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British maternity wards in crisis

… in 2006-08* - a staggering 44%.

Is it any wonder that we have headlines like this one:

British maternity wards in crisis - Health News, Health & Families - The Independent.

 

* Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE). Saving Mothers’ Lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–08. The Eighth Report on Con?dential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in …

'Midwife numbers to fall short'

… in the world to give birth (actually, it's one of the worst in Europe) is no reason to spread maternity care too thinly.

Life saving treatment wanted asap

I'm not just blogging blindly; I'm interested in what other people think and say, and I also am interested in how people find this website, and where people are linking to it.

I watch referring sites in my log stats, and often visit back. It was in this way that I came across a parenting forum …

Topic for discussion

Maternal death is too uncomfortable a topic for discussion.

Please discuss in the comments.

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Don't miss the bear

… up the purpose of CEMACH - Very powerful and real life experience should be portrayed to many more maternity staff - it keeps the reality in the midst of statistics and risk.

There is a need for an early warning system to be implemented in trusts. We need to ensure that women are aware of risks & that there are guidelines for e.g. sepsis in pregnancy.

Thank you to CEMACH for inviting …

Maternity units 'shut to mothers'

… excellent midwives in this country, but give them a chance - there simply aren't enough.

BBC: Maternity units 'shut to mothers'

Button pressed

… conference.  I hope as many delegates as possible will take copies away with them, back to the maternity wards.

We're gathering other 'first round' destinations for packs of the literature as well, and some fund-and-awareness raising meetings are being planned where they'll come in handy, but if you have an idea of who might benefit from some copies, please let us know.

It's going to …

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

… so I drove her around the corner to our GP. Jessica was seen immediately and referred back to the maternity ward by blue light ambulance.

On the way, her BP crashed and she was redirected to A&E. She was diagnosed with septicaemia and soon moved to Intensive care.

During the next twenty hours or so, I slept little, and shuttled between my home where my mother was looking after Harry and …

Anniversary request

Four years ago today, a good mother died unnecessarily from an archaic illness. The world may not have noticed immediately, but the three year old boy crying in his bed, the six day old girl feeding in her father's arms and the grieving widower did.

Together the three of us have kicked, …