You know when you’re SO excited when a book arrives… My 8yo actually asked me when I’ll read something that isn’t related to my PhD…and something that isn’t about mothers! The cheek 😜 #FeministAffectTheory #WomensHealth #BirthEthics

Incredibly proud that mine & Jane O'Hara exps contributed to one of Shaun Lintern’s top 5 most read articles in The Times and The Sunday Times but sad to see that 8.5y on from having my eldest, ante educ is still failing women & babies. Wes Streeting MP put an end to govt funding to #NCT. #BirthEthics

I think I might have to have an “ideology has no place in science” t-shirt made and wear it in webinars. I was told today that due to increasing caesarean rates women won’t be able to birth vaginally soon like pugs… #NormalBirthIdeology #BirthEthics #InformedConsent

Bryn Kemp OUH University of Oxford J. of Medical Ethics I’m with you- I was horrified when I discovered the lack of ethical rigour. Also cite a MNVP feedback survey. I also wonder why they’re not using ‘caesarean birth’ considering the Re:Birth project & what we know about how much language matters. #BirthEthics #InformedConsent

Nata 💙 OUH University of Oxford J. of Medical Ethics Hoping Meena Bhatia, as guarantor of this research, can provide some insight into how this was allowed to happen. #ReproductiveEthics #BirthEthics #InformedConsent

Does anyone have a list of the founding committee members of National Maternity Voices? Also anyone know what ‘NCT Voices Training’ involved? 🤔 #MNVP #MaternityVoices #SaferMaternity #BirthEthics

Emily Barley BirthTrauma Martyn Pitman Pauline McDonagh Hull Not aware of any- but aware that there’s a reluctance to research planned caesarean births. When I wanted to research exps of being denied access to caesarean birth I was told that it wouldn’t get published so no value in it… there’s a real publication bias issue. #BirthEthics

Kylie Popev Nisha Khot (She/Her) And yet we have many doulas in MVP roles… #BirthEthics

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire MVP Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci Royal College of Midwives 💙 NHS England RoyalCollegeObsGyn Independent Maternity Review NUH Trust Gill Phillips That’s great news but there have been posts over the past year (as shown in prev tweet), but only 1 about the Ockenden Review, so I still wonder why the focus on the Facebook page is so homebirth/normal birth led and not representative of wider experiences? #BirthEthics #MNVP

No mention of the risks posed if you’re birthing in a unit where the staff aren’t adequately trained in using equipment for emergency removal from a birthing pool- as we frequently see in CQC reports. #SaferMaternity #BirthEthics

It’s almost as though the push for ‘empowerment’ through vaginal birth inadvertently results in women being silenced & blamed when they experience incontinence/prolapse. “Oh but you did it!” #BirthEthics #BirthTrauma #SaferMaternity

I often question whether, in the U.K., we have reached such a privileged mindset around birth that anything outside of ‘natural’ is demonised. Natural = best. Medical intervention = harm. Alan Levinovitz book is real food for thought on this. #BirthEthics #Maternity

So very disappointed to read the #maternity policy from #GreenParty. Feels like an attack on bodily autonomy. We should be able to choose a #caesarean birth. Recent evidence shows that planned caesareans are safer than planned vaginal birth. #GE2024 #BirthEthics

I wonder how the many, many bereaved parents, or parents of children preventably harmed, or partners of women who’ve died in childbirth feel about being told “women need to reclaim birth” by a former OB who’d make women fight for a caesarean after #BirthTrauma. #BirthEthics

Royal College of Midwives 💙 Midwives magazine It makes me question the point of the re:birth project and all of that funding- and participants’ time (including my own) of recommendations aren’t followed by the organisation that led the project? #BirthEthics #NormalBirth #Caesarean

Thank you Laura Bates EverydaySexism for all you do 💪. How women are treated in maternity care matters. We must stop dismissing & normalising birth injuries. We deserve so much more & we deserve to be fully informed. Wes Streeting MP #BirthTrauma #BirthEthics

Rachel Harrison (Kearns) LabourPains.org Now how do women ensure they are able to access one? We hear time & time again that when they ask for epidurals they’re told ‘not yet’ or ‘too late’ by midwives acting as gatekeepers to pain relief. #BirthTrauma #BirthEthics

Can’t wait to start reading this… #BirthEthics #BirthTrauma

So refreshing to hear Bani Rikhraj discussing the limitations of one definition of #ObstetricViolence. It is not solely limited to delivery units or obstetricians…it involves midwives too, can happen in homebirths… #BirthEthics #BirthTrauma

Attending ‘Tackling #ObstetricViolence- interdisciplinary perspectives’ University of Oxford today. Asking whether any bereaved parents are ever invited to OV events? Maternity violence often involves the omission of care but that perspective seems to be silenced. #BirthEthics