The sharp increase in COVID19 in hospitals is an important reminder not to be distracted from the core actions which stop transmission of the virus. The arrival of a vaccine offers hope for the future; the actions we all take now prevent illness and save lives. Bígí airdeallach.

Good to see the update on Covid immunizations in Pregnancy

Maternal Death Enquiry shows a steady state of these sad deaths which hugely impact families longterm. Concern for a possible increased risk with increasing maternal age

Paula Barry presenting at #NPEC21 water birth as a choice, the evidence and the first Irish study

Suggests the vital need for the human effect in care, respecting women, hearing their concerns, alleviating fears which have been the basis of good outcomes in multiple studies in many different care pathways. What a great study day #NPEC21 and it is trending in the top 10

Start with good antenatal care, continuity of carer, give time to women, allow relationship to provide a safe place for women to raise fears, concerns, questions, coach towards a successful labour as with any endeavour then the mind and body will be ready #normalbirth

The pain and difficulties of Stillbirth, a valuable exploration of such bereavement. ‘Your baby’s heart has stopped’: Hell and healing after the stillbirth of my son (via The Irish Times) irishtimes.com/life-and-style…

High time for a brutal, frank campaign in memory of these women making the issue the topic not some TV series to reduce these awful murders. We'll done Fintan O'Toole: Ian Bailey deflects us from the reality of violent misogyny (via The Irish Times) irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan…

Dr Aenne Helps gives the 1st talk of the day on “Implementation of recommendations in relation to perinatal mortality audits and reviews”. Her study shows that many of the recomm from National PNM audits (in diff countries) are not being responded to. #NPEC22 #ImproveCare

Fiona Kirby shares the audit completed in #CUMH assessing implementation of protocol on universal pulse oximetry screening in babies for detection of critical congenital heart disease. Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate #neonatalcare #NICU #NPEC22

