UK Group Care history is made! Here's the last of three postnatal sessions of the first Parenting Circles group co-facilitated by midwives, health visitors and Nursery Nurses. Happy mamas & babies! #PregnancyCircles GroupCare1000 Epsom and St Helier NHS City Uni Health and Psychological Sciences Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership

A snapshot of Reproductive Justice as a critical, intersectional feminist framework to address injustices in maternal, reproductive and sexual health and well being; whilst simultaneously thinking deeply about the role of midwifery care that expands the boundaries of birth.

New study from Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research suggests that for almost all births in England, being born ‘out of hours’ is as safe as being born during working hours. Published in BMJ_Open:

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The wonderful Dr Jalana Lazar presenting REACHpregnancy #PregnancyCircles poster at the ICM in Bali with co-author Penny Haora #ICM2023 . Looking at the mechanisms of group care and how these may work for women who need interpreters. GroupCare1000 Group Care Global Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research

What a week!! We won best research project 2023 for The MATRIx Study and best partnership project 2023 for INTERSECT 🥳🥳🎉🎉

This year, the theme for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is anxiety 💚

Anxiety can affect us all in different ways, but here are five helpful tips on how to cope with feelings of anxiety ⤵️ ow.ly/gGLM50NX0BX #MHAW2023

Have you had a baby in a Freestanding Midwifery Unit (Birth Centre outside hospital) in England - or planned care there and transferred during labour?

To access the questionnaire, click: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3j………

Learn more about the study: cityuni-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal…

Just some of the important research we undertake in CMCHR aiming to enhance and support midwifery care. Happy International Day of the Midwife! #EvidenceToReality

Wonderful day of IDM celebrations with students and midwives at City! Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research City Uni Health and Psychological Sciences

Such an honour to be invited by @citymidsoc City, University of London
for #InternationalDayOfMidwife conference and share how maternity care is managed in Primary care & how to support maternity care in ethnic minority communities
The future is bright for midwifery care in the UK 💕

Happy #IDM2023 to our wonderful City, University of London Midwifery colleagues and students! And to all the midwives around the world providing vital care to women, birthing people and their families.

Our 10 minute video about women's views on identifying #PerinatalMentalHealth and #anxiety ..part of the MAP and MAP Alliance projects funded by NIHR...Thank you for having us at #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek PMHP UK we thoroughly enjoy being part of it with you!

Watch Dr Rose Coates - lead researcher on the MAP and MAP Alliance project - explain the best ways, from the women’s perspective, on identifying #anxiety and #perinatalmentalhealth . Great to be a part of the #MMHAW23 week!

Together in a changing world⭐️

Join us as we hear from midwives with experiences facilitating group care in the US, the UK and Brazil.
Free and open to all, please register here: city.ac.uk/.../the-circle…

MAP has identified two questionnaires that are better at identifying #anxiety . The most effective tool is now being piloted in #NHS trusts in England and Scotland. Visit mapstudy.org to see more on what we have done so far to improve #PMH assessment.

#MMHAW23

First #PregnancyCircles training for pre-reg Midwifery students, sending a great cohort of PgDips into practice as certified Group Care Facilitators, plus two peer trainers! REACHpregnancy City Uni Health and Psychological Sciences Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research Christine McCourt Marina A.S. Daniele Group Care Global GroupCare1000

Are you a midwife team lead working in an English Freestanding Birth Centre?

Take part in this important study!

To access the questionnaire, click: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cT…

Click to learn more about the study: cityuni-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal…

Super excited to announce we are working on three animations to share with policy makers, health professionals, and women/charities that represent women!

#INTERSECTConsortiumSeminar7 #birthtrauma #maternalmentalhealth

This week is the UK’s Black Maternal Health Awareness Week hosted by us Fivexmore_ and a host of other organisations and individuals. Stay tuned for more information, content and events throughout the week #fivexmore #BMHAW23

@NormalBirthConf 10.30 in Grange Over Sands - what a stunning backdrop to present about combining two amazing midwifery-led models of care #MCoC and #PregnancyCircles - is it undoable orthe best of both worlds? Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research Christine McCourt Catherine Kay Cassandra Yuill