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Thank you so much

Thank you to every one who has already signed this new petition .

It is particularly encouraging to know that not just friends and family of mine/Jessica's have signed it but many others as well - including midwives and doctors - showing that there is real need and desire for simple change that …

NHS Trust apology: maternal deaths

… may have averted the deaths'.

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

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… lead to toxic shock syndrome, organ failure and death.  In 2003-05 sepsis accounted for 14% of maternal deaths in the UK. A complication free delivery is no guarantee of safety from sepsis and any mother can be affected. MEOWS charts are a sheet on which observations (pulse, blood pressure, temperature) can be recorded. They are clear and provide a graphical way of quickly seeing a mother's …

Basingstoke

I was very glad to attend the South East Regional CEMACH conference in Basingstoke today. I was asked  to speak a few months ago, and as anyone who knows me will testify, I hate public speaking. As a result I blanked it until the last minute and just revised my last speech at the eleventh hour.

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1-2-3, Go

I had lunch yesterday with Dr Gwyneth Lewis, Director of the Maternal Deaths Enquiry for CEMACH. I spoke immediately after her at the conference in Birmingham a few weeks ago, and we had agreed to meet up in the near future.

It was a good opportunity to catch up with what I am doing through Jessica's Trust, and where she wants to go with maternal health, …

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 …

The reality of maternal mortality: a father's perspective

… who and what it is she has lost. Harry is a seven year old, unfairly burdened with the reality of maternal death. I'm less troubled than I have been, but a little greyer than I used to be.

This is a story that fills numerous files, but I'm going to condense it right down, hopefully retaining the salient information. Please remember that the small amount of medical knowledge I have now is 98% …

Hand in hand

… organised by the British Journal of Midwifery asked me ages ago to talk about 'The reality of maternal mortality: a father's perspective'.

I'd been dreading delivering the short speech - how would they react? Would I falter, would my mouth dry up?

When I started I was nervous, and midway through I started to think I was losing them - there was rustling and shifting in seats. That made …

Many returns

… by childbed fever with horrendous long term illness. We must look beyond the statistics of maternal death to these uncounted cases of horrific suffering and pain from genital tract sepsis and its consequences.

In the meantime, my apologies for going AWOL and my warmest thanks to all those who have left messages of support and appreciation.