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  1. #VotingRights is not just about partisanship. 2 nurses who are part of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social write, "When communities are shut out of the voting booth, it is no coincidence that they are also the ones losing their critical‑access #hospitals and watching #maternity care deserts spread around them." aol.com/articles/opinion-votin

  2. 🇨🇱 Chile’s #maternity leave reform boosted women’s employment by 16%. Shocking! Doubling postnatal leave from 12 to 24 weeks let more women stay in the #workforce after having children.

    How Chile's maternity leave ex...

  3. 🇨🇱 Chile’s #maternity leave reform boosted women’s employment by 16%. Shocking! Doubling postnatal leave from 12 to 24 weeks let more women stay in the #workforce after having children.

    How Chile's maternity leave ex...

  4. SWANSEA: ‘We couldn’t say his name without getting emotional’ — the Singleton midwife so kind that parents named their baby after him

    A Swansea couple have given their baby a midwife’s name as his middle name — in tribute to the care they received at Singleton Hospital during one of the most frightening nights of their lives.

    Shania Jenkins, 26, and partner Liam John are now the proud parents of Tobias Michael John — with the middle name chosen to honour midwife Michael Nixon, who looked after Shania when she haemorrhaged after delivering baby Tobi prematurely last September.

    Shania Jenkins with baby Tobi, who was born at 34 weeks at Singleton Hospital. Image: Swansea Bay University Health Board

    “His kindness just made everything better,” said Shania, who lives in Bynea. “For a few days after we couldn’t even say Michael’s name without getting emotional. And that is when we made the decision to put his name into Tobi.”

    The pregnancy had been complicated from the start. Shania has a rare form of diabetes called MODY — maturity-onset diabetes of the young — and had to be monitored throughout. Then, living in Bridgend, she went to Princess of Wales Hospital for a routine scan only to be told she was going into labour at just 28 weeks.

    She was transferred to Singleton, where doctors gave her medication to slow the labour. “They couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t come early,” Shania said. “But it worked. He stayed in for an extra six weeks.”

    Tobi was eventually born at 34 weeks, weighing four pounds eight ounces — a good weight for a premature baby. But his arrival was far from straightforward. After two days of slow labour with little progress, Shania went home — only to return almost immediately with contractions.

    Liam John, Shania Jenkins and baby Tobi at Christmas. Image: Swansea Bay University Health Board

    Back at Singleton, the couple were supported through the night by midwife Abbey Hughes. “She was rubbing my back. She was making us laugh,” Shania said. “I really appreciated that because it didn’t make me feel as scared.”

    The following day midwife Kristy McCullar took over — equally supportive, the couple said. Then Tobi arrived — and Shania began to haemorrhage.

    It was at that point that Michael Nixon came to the fore. Obstetric registrar Dr Aishvarya Gupta and Michael stopped the bleeding, while Tobi was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Michael stayed with Shania to monitor her.

    “He told me that, even though Tobi wasn’t with me, he was more than happy for me to go to Tobi if I felt up to it,” Shania recalled. “And then he wheeled my bed up to NICU so I could see him.”

    When the time came for Liam to go home, Shania whispered to him that she was anxious about being alone after haemorrhaging — not intending Michael to hear. “He must have overheard me because he came back in with a pull-out bed and said Liam could stay on that. He came back every hour — not just to check on me but to reassure me that the bleeding had not restarted.”

    “He was just really good at knowing what I needed without me needing to say it,” she said. “He looked after Liam too. He was just so kind and compassionate. Michael just being there uplifted everything.”

    Michael said he was deeply moved when he learned the couple had given Tobi his name. “It’s something I will never forget and feel incredibly honoured by,” he said. “Knowing that my care made a difference during what was a frightening and overwhelming experience is incredibly humbling.”

    He said midwives aimed to provide not just clinical care but reassurance, honesty and compassion at times of greatest vulnerability. “Supporting someone through uncertainty and separation from their baby is never something we take lightly,” he said.

    As for Tobi, now several months old, he is doing well. “He’s got the most hair I have ever seen on a baby,” Shania said. “He’s thriving. He’s such a happy, smiley baby.”

    Liam John with a smiley Tobi Image: Swansea Bay University Health Board

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    #Bynea #maternity #midwife #SingletonHospital #SwanseaBayUniversityHealthBoard
  5. The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has reiterated its demand for mandatory maternity protection for self-employed women. According to the Stat... news.osna.fm/?p=45040 | #news #legal #maternity #north #protection

  6. ‘I told them she was nine months pregnant and she might die’ — Swansea mum gives birth in A&E during cardiac emergency

    Alanna Rooke was almost 40 weeks pregnant when she suffered a seizure at her home in Mount Pleasant, Swansea. Her husband Simon called 999 but, fearing she couldn’t wait for an ambulance, drove her straight to Morriston himself.

    When she arrived at the emergency department, Alanna was found to be experiencing supraventricular tachycardia — a condition that causes the heart to beat dangerously fast. Her heart was beating at over 200 times a minute, more than twice the normal rate, while her oxygen levels had plummeted to just 80%, well below the safe threshold.

