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This paper explores key issues around clinical academic midwifery careers, including how space for clinical academic midwives can be assured and the steps midwives can take to start to develop this rewarding and important career britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/profes…

This study examines sociodemographic factors associated with self-rated health before, during and after pregnancy in low-risk pregnant women, based on comprehensive population register data in Sweden britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/resear…

This narrative literature review examines how #antenatal breastmilk expression supports women with diabetes to #breastfeed britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/litera…

George F Winter explores #maternal alcohol consumption and the moral and clinical influences that govern advice on drinking alcohol during #pregnancy britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/commen…

New estimates suggest that cases of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) along with the related hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) affect approximately 1 in 20 #pregnancies globally per year
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Aysha Mendes has a closer look at the research published on the safety of macrolides in #pregnancy and what this means for practising #midwives
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This study explores whether resilience developed in one cohort of 25 undergraduate student #midwives and what the concept of resilience meant to them
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#Prenatal supplementation has been introduced to #pregnant women during early pregnancy to prevent complication to both mother and fetus. The complications include anaemia, #postpartum haemorrhage, low birth weight and fetal defects
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This article presents an innovative approach based on creating a physical barrier by introducing an anchoring point linking surgical swabs together, making it physically impossible to leave one behind inside the patient's body
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Steph Wild, founder of the Beyond Bea Charity, explores the issues surrounding compassion in baby loss training and bereavement care
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L. Lewis Wall comments on the surgical operations conducted by Dr J Marion Sims and the ethics surrounding his work
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This literature review investigates the significance of hearing an asymptomatic heart murmur at the newborn physical examination in relation to the presence of congenital heart disease.
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This study provides a systematic review of the current evidence base on the effects of perioperative warming versus no warming
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This article obtains the perception of University of Ibadan postgraduates on how active male involvement in perinatal care can influence the improvement of #maternal and child health in developing countries
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This identifies the prevalence and determinants of #caesarean section in Indonesia. britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/resear…

The ‘Baby skin integrity comparison survey’ study was designed to compare three brands of baby wipes to determine if there was any difference in the incidence of irritant diaper dermatitis during the first eight weeks of life
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