Tranquinatal

28/04/2022

Just wow!

05/04/2022

https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/the-role-of-the-consultant-obstetrician-in-midwifery-led-care/?fbclid=IwAR1_8Ewi_b5-yUVsfrvceKNMHYXLLa72PVVrAEY3Gw8QRQwniegdGGlUaEU

It is of concern that there is inequity of access and outcomes within maternity services. Aiming to address the inequity the perinatal mental health team at NHSE South East region have created a filmed educational resource. In this article Jenny Walsh, Clinical Lead for Perinatal Mental Health, desc...

15/03/2022

27/02/2022

23/02/2022

Wow! 😀

The perfect birth date? Reut from Israel gave birth to a healthy baby girl on 2.22.22 at exactly 2:22am in room number 2! Mazal tov! 👶🍼❤️🇮🇱

15/02/2022

You cannot spoil a baby with love 💕🤗☺️

Do you know that feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and it’s cold and your diaper feels heavy. And there are so many strange sounds all around you, and it’s dark and scary. And you get a hit in your head and it’s your hand that’s on its own adventure. And you can’t control it at all and it flings itself around and scratches your face and pulls at your hair. And your legs start kicking off the duvet, even though you’re cold as it is and you try to make it stop but they have their own will. And so you’re lying there completely helpless with flailing limbs that want to do everything, but none of the things you want.

And you can’t find mom. And you call for her and you find yourself feeling really scared. What if your beloved mom doesn’t come for you. You can’t imagine anything worse and you start to cry because you miss her so terribly. You have never felt as alone as this very moment.

And then she is suddenly there. Standing right by your bed and looking at you with worry and love. And she is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen. And you grin up at her with happiness and relief. You don’t think you’ve ever felt as happy as this very moment.

And she picks you up and holds you close. And she smells like herself, and also a bit like you. Like milk and safety and love. And it’s the best smell in the whole entire world.

And she is warm and safe and soft and her hands caress you and she feeds you and hums your favourite tune. And you love her voice. You’ve known it far longer than you’ve really known her. It has lulled you to sleep and made you laugh and calmed you when you were distressed. It is the most beautiful voice in the whole entire world.

And you get to lie right up against her and you feel your entire body start to warm up again. And your still cold hand starts stroking her and moves up towards her neck and accidentally scratches her. Stupid uncontrollable hand. But mom doesn’t get angry. She takes your stupid hand in hers and it turns all warm again. And this is the best feeling in the world. Right here in mommy’s arms, with your hand in hers. Even the diaper doesn’t feel as horrible anymore.

And you feel your eyes getting heavy and you know that everything is okay now cause mommy is here. Your mom. Your wonderful, incredible mom who always looks after you. Night and day.

You look up at her one last time before you fall asleep. She looks tired and her eyes are closed, and yet she is still the most magnificent thing you know. How amazing that she wants to sit here with you in this moment. How amazing that she will always sit with you for a bit when you need her to.

You smile to yourself. How lucky you were that she became your mom. The most perfect mom anyone could have asked for.
You knew, even before you saw her, that she would be the best thing in the world.

Oh how you love her. Your mom.
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Words by: The Mommy Poet
The Mommy Poet

07/02/2022

What a lovely idea ❤️

22/01/2022

Have confidence in your body to know the perfect time for you and your baby to meet each other 🙌

20/01/2022

How beautiful 😍

“When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism”.⁠

For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.

Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.

Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.

The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.

How cool is that?

This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.

It’s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects & rebuilds the mother back - so that the baby can develop safely and survive.

Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?

Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mothers brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?”

If you’re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.

I find this to be so very beautiful.

19/01/2022

Cochrane reviewers assessed evidence for 61 different strategies for preventing stillbirth during pregnancy, or infant deaths around the time of birth.
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High-level evidence for a reduction in fetal loss or infant death was found for only one of these 61 strategies.
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It was midwife-led models of care.
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Where midwives were the primary healthcare provider, particularly for low‐risk women, loss of the fetus or infant deaths fell by 16%.
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That's pretty remarkable. But it's not often discussed or shared. More often, the focus is placed on technologies, or on strategies that will help powerful groups profit or benefit.
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If those in power were truly committed to reducing stillbirth and neonatal deaths, they would fund, support and promote the one thing that really works: models of midwifery-led care.
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You can read the full review at https://www.cochrane.org/news/what-are-most-effective-interventions-during-pregnancy-preventing-stillbirth
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And there's loads more birth information at www.sarawickham.com and in my books, whose topics include induction of labour, vitamin K, birthing your placenta and group B strep.
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18/01/2022

Enjoy this time it can never be repeated ☺️☺️

And all other ages too, but definitely around this time things can really make you question what you've been doing and how to move forward.
Trust! This is really hard I know x

04/11/2021

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