What's new in midwifery - 2nd January 2019
Happy New Year!Some recent things you might need to know about.News and opinionMore nurses, better care – Tories’ 10-year pledge on maternity services Mothers are being abused during childbirth. We need our own #MeTooGlobal health' We have a shower for pain relief ' : can Haiti ' s young midwives save a new generation?NHS Atlas of Shared Learning case studiesA bespoke training package for midwives at Sheffield Teaching HospitalMidwifery-led enhanced recovery following a caesarean section (UHL)NICEConsultationEctopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management (Update): draft guidance consultat...
Source: Browsing - January 2, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
25 Powerful Prompts to Help You Pick Your New Year ’ s Resolution
Often we pick resolutions that we think we should do. We should put ourselves on a diet and start going to the gym. We should do anything we can to lose weight. We should stop eating ______. We should get organized. We should have a capsule wardrobe. We should make more money. We should go for the promotion. We should read a book a week. We should be ________ or ________.
And, not surprisingly, we don’t stick to these resolutions.
Because who wants to follow some arbitrary goal? Who wants to follow someone else’s rules? Who wants to maintain a resolution or intention that doesn’t connect to a deep desire? Who wants t...
Source: World of Psychology - December 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Creativity Exercise & Fitness General Habits Happiness Holiday Coping Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Success & Achievement Creative Writing Journaling new year's Personal Growth Source Type: blogs
Large NIH study to collect and share data on the impact on kids ’ brains of screen time and other social, behavioral, physical and environmental factors
NIH Study Probes Impact of Heavy Screen Time on Young Brains (Bloomberg):
“Brain scans of adolescents who are heavy users of smartphones, tablets and video games look different from those of less active screen users, preliminary results from an ongoing study funded by the National Institutes of Health show … That’s the finding of the first batch of scans of 4,500 nine- to 10-year-olds. Scientists will follow those children and thousands more for a decade to see how childhood experiences, including the use of digital devices, affect their brains, emotional development and mental health…
Early re...
Source: SharpBrains - December 17, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development adolescents brain-scans digital devices Mental-Health neuroimaging NIH screen time smartphones Source Type: blogs
Therapists Share Their Favorite Meaningful Self-Care Tips
Self-care has many different definitions. It simply depends on who you ask. But what usually doesn’t differ is that self-care is about nourishing ourselves—and it’s absolutely vital.
As psychotherapist Emily Griffiths, LPC, said, “The opposite of self-care is self-neglect.” And “neglecting our emotional and physical health leads to increased anxiety, depression, and physical illness.”
She noted that self-care is about knowing our limits and not depleting our nervous system. “When we lose sight of our self-care practices, we can experience burn-out,” which “sets ourselves up for getting sick, overwhelmed...
Source: World of Psychology - December 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Creativity General Habits Happiness Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Help Stress Personal Growth Self Care self-compassion Source Type: blogs
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Some recent things you might want to know about.NHS England: Atlas of Shared LearningMidwifery support worker parenting sessionsRoyal College of MidwivesMidwifery care in labour guidance for all women in all settingsSummary of the evidence and recommendations.Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsCare of women with obesity in pregnancyRecommendations for the care of women with obesity; covering interventions prior to conception, and during and after pregnancy.Royal College of PsychiatristsPerinatal mental health leafletsTo help women and their partners develop a better understanding of mental health problems in ...
Source: Browsing - November 28, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 28th November 2018
Some recent things you might want to know about.NHS England: Atlas of Shared LearningMidwifery support worker parenting sessionsRoyal College of MidwivesMidwifery care in labour guidance for all women in all settingsSummary of the evidence and recommendations.Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsCare of women with obesity in pregnancyRecommendations for the care of women with obesity; covering interventions prior to conception, and during and after pregnancy.Royal College of PsychiatristsPerinatal mental health leafletsTo help women and their partners develop a better understanding of mental health problems in ...
Source: Browsing - November 28, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
How Couples Prepare for a New Baby & Support Postpartum Mental Health
Prepare for the “challenging” baby, but keep the dream of the “fantasy” baby.
I know you are going to be the lucky parents with the baby who sleeps through the night, latches on the first try, loves sleeping in a crib, and has cries that are easily soothed. But just in case you end up with a “real” baby, you might want to have a game plan for the worst case scenario.
Here are some things to think about and discuss before baby arrives:
Have some phrases that signal to your partner that it’s time for them to step in.
“I need a break now.” (Translation: “If you don’...
Source: World of Psychology - November 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stacie Degeneffe, LCSW Tags: Family Marriage and Divorce Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Pregnancy Self-Help Women's Issues New Parents Newborn postpartum depression Source Type: blogs
Getting your baby to sleep through the night: The good (and maybe not-so-good) news
Getting your baby to sleep through the night: it’s the milestone all parents of infants long for.
