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Thank you so much

… routinely for every new mum. They are a useful aid in quickly spotting a problem with a mother's health - for any reason - and can be an indication to all midwives and doctors involved that a woman needs prompt medical intervention.

Particularly in the case of childbed fever, timely use of antibiotics can be vital as a group A strep infection can kill in a matter of hours rather than days. …

NHS Trust apology: maternal deaths

From the Nursing Times today:

In the Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, 'earlier identification of deterioration, or better advance preparation to manage identified risk, may have averted the deaths'.

Link to article: NHS trust apologises over 'exceptionally high' maternal deaths

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Our petition on the Downing Street website started on 3 February 2009, and will close after nine months.

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Maternity units 'shut to mothers'

What a sorry state that we are being let down even before we are born. We have excellent midwives in this country, but give them a chance - there simply aren't enough.

BBC: Maternity units 'shut to mothers'

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… can be recorded. They are clear and provide a graphical way of quickly seeing a mother's health.

Borderline and dangerous readings are entered in boxes coloured yellow and red respectively. One red or two yellows at one time call for early intervention, so a mother developing a critical condition will be treated before it is too late.

Sepsis is often already life threatening by the …

1-2-3, Go

… to catch up with what I am doing through Jessica's Trust, and where she wants to go with maternal health, globally as well as domestically.

Incidentally, CEMACH have also been in touch to ask me to speak again, in the new year, at one of their regional conferences. It's fantastic to begin to properly understand how much Jessica's story does really help, and after my nerves of last time I'm …

MEOWS

Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score charts are instantly clear and they can save a life. What are they, though?

They are a single sheet chart, with time tracked across the top, where observations - pulse, blood pressure, temperature and a whole host of others - can be marked in the columns …

Hand in hand

I deserted the children last night, leaving them in the capable hands of a family friend, and drove to Birmingham. It was a wrench: I'm not used to being away from Harry and Emily, and I didn't want to go. They didn't hugely want me to either. But go I did.

The Sixth National Conference on …

So says the nurse

She mentioned Friday's Child last week, in comparison to a historical novel about childbed fever , and this morning I find that dovegreyreader has written about it more fully in her post, Friday's Child by Ben Palmer . I won't comment - it speaks for itself.

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In the grip

I was sent an early copy of a new book, Touching Distance , last week. I was gripped by it from start to finish and it consumed most of my weekend.

I have also been alerted to a post by dovegreyreader who has also spotted the link between Touching Distance and Friday's Child .

Touching …