The Midwives Voice

04/23/2026

Congratulations, Laura!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

04/22/2026

We call it cord blood. But it isn't the cord's blood. It's the baby's.

At the moment of birth, up to a third of a baby's blood is still circulating through the placenta and umbilical cord, carrying oxygen, iron, and stem cells. When the cord is clamped immediately, or just not given enough time, that blood never reaches the baby. It stays behind, or gets donated to a cord bank by parents who were told it was a waste product.

It was never a waste product. It was always the baby's.

Dr Sara Wickham puts it simply: "Why is it that, when a newborn baby needs some help, the first thing we do is to cut off their existing oxygen supply? I truly cannot think of any other medical emergency situation in which the permanent severing of the one route by which a compromised person was successfully receiving oxygen would be seen as the right thing to do."
burleigh has spent 20 years asking one question: whose blood is it anyway? She challenged this practice inside the NHS. She was bullied for it. She eventually left clinical midwifery because of it. She kept going anyway, campaigning, publishing, co-developing a bedside resuscitation trolley so that even babies who need help at birth don't have to lose their blood to get it.

This webinar is the case for change, from someone who has lived it.

Optimal Cord Clamping: Whose Blood Is It Anyway?
Wednesday 6 May, 10–11am, online. Q&A included.
ARM Member — £5 | Non-member — £15

Can't make it live? Book your space and the recording will be sent to your email.

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Because Midwifery Matters.

.burleigh

04/22/2026

In a time when abortion care is becoming increasingly less accessible, and attacks on the legal right to healthcare are seemingly never-ending, NSRH is doubling down on our commitment to creating a world where all people have access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH). NSRH's Train...

04/18/2026

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04/17/2026

We hope you will join us on May 3rd at 4:00 pm ET for Midwifery Thinks! You may register using this link - https://jefferson.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UAngHRBaS4GEuZzyIb7WRg #/registration.

04/15/2026

Comprehensive abortion care is essential healthcare — and it must be accessible, equitable and grounded in rights.

In this new joint statement with the Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics FIGO , we reaffirm the critical role midwives and OBGYNs play together in delivering quality, person-centred abortion care.

From strengthening health systems to advancing rights-based approaches, this statement sets out what is needed to ensure everyone can access the care they need, without stigma or barriers.

Because when health systems work collaboratively, access to care expands, lives are saved, and autonomy is protected.

Read the full statement and join us in advocating for comprehensive, rights-based care for all at: https://zurl.co/tK4FC

03/30/2026

During Women’s History Month, we are proud to highlight Wayne State University College of Nursing alumna Char’ly Snow, MSN, CNM, whose leadership is helping address Detroit’s maternal health crisis.

As co-founder and chief clinical officer of Birth Detroit, Snow is expanding access to holistic, community-centered midwifery care and working to improve outcomes for Black women and families. Her work reflects the power of nursing leadership, alumni impact and community-driven change.

🔗 https://nursing.wayne.edu/news/a-wayne-state-nursing-alumnas-answer-to-detroits-maternal-health-crisis-68187

03/21/2026

Accepting June - December clients for encapsulation, ceremonial burial kits, and more. Please share

03/15/2026

Interesting

Spontaneous vaginal birth is associated with the best outcomes for mothers and babies. To which all the independent/private midwives say.....DUH.

Evidence shows that who provides your care might be the biggest predictor of your outcomes.

Private OBs had startlingly low rates of spontaneous labour,(8.2%) whereas private midwives had the highest (82.3%).

Stats out of Australia

03/13/2026