It’s understandable, given how precious and elusive a full night’s sleep can be for new parents. The quest for a full night of sleep becomes so important that many a book has been written on how to achieve it, and it’s a common topic of conversation among new parents. Those whose babies sleep through the night feel like they have accomplished something important — and those whose babies don’t sleep through the night are often wondering if there is something wrong with their baby or their parenting. This is especial...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
Inducing labor at full term: What makes sense?
For generations, midwives and doctors have looked for ways to imitate human physiology and nudge women’s bodies into giving birth. Synthetic hormones can be used to start and speed up labor. Soft balloons and seaweed sticks placed alongside the cervix can shape a pathway through the birth canal. Self-stimulation can spontaneously spark natural labor transmitters.
But the start of labor remains a complex and mysterious process. And part of this mystery is figuring out which women to induce, when to induce labor, and how. Now, a landmark study known as ARRIVE has brought a bit of clarity.
What does the study tell us about ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Toni Golen, MD Tags: Children's Health Family Planning and Pregnancy Health trends Women's Health Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 14th November 2018
Some recent things you might need to know about.Each Baby CountsThis RCOG initiative is a quality improvement programme to reduce stillbirths, neonatal deaths and babies left disabled by incidents at birth.Discussed in this Guardian article:Too many baby deaths avoidable, report into NHS findsPublic Health EnglandUpdated documents tosupport commissioning and delivering children ' s public health services, for children aged 0 to 19 years. Mostly about early years and school age children butone report looks at the impact of breastfeeding on the early years and the role of the health visito...
Source: Browsing - November 14, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 1st November 2018
A day late, some recent things you might want to know about: NICE ConsultationsSpecialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born pretermSubmit your comments by 23 November 2018.StatisticsMaternity Services Monthly Statistics - July 2018, Experimental statisticsNHS Maternity Statistics - 2017-18 Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth - 2018 to 2019 quarterly dataBreastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth - annual dataIn the newsFocus on western women ' skewed our ideas of what birth should look like ' (Guardian)Baby arm defects prompt nationwide investigation ...
Source: Browsing - November 1, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Should You Get a Mammogram?
Leda Derderich wishes she’d started having mammograms sooner.
Dederich had stage IV breast cancer diagnosed at age 45, two years after she and her doctor discussed and dismissed the need for a routine screening mammogram while breastfeeding at age 43. That decision to delay screening mammograms may have meant that she lost the chance to find and treat her breast cancer before it had spread beyond the breast. It’s a decision she regrets now, and blames on the confusion around mammogram guidelines.
I have had a much harder time accepting that I was not screened for breast cancer before it was too late. Not be...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - October 28, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Breast Cancer Mammography ACOG ACR ACS Guidelines mammogram Stage IV USPSTF Source Type: blogs
Should You Get a Mammogram?
Leda Derderich wishes she had.
Dederich had stage IV breast cancer diagnosed at age 45, two years after she and her doctor discussed and dismissed the need for a routine screening mammogram while breastfeeding at age 43. That decision to delay screening mammograms may have meant that she lost the chance to find and treat her breast cancer before it had spread beyond the breast. It’s a decision she regrets now, and blames on the confusion around mammogram guidelines.
I have had a much harder time accepting that I was not screened for breast cancer before it was too late. Not because I couldn’t be bothered, was t...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - October 28, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Breast Cancer Mammography ACOG ACR ACS Guidelines mammogram Stage IV USPSTF Source Type: blogs
The real link between breastfeeding and preventing obesity
While we know that breastfeeding has many health benefits for mothers and babies, the studies have been a bit fuzzy when it comes to the link between breastfeeding and preventing obesity in children. Some studies show a clear link, but in others that link is less clear. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics may help explain the fuzziness. It showed that what really helped prevent obesity was getting breast milk directly from the breast.
That’s not to say that drinking expressed breast milk from a bottle isn’t healthy. After all, it’s the food that was explicitly designed for infants — and in the study, ba...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Family Planning and Pregnancy Health trends Parenting Source Type: blogs
Study: Only 5% of US children ages 8 –11 follow screen time, sleep and exercise guidelines recommended for brain development
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Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition, study says (CNN):
“Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, along with sufficient sleep and physical activity, is associated with improved cognition, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
The study included about 4,500 US children ages 8 to 11 and measured their habits against the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth. It found that 51% of the children got the recommended nine to 11 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night, 37% met the recreational screen time limit of...
Source: SharpBrains - October 9, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning brain-development children cognition global cognition improve-cognition Physical-activity screen time sleep Source Type: blogs
