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International Parenting Conference – special half price tickets available for MIDIRS members!

Posted by Sue
/ 06/06/2013 / Leave a comment

The organisers of International Parenting Conference 2013 have very kindly provided MIDIRS members with the opportunity to purchase a ticket for this educational and inspiring event – at half the price! Scheduled for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July, the conference is being held at Cambridge University and features an...
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Posted in Essence Archive, MIDIRS, News

Tagged bedsharing, birth trauma, breastfeeding, doulas, essence june 13, midwives, parents
Caught between autonomy and caring: still struggling towards an ethics of midwifery

Posted by Sue
/ 06/06/2013 / Leave a comment

Katz Rothman B. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, vol 23, no 2, June 2013, pp 143-150. The June Digest has what might be considered an unusual Hot Topic. It is informal and contains only three references. It is written by a respected and key figure in birth and feminism, Professor of Sociology...
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Posted in Essence Archive, MIDIRS, Midwifery Digest

Tagged autonomy and caring, essence june 13, ethics, hot topic, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, midwifery knowledge
Make your research effortless – with a MIDIRS Search Pack!

Posted by Sue
/ 03/06/2013 / Leave a comment

Avid followers of our popular Search Packs may have noticed that the once-a-month flow of new Packs has dried up of late. Our Search Packs – which are basically pre-prepared collections of references on a particular topic – have been a mainstay of our service for as long as anyone...
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Tagged essence june 13, information, literature search, reference database, research
MIDIRS interviews Sue Lennox, President of the New Zealand College of Midwives

Posted by Sue
/ 03/06/2013 / Leave a comment

This month, MIDIRS stops to chat to Sue Lennox, a founding member of the New Zealand College of Midwives and who in 2012 was elected President. Sue has been a practising midwife for four decades and has worked as a Lead Maternity Carer (LMC)/community midwife and as a core/hospital midwife,...
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Tagged education, essence june 13, midwife-led care, midwifery, new zealand, research
Broaden your knowledge and skills with the original MIDIRS journal!

Posted by Sue
/ 02/05/2013 / Leave a comment

‘The trademark hot pink Digest continues to inform, to challenge and to encourage thoughtful practice. The content is high quality, comprehensive and topical’. Professor Lesley Page, President of the Royal College of Midwives. Let MIDIRS support you in your practice and studies – with a subscription to MIDIRS Midwifery Digest,...
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Posted in Essence Archive, MIDIRS, Midwifery Digest, News

Tagged essence may 13, midwifery digest, midwifery knowledge, midwives, student midwives, support
‘I think it was forgotten that I am deaf!’

Posted by Kate
/ 01/05/2013 / Leave a comment

By Sharon Touhey, Student Midwife. As a student midwife in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, one of the first things we were taught was what it means to be a ‘midwife’. Given the word ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’, the importance of building a relationship with women...
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Posted in Essence Archive, News, Original Article

Tagged barriers, boobear, communication, deaf, deaf awareness, Dublin, essence may 13, ireland, sign for fun, Trinity College
A Good Start in Life award for Agnes Gereb

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/ 01/05/2013 / Leave a comment

Supporters of Agnes Gereb, the Hungarian midwife and obstetrician currently being kept under house arrest for her home birth practice, have announced that she has been awarded a prize by a Danish organisation, A Good Start in Life. They report that the award is for professionals who help and support...
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Tagged agnes gereb, essence may 13, home birth practice, house arrest, hungary
‘Midwifery is about communication, communication, communication…’

Posted by Sue
/ 01/05/2013 / Leave a comment

This month, MIDIRS stops to chat to Dr Andrew Yelland, who works for the University of the West of England as a midwifery lecturer. Andy is a newly-appointed midwifery lecturer in the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences at the University of the West of England in Bristol (UWE). He...
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Tagged essence may 13, midwifery educator, midwifery knowledge, midwives, research
Essentially MIDIRS, vol 4, no 5, May 2013

Posted by Jennie
/ 29/04/2013 / Leave a comment

May’s edition of Essentially MIDIRS is, as usual, packed full of interesting articles to inform your practice and make you think. Australian midwife Anne Barnes’ article is certainly thought-provoking. She carefully considers research on cord clamping, ways in which it may be possible to increase the amount of blood the...
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Posted in EM Editions, Essence Archive, Essentially MIDIRS, News

Tagged cord clamping, essence may 13, ferritin, haemoglobin, infant development, infant growth, placentas, umbilical cords
Midwives key to relaunched charity’s life-saving ambitions

Posted by Sue
/ 02/04/2013 / Leave a comment

For over 40 years, the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) has been supporting parents who have experienced the tragedy of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), more commonly known as ‘cot death.’ This is the term given to apparently healthy babies who die without warning, but even after...
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Tagged charity, essence apr 13, midwives, parents, sids, stillbirth