
Stephen Tong
@profstephentong
Obstetrics Professor; researching ways to make pregnancy even safer.
Author - The Birth Book @the_birthbook
Co-Director, @mercyperinatal
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https://www.thebirthbook.org/ 04-09-2021 06:27:53
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The Birth Book: 1133 print copies sold first five months (Feb to June). No idea if thatโs any good. But I am happy if it has helped hundreds. The Birth Book ๐๐คฐ๐ถ (Picture - first known purchase, received on the day of release by a lovely midwife buddy) #birth #labour



See our GEM3 Study in The Lancet: no benefit of adding gefitinib to methotrexate to treat #ectopic pregnancy but important data to inform guidelines on clinical outcomes after methotrexate thelancet.com/journals/lanceโฆ Stephen Tong Prof Dr Jane Daniels The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust @MRC_CRH Press Office | University of Edinburgh




STOP PRESS! The latest edition of Mercy Perinatalโs Journal Club on the Run has just hit your inbox! This edition โPerinatal events and long term outcomesโ is a must read. ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ Hasnโt hit your inbox? Subscribe on our webpage and view online version here: mercyperinatal.com/journal/jcotr24

Hey- Mercy Perinatal is going in the road! ๐๐๐ On Wed weโre heading to Geelong for โPredicting & Preventing at Twilightโ 1. Cervical length and preterm birth. 2. What aspirin can (& canโt!) do 3. Whatโs new in newborn screening. One click to register! mercyhealthau.zoom.us/webinar/registโฆ

Sue Walker MercyPerinatal is excited to take a road trip and visit our friends (and supporters) in Geelong! We canโt wait. If you live locally, please join us in person. We would love to meet you.

Prof Fabricio Costa is an internationally renowned academic known for his research into ultrasound and risk prediction. He will tell us about an amazing resource that takes out the guesswork when we counsel patients Donโt miss out. Sign up to #GOU2023!โจ mercyperinatal.com/event/global-oโฆ

In a special session on day one of #GOU2023, A/Prof Cath Cluver (MFM) and Prof Adrienne Gordon (Academic Neonatologist) will walk us through the main fetal kidney abnormalities that can happen. From pregnancy care to neonatal follow-up Don't miss out! ๐ mercyperinatal.com/event/global-oโฆ




New Editorial closing our Maternal Factors article collection (biomedcentral.com/collections/maโฆ) from Stephen Tong, Louis Mugliaย Ozanne lab and Katrien Benhalima: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11โฆ With thanks to Susanne Krรถncke who was the in-house editor overseeing the collection.




THE BIRTH BOOK, 2nd Edition released TODAY! I am delighted to announce the 'rebirth' of The Birth Book. ๐ The Birth Book ๐๐คฐ๐ถ Updated throughout, I added chapters on birth of twins ๐ซ, and birth options after a previous caesar ๐. Please grab a copy thebirthbook.org



You are too kind, thanks for the post Sue Walker. I wrote this to make birth less mysterious and scary for women. I hope my clinical colleagues might recommend it to the many they care for. Thanks to all! The Birth Book ๐๐คฐ๐ถ