    Simon described the terrifying journey to hospital. “I called 999 and probably lost my cool a little bit. I was asked if I could take her pulse but she was shaking so much I couldn’t,” he said. “I told them she was nine months pregnant and she might die. She was on the floor being sick. I was thinking ‘this can’t be happening?’”

    Two midwives were urgently summoned from Neath Port Talbot Hospital to assist the ED team. It quickly became clear that Alanna was not only critically ill — she was also in labour.

    Midwives Amanda Morgan and Claire Itzstein, and registrar Tom Protheroe, with Alanna, Simon and Franklyn Brooke
    (Image: Swansea Bay University Health Board)

    Community midwife Amanda Morgan described the moment they realised the full scale of what they were dealing with. “She was very clammy and disorientated and she was acutely unwell,” she said. “We were concerned she would arrest because the heart is under the most strain when the mother is in labour.”

    Despite the extraordinary circumstances, baby Franklyn arrived safely, weighing a healthy 8lb 2oz. Community midwife manager Claire Itzstein, who helped deliver him, said it was one of the most challenging situations she had encountered in years of practice. “It was very surreal to be delivering a baby next to a defibrillator,” she said. “We were definitely out of our comfort zone.”

    Alanna was treated for the SVT during and after the birth. She says she has no doubt she owes her life to the staff who cared for her. “I didn’t realise how bad I was until I was seen by the doctors,” she said. “I don’t think I would be here without them or the midwives. They were all so professional.”

    Babies have not been routinely born at Morriston Hospital for more than 30 years — maternity services moved to Singleton Hospital in 1991. Since then there have been just two unexpected births at Morriston since 2014, with the last one also taking place in the ED eight years ago.

    Franklyn was later transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit at Singleton Hospital, where he spent six days before being allowed home with his relieved family.

    Director of Midwifery Kathryn Greaves said the birth was a testament to the teamwork between ED and maternity staff. “I will be forever grateful of how the ED staff allowed us to take over and support this wonderful family,” she said. “It made my day to be beside Claire and Amanda who were incredible.”

    Alanna has said she had no history of serious heart problems before the episode. “I’d never had any issues with my heart before, apart from the odd palpitation I put down to exercise,” she said. “I blacked out in the car so I don’t remember much, but I was sick and in pain in the house, and my chest was tight.”

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    #AccidentAndEmergency #EmergencyDepartment #maternity #midwifery #MorristonHospital #MountPleasant #SingletonHospital #Swansea #SwanseaBayUniversityHealthBoard
  7. "New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents"

    streetroots.org/news-stories/2

    "Oregon’s new laws expanding access to doulas could save lives — and provide something a little closer to the level of support new mothers routinely get outside the US."

    “Doula care is continuous, relational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period … doulas are not there to diagnose or treat — they are there to support.”

    #Oregon #Healthcare #Prenatal #Postpartum #Maternity #Doulas

  8. "New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents"

    streetroots.org/news-stories/2

    "Oregon’s new laws expanding access to doulas could save lives — and provide something a little closer to the level of support new mothers routinely get outside the US."

    “Doula care is continuous, relational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period … doulas are not there to diagnose or treat — they are there to support.”

    #Oregon #Healthcare #Prenatal #Postpartum #Maternity #Doulas

  9. "New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents"

    streetroots.org/news-stories/2

    "Oregon’s new laws expanding access to doulas could save lives — and provide something a little closer to the level of support new mothers routinely get outside the US."

    “Doula care is continuous, relational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period … doulas are not there to diagnose or treat — they are there to support.”

    #Oregon #Healthcare #Prenatal #Postpartum #Maternity #Doulas

  10. "New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents"

    streetroots.org/news-stories/2

    "Oregon’s new laws expanding access to doulas could save lives — and provide something a little closer to the level of support new mothers routinely get outside the US."

    “Doula care is continuous, relational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period … doulas are not there to diagnose or treat — they are there to support.”

    #Oregon #Healthcare #Prenatal #Postpartum #Maternity #Doulas

  11. "New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents"

    streetroots.org/news-stories/2

    "Oregon’s new laws expanding access to doulas could save lives — and provide something a little closer to the level of support new mothers routinely get outside the US."

    “Doula care is continuous, relational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period … doulas are not there to diagnose or treat — they are there to support.”

    #Oregon #Healthcare #Prenatal #Postpartum #Maternity #Doulas

  12. The nurses caring for new parents in the Netherlands.

    All new mothers in the Netherlands have a legal right to “kraamzorg” – a unique form of maternity care in the days after they give birth.

    Here’s how it transforms the “fourth trimester”.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260223

    #Parenting #Healthcare #Maternity #Health #Netherlands #Kraamzorg #MaternityCare

  13. The nurses caring for new parents in the Netherlands.

    All new mothers in the Netherlands have a legal right to “kraamzorg” – a unique form of maternity care in the days after they give birth.

