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Home Latest news Blog MIDIRS Monthly - Reflections on my journey from a registered midwife to a PhD midwifery researcher. By Lucy Goddard on 02 August 2024 When I started out on my PhD journey, I didn’t realise the impact in would have on my views of midwifery and the incredible work that midwives strive to achieve every day. I’ll start from the beginning. I graduated from my Midwifery degree in 2016 and started my career journey in a large tertiary, city hospital.

Home Latest news Blog MIDIRS Opinion piece- Positive Induction experience By Gillian Kirkwood on 19 July 2024 First-time mum Planned: Water birth at Assisted Midwife Unit (Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert) Actual: Dry land at Assisted Midwife Unit (Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert) Surprise baby girl Weight: 7lbs 4oz Due date: 6 March 2022 Birth date: 5 March 2022 Gestation: 39+6 I had a straightforward pregnancy – some acid reflux, the usual tiredness associated with carrying extra...

By Jackie Mitchell on 01 July 2024 Tuesday 9 January 2024 Hello. My name is Jackie Mitchell, I’m one of the Information Librarians on MIDIRS Library and Information Services Team, helping to update and maintain the Maternity and Infant Care (MIC) database, providing literature searches, answering information enquiries from subscribers and non-subscribers, and supporting other staff members and teams in any way we can.

Home Resources Maternity and Infant Care (MIC) database Maternity and Infant Care - key facts Type: Bibliographic with abstracts Number of records: 300,000 + Update frequency: Approximately 100 records are added each day Coverage: earliest record is dated 1857, with comprehensive coverage from 1988 onwards Subjects covered: Maternity services, midwifery profession and practice worldwide, pregnancy, labour and birth, postnatal health, and care of the infant up to six weeks, infant feeding, and...

By Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe on 29 May 2024 I worked as a clinical midwife for over twenty-five years, I qualified as a registered nurse and a midwife and soon after this completed a BSc in Health studies. My intention when I qualified as a midwife did not include working in education or research. I worked in numerous settings as a community midwife, labour ward coordinator and took a career break to spend two years in the USA, working as an obstetric nurse.

By Muna Ward on 08 April 2024 Introduction Studying a Master’s and working part time can be stressful, I no longer need a reference to know that (Ryff and singer, 2003). Do a Master’s she said, that will be a good idea, she said. You want out of the NHS, but you love safeguarding. Well, how about this then. Our course started the year of COVID-19 which came with challenges I don’t think any of us were prepared for. We were still figuring things out as we arguably still are.

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The MSW Journal Club provides the space needed for Maternity Support Workers across the country to develop their knowledge base and skillset within maternity care by gaining a deeper understanding of research and the place of evidence-based care within the modern healthcare system.

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The AWMJC (All Wales Midwives Journal Club) is an opportunity for Midwives across Wales to come together to discuss all subjects linking to midwifery and maternity care.