The Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Series 14 - Episode 2: Nurturing Connections: Leading Infant Feeding Services, Reviewing Baby-Friendly Evidence, and Fostering Relationships

This week's hour will focus on Research leadership of MAINN and impact/opportunities, creating coherence through connected leadership the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, the speakers will share insights into the role of education in supporting and sustaining breastfeeding for staff and students as well as maternal and infant nutrition and nurture unit research connections and opportunities.

We look forward to welcoming you to this jam-packed hour long session with our three fantastic speakers, Sarah, Gill and host - Anna.

Hosted by:

Dr Anna Byrom, CEO & Director, All4Maternity

Contribution from:

Creating Coherence through Connected Leadership the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative

Dr Anna Byrom, CEO & Director, All4Maternity

Insights into the role of education in supporting and sustaining breastfeeding for staff and students

Sarah Johnson, Senior Lecturer and Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Lead, University of Central Lancashire; Board member, Unicef UK BFI Qualification Board

Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit research connections and opportunities

Professor Gill Thomson, Maternal, parental and Infant Nutrition and Nurture (MAINN) unit, University of Central Lancashire

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This last in the series Maternity and Midwifery hour offers something a little different.

As the summer has arrived in the UK and many of us are getting into the mood for the holiday season, alongside getting our swimming costumes out, sun block at the ready and our attention turns to books. At last we will have some time to read that book we’ve had on the shelf for a while, or maybe you have always wanted to write a novel and wonder how to start.

To help us all, we are honoured to have two wonderful speakers - Alys Einion, midwife, academic, author and editor and Dianne Garland, midwife consultant and water birth expert, author and editor. Alys will be talking about the importance of breaks and sharing her journey from midwife to author and editor, and Dianne will be sharing her experience as a reviewer, highlighting some books that she has been reading, plus some that you might like to read yourself!

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Dianne Garland, Midwifery Consultant and Author of 'Waterbirth - an attitude to care'

Alys Einion, Senior Lecturer, Novelist, Editor-in-Chief, Practising Midwife Journal

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The annual #GenomicsConversation campaign returns 24-28th June 2024, our genomic lead midwives would like to strike up that genomics conversation with midwives, nurses, and other allied health professionals, to ensure that they ‘think genomics’ when they are caring for a patient.

This session will provide an overview of what genetics, genomics and epigenetics mean, whilst providing you with a taster of what is already happening in maternity, and what is yet to come.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Setting the scene-Genetics and Genomics in Maternity Services

Donna Kirwan, Lead Midwife, Genomics Unit, North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance

Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetics-what is it all about?

Waheeda Abbas, Genomics Midwifery Lead, North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance

What do midwives need to know? / How to get involved and/or learn more

Jo Hargrave, Lead Midwife, East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance

Pathway examples R445 & Generation Study

Karen Creed, Lead Midwife, Central and South Genomic Medicine Service Alliance

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Series 13 - Episode 10: Supporting mother and baby when a problem with an upper limb is identified

Examining the newborn requires extensive skills and knowledge of anatomy and physiology, of communicating findings to the mother and family of when all appears normal, and what to say and do when a deviation from the normal is noticed.

In this session we focus on the examination of the upper limbs, with senior midwifery lecturer Natasha Carr, and Ruth Lester highlights the importance of support and ongoing information to the mother and the family in caring for a child with an upper limb issue, and ensuring that they achieve their full potential.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Ruth Lester OBE, Retired Childrens Hand Surgeon; Trustee, Reach Charity

Natasha Carr, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Birmingham City University

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Series 13 - Episode 9: The Virtual Midwifery Caseload: Bringing women's voices into the classroom

The need to prepare students for real life practice, encompassing continuity of care, caseload holding and contemporary maternity care as well as the ability to effectively listen, and plan care in partnership with women and families is essential.