    Here’s how it transforms the “fourth trimester”.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260223

    #Parenting #Healthcare #Maternity #Health #Netherlands #Kraamzorg #MaternityCare

  14. The nurses caring for new parents in the Netherlands.

    All new mothers in the Netherlands have a legal right to “kraamzorg” – a unique form of maternity care in the days after they give birth.

    Here’s how it transforms the “fourth trimester”.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260223

    #Parenting #Healthcare #Maternity #Health #Netherlands #Kraamzorg #MaternityCare

  15. Bệnh viện Phụ sản Trung ương đã thực hiện thành công ca mổ khẩn cấp lúc nửa đêm, cứu sống sản phụ người dân tộc và em bé ở Lai Châu trong tình trạng nguy kịch. Hai mẹ con đã qua cơn nguy hiểm.

    #tinTức #sứcKhỏe #yTế #cứuNgười #LaiChâu #BệnhViệnPhụSảnTrungƯơng #cảmĐộng
    #news #health #medical #rescue #Vietnam #maternity #Emergency

    vietnamnet.vn/ca-mo-khan-cuu-h

  16. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: Men say we live a safe life in the home,
       While they do battle with the spear.
       But they are wrong; I’d rather stand three times
       with shield in hand than give birth once.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: λέγουσι δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ὡς ἀκίνδυνον βίον
       ζῶμεν κατ᾽ οἴκους, οἱ δὲ μάρνανται δορί,
       κακῶς φρονοῦντες: ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα
       στῆναι θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 248ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80803/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #battle #childbirth #danger #givingbirth #maternity #pain #perspective #sexism #war

  17. The German government faces a precarious moment as Housing Minister Verena Hubertz, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), is set to interrupt her maternity leav... news.osna.fm/?p=25685 | #news #bill #halts #leave #maternity

  18. The German government faces a precarious moment as Housing Minister Verena Hubertz, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), is set to interrupt her maternity leav... news.osna.fm/?p=25685 | #news #bill #halts #leave #maternity

  19. The German government faces a precarious moment as Housing Minister Verena Hubertz, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), is set to interrupt her maternity leav... news.osna.fm/?p=25685 | #news #bill #halts #leave #maternity

  20. New hospital in texas will not have the ability to deliver babies. Compounding this is the flight of OBGYN who do not want to deal with the texas taliban. 60% of rural areas in the state cannot deliver babies. The exodus and lack of care is being felt as maternal deaths spike as well. Also the hospitals that do are inundated as they have to absorb surrounding areas that cannot.

    This is assuming rural hospitals even survive the bill that the taliban voted for in regards to health care cuts

    #healthcare #health #hospital #texas #maternity #maternaldeath #obgyn

    texastribune.org/2025/11/13/te

  21. New hospital in texas will not have the ability to deliver babies. Compounding this is the flight of OBGYN who do not want to deal with the texas taliban. 60% of rural areas in the state cannot deliver babies. The exodus and lack of care is being felt as maternal deaths spike as well. Also the hospitals that do are inundated as they have to absorb surrounding areas that cannot.

    This is assuming rural hospitals even survive the bill that the taliban voted for in regards to health care cuts

    #healthcare #health #hospital #texas #maternity #maternaldeath #obgyn

    texastribune.org/2025/11/13/te

  22. New hospital in texas will not have the ability to deliver babies. Compounding this is the flight of OBGYN who do not want to deal with the texas taliban. 60% of rural areas in the state cannot deliver babies. The exodus and lack of care is being felt as maternal deaths spike as well. Also the hospitals that do are inundated as they have to absorb surrounding areas that cannot.

    This is assuming rural hospitals even survive the bill that the taliban voted for in regards to health care cuts

    #healthcare #health #hospital #texas #maternity #maternaldeath #obgyn

    texastribune.org/2025/11/13/te

  23. New hospital in texas will not have the ability to deliver babies. Compounding this is the flight of OBGYN who do not want to deal with the texas taliban. 60% of rural areas in the state cannot deliver babies. The exodus and lack of care is being felt as maternal deaths spike as well. Also the hospitals that do are inundated as they have to absorb surrounding areas that cannot.

    This is assuming rural hospitals even survive the bill that the taliban voted for in regards to health care cuts

    #healthcare #health #hospital #texas #maternity #maternaldeath #obgyn

    texastribune.org/2025/11/13/te

  24. New hospital in texas will not have the ability to deliver babies. Compounding this is the flight of OBGYN who do not want to deal with the texas taliban. 60% of rural areas in the state cannot deliver babies. The exodus and lack of care is being felt as maternal deaths spike as well. Also the hospitals that do are inundated as they have to absorb surrounding areas that cannot.

    This is assuming rural hospitals even survive the bill that the taliban voted for in regards to health care cuts

    #healthcare #health #hospital #texas #maternity #maternaldeath #obgyn

    texastribune.org/2025/11/13/te

  25. The German Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Construction, Verena Hubertz, is considering how she will balance her responsibilities as a mothe... news.osna.fm/?p=16961 | #news #after #leave #maternity #minister