Receiving an epidural during labour is associated with a significant reduction in severe maternal morbidity (serious health problems during childbirth or the six weeks following birth), according to new research that looked at data from more than half a million mothers in the UK. The findings suggest that improving access to epidurals during labour, alongside […]
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“Racism is real” Black and Asian bereaved parents reveal barriers to safe maternity care. The Listening Project report, published 14 December by the UK’s leading baby loss charity Sands, highlights barriers, biases and poor care that may be contributing to inequalities in baby deaths in the UK. The Sands report is published on the same day […]
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On 30 March 2022 Donna Ockenden published the ‘findings, conclusions and essential actions’ following her independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The Ockenden review was launched in 2017 by then Health Secretary, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP on the basis of 23 deaths at the Shrewsbury and Telford […]
Landmark study links post-natal depression and low income: A longitudinal study of Queensland families has found women on lower incomes are more likely to suffer with pre and post-natal depression. An analysis of the Queensland Family Cohort (QFC) pilot project data, conducted by the University of Queensland’s Professor Brenda Gannon, found women diagnosed with depression […]
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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