Beyond Birth Mid Ulster

30/03/2026

✨ Think Outside the Box ✨
A FREE supportive, informative event for parents, carers and professionals caring for or working with children, who want to:
💛 Better understand children’s emotions
🌿 Explore supportive therapies
✨Learn practical, real-life strategies
🤝 Connect with local services and support

Bookings close Monday 20th April - please book early to avoid disappointment
Book through Eventbrite at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/think-outside-the-box-tickets-1985445381583?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/02/2026

22/11/2025

Would you like to join our Maternity Voice Partnership? 🤰🏼

The group brings together expectant and new parents, community organisation representatives, doulas, midwives, obstetricians and senior maternity managers, all passionate about contributing to positive change within our maternity services 💜

If you have experience of maternity services in the Northern Trust including Antrim Area Hospital, Causeway Hospital and community midwifery teams please come along to make your voice heard.

📆 The Partnership will meet again online via MS Teams on Tuesday 25 November from 8pm – 9pm.

Meeting ID: 398 011 748 962 27
Passcode: xy7tE3iu

We welcome all feedback to help us improve maternity services for all.

For further information please email northerntrustmvp@gmail.com

21/11/2025

04/08/2025

It’s World Breastfeeding Week 1-7th August

28/07/2025

Just a week ago, this body was celebrated for being cute and pregnant.

But now, society pressures us to 'bounce back' to our pre-pregnancy weight.

Can we shift the focus from bouncing back to moving forward, embracing a new role and a new normal? After all, our bodies won't return to exactly how they were before, but should they?

Postpartum bodies shouldn't be met with shame, disgust, or comparison.

Instead, they deserve self-love, admiration, and appreciation.

ALWAYS.

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22/07/2025

22/07/2025

At least 1 in 10 men are known to experience poor mental health in the perinatal period. Su***de remains the leading cause of death in men under 50. There is strong evidence that fathers’ mental health has significant impacts on their babies’ health and development, and the health of their partners, during pregnancy and beyond.

Yet services for families, including health visiting, remain strongly focused on mothers, leaving many men feeling ignored, excluded and reluctant to ask for help if they are struggling.

The Institute of Health Visiting have produced this webinar to highlight the importance of recognising the impact of the perinatal period on Father's mental health.

Click on the join link to view the webinar at 8.30pm tonight

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22/06/2025

10/06/2025

What does everyone mean by 'infant mental health'?

Incredibly, our early experiences lay the foundations for our emotional health and wellbeing later in life. And Infant Mental Health Awareness Week provides us with the opportunity to come together to discuss how we can support babies' wellbeing to help them flourish in the future!

29/05/2025

Are you a mum or dad-to-be?

This free online antenatal course is available now and offers lots of useful information for everyone in the family as you prepare to welcome your new baby 👶

Visit https://orlo.uk/in_our_place_ZeTJr and use access code NIFAMILIES to get started.

20/05/2025

Are you interested in maternity matters?

We want to hear from you as part of our Maternity Voice Partnership, a group made up of expectant and new parents, community organisations representatives, doulas, midwives, obstetricians and senior maternity managers, all passionate about making positive change within our maternity services🧑‍🍼

If you have experience of maternity services in the Northern Trust including Antrim Area Hospital, Causeway Hospital and community midwifery teams please come along to our upcoming meeting to make your voice heard👶

🗓️ Tues 27 May
🕙 10am – 11.30am
📍 Ecos Centre in Ballymena

We welcome all feedback to help us improve maternity services for all ❤️

Refreshments will be provided and reimbursement for expenses may be available.

For further information please email northerntrustmvp@gmail.com