https://youtu.be/rRYrGsBKKk8 The Duchess of Cambridge speaks with midwives and parents at Kingston Hospital in London via video chat about the importance of mental health. […]
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Siobhan Miller, founder of the Positive Birth Company and author of bestselling book ‘Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better’ commented: “One in five women experience perinatal anxiety and depression during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth. With the coronavirus lockdown in force, we sadly expect this number to rise significantly, especially […]
As the world celebrates the work of midwives – and as the University of Bradford sends 40 of its student midwives into practice during the Covid-19 pandemic – we talk to three about why they are joining one of the most challenging and rewarding of professions. Georgia Parker, Holly Stockdale and Ten Mabhara are all […]
Siobhan Miller, founder of ThePositive Birth Company, comments on the NHS suspending home births in some areas of the country: “The coronavirus is already causing a huge amount of anxiety and concern especially amongst pregnant women. Not only are they in the high-risk category, their antenatal and postnatal classes, groups and clinics have been cancelled, […]
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The Royal College of Midwives has today made a plea to NHS leaders to protect the safety of pregnant women by ringfencing maternity services in the current crisis. There is concern that vital staff, including midwives and maternity support workers, will be redeployed to other areas, at a time when a survey of senior midwives […]
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Exhibitions are a great place for businesses to showcase their products to a highly relevant audience. They offer a unique opportunity to target niche audience demographics and appeal to Business-to-Business (B2B) marketers looking to generate leads and grow their business. These events have been hugely successful. Event organisers have been trialling a new exhibition format. […]
An existing drug can be used to improve the womb for pregnancy, study led by University of Warwick finds Sitagliptin is first drug of its kind shown to increase stem cells in the lining of the womb Stem cells have been shown to improve renewal of the womb lining and to reduce inflammation in early […]
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Changes in heart rate, due to low oxygen conditions, experienced by the fetus during pregnancy, could be used to predict the future heart health of babies, shows research published in The Journal of Physiology today. Previous research has shown that sustained low levels of oxygen (called chronic hypoxia) during pregnancy significantly impair the growth of the fetus, leading to a condition known as intrauterine growth […]
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A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the unborn offspring. When a pregnant woman consumes a diet high in polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids, her body produces an excess of endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids), which overload the foetal organism and […]
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We all experience birth – and yet, unlike sex and death (art’s favourite subjects) encounters with birth in contemporary art are rare. Birth is the universal subject – so why is it so obviously absent in contemporary art? A new exhibition, ‘Birth,’ at 59 Riding House Street, London, until 9th November tackles the taboos, joy, […]
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