This week we will be looking at an exciting innovative way of achieving this, and are joined by Associate Professor of Midwifery and Lead Midwife for Education Teresa Shalofsky and Assistant Professor of Midwifery, Claire Nutt, and join us to discuss their work at University of Birmingham – both within classroom and research settings.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Claire Nutt, Assistant Professor in Midwifery, University of Birmingham

Teresa Shalofsky, Associate Professor in Midwifery, Lead Midwife for Education, University of Birmingham

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Series 13 - Episode 8: Empathy - improving care for women, babies and families

Today's maternity services are busy and potentially stressful areas for women to navigate and for midwives and student midwives to provide individualised and appropriate antenatal, labour and postnatal care.

Developing an empathic approach to care can really impact on the experience of the women and family, their access to information and their choices.

Our speakers are both engaged in innovative work to assist busy practitioners, as well as those in training, to develop their empathy, in real world practice.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Sarah Milnes, Midwifery educator, Researcher, University of Leicester

Jemimah Skilling, third-year student midwife, University of Leicester

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Series 13 - Episode 7: Record keeping and frameworks

Notes and record keeping. We are all aware of the importance of record keeping, as a tool for continuity of care, and as a legal requirement, and as one of the key competencies. So how do we cope with effective record keeping, without getting swamped, without losing time with the woman and baby or worse forgetting to record some aspect of our care.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Lyn Jones, Midwife, North West Anglia Foundation Trust; Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University

Biography

Lyn Jones

Midwife, North West Anglia Foundation Trust & Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn; Associate Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University Msc Midwifery & Women's Health

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Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) affects connective tissue throughout the body and has profound impacts during pregnancy, birth and beyond. In this session, Dr Sally Pezaro will first illuminate the ways in which she led a multidisciplinary and international team in co-creating the first evidence based clinical guidelines for the management of childbearing with hypermobile EDS (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD). Secondly, as there have been hypotheses put forward suggesting that symptomologies and other factors related to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation, and Dysautonomia are interrelated, Dr Brock will highlight the ways in which a systematic literature review may offer us further insights into these phenomena. Dr Pezaro and Dr Brock are collaborators on both of these projects, working within a large international consortium which includes the patient voice throughout. They are keen to invite questions and thought provoking conversations about this work. They are also keen to disseminate the guidelines in particular for use in clinical practice. Join us in the discovery of how people birthing with hEDS/HSD may be better supported for optimal outcomes.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Dr Sally Pezaro, Research Enriched Learning Lead for the Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Coventry University

Isabelle Brock, MD, QoLify Chief Scientific Officer, NovaCombian Research Institute

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In this hour we explore Postpartum Psychosis also known as Postnatal Psychosis, an important condition which can impact on women and their families after the birth of a baby. Dr Sally Wilson will share what is known about Postpartum Psychosis, and its recognition, and how families can be supported through this. Shaheda Akhtar will talk about their experience and issues faced by families who experience PP.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Dr Sally Wilson, National Training Coordinator, Action on Postpartum psychosis (APP)

Shaheda Akhtar, Peer Support Facilitator, Action on Postpartum psychosis (APP)

Biographies

Dr Sally Wilson

Sally joined APP in 2019 and coordinates APP’s Workforce training and Expert by Experience talks for health professionals across the UK. She was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis in 2015 after the birth of her daughter Ella and spent time in a general psychiatric ward.

Sally has a background in research and lecturing in Health and Exercise Sciences at Bangor University. Her research interests include; approaches to improving quality of life in people with chronic illnesses and trialling novel ways to increase research in healthcare settings. In her spare time, Sally enjoys playing hockey, cycling, climbing and spending time with family and friends.

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This week we celebrated International Day of the Midwife on the 5th May, a Day when the whole world midwife family celebrates their role with mothers, babies and families, and their impact on the world. This year the theme of the IDM is Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution. We are delighted to welcome Dr Kathryn Gutteridge to talk midwifery on this IDM week.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Contribution from:

Dr Kathryn Gutteridge, Honorary Associate Professor, Psychotherapist and Luminary Midwife

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