pay and other everyday commitments. The progress of the maternity strategy @NWIHP is so far from the reality of their working conditions they hardly recognize it's existence.
*Importantly* the impact this is having on 4/

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

with retention. Newly qualified midwives haven't the heart to enter a service that doesn't respect, uphold their knowledge, or have time to support their transition to role as midwives. The midwives still are so overworked they are on the cusp of burnout. Many stay because 3/

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

in frontline services by December. Read Megan's words, don't @ midwives with what you think are the issues, it's here plain and simple. Please don't email us with banal solutions or extoll us with all you are doing as @INMO_IRL Phil Ni Sheaghdha said this week, we've a problem 2/

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

A sad, but starkly honest (if not courageous) tweet to wake up to. You're not alone Megan, many many midwives and student midwives feel the same as highlighted in @griffinniamh piece yesterday.
The figures here are stark only 3 of 16 who qualified with Megan will be working 1/

[Dr Mary Curtin @Marytcurtin]

I have written to @DonnellyStephen @chiefnurseIRE today to express my concerns regarding the @roinnslainte publication that contradicts the Nursing &Midwifery Act (2011).

DM me for copy to send by email. #midwifery @UCDMidwifery @UCCMidwifery @NursingMid_UL @MidwiferyD

[Nanni @innan81]

@Seantanmurphy @n00kums @dez635 @AerLingus @DublinAirport We were told by staff that only the people that were at the gate already would get on. We went through security etc before the system went down. We are still sitting in the plane though….

[Nanni @innan81]

@n00kums @dez635 @AerLingus @DublinAirport We are in the 10.55 New York flight, or should I say we are in the airplane… still in parking bay. Boarding started 1 1/2 hours ago. Endless manual headcount repeats. Still not sure if we actually get anywhere today. Almost 5 hours from when we were supposed to leave. #aerlingus

[Nanni @innan81]

@dez635 @AerLingus @DublinAirport Thanks but In the end we seem to be one of the only flights actually being boarded now. #fingerscrossed

[Nanni @innan81]

@berlinairport why is there no restaurant/food places in T2. Bar closed and nothing to eat besides vending machines after going through security. Let’s not talk about the lack of seating after ‚boarding‘ into a waiting area. #itsstillbad #notimpressed #sittingonthefloor #hungry

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

Hopefully Prof Coulter Smith as incoming chair of @RCPI_ObsGyn will revisit these unfortunate sentiments. Central to safe delivery of maternity care is collaboration with of multidisciplinary teams based on mutual respect and shared knowledge. 11/11

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

Watch “Birthing Cultures” on #Vimeo excellent depiction and narrative of the current status of homebirth in Ireland. Very proud of @CMAHomebirthIrl & @MidwivesIreland committee members @innan81 & @AMidwife15 who took part. #homebirthireland #midwifeled https://t.co/d3vpLUO05D

[Declan Devane @decdevane]

Otherwise, we’d have had the strategy implementation in a far more genuine manner far more quickly. 3/3.

[Declan Devane @decdevane]

…and women because there are….more of them!? Agree that implementation (NB : as envisaged) ‘is not going anywhere quickly’. That can only be because control rests with few and some of those don’t like the choice the strategy was to offer women on models of maternity care….2/n

[Declan Devane @decdevane]

“He says that the national maternity strategy, launched in 2016, was skewed by hearing more from midwives than it did from obstetricians and for this reason it “is not going anywhere quickly”… hmmmm…🤨could it be that it heard from more midwives 1/n

[Nanni @innan81]

Shout out to @GardaTraffic the Garda who came to my door and got me out of bed at 2am to attend a homebirth after my phone had died and I was MIA. I made it in time and all is well!!! @HomeBirthIRL @AMidwife15 go team!! #safehomebirth #homebirthireland #alliswellthatendswell

[Nanni @innan81]

@damiencallan @PassportIRL Really hope someone helps you! So bad that there is no way to get in touch with @PassportIRL with issues.

[MidwivesAssociation #VaccincesWork @MidwivesIreland]

@marymcc25625784 Same birth however what a contrast in headline Risk V Informed decision-making. Well done @newrossstandard for taking onboard the couples' experience. We need reframe #homebirth as a safe choice provided by skilled midwives @CMAHomebirthIrl @Birth_Ireland congrats to all 👏🏾👏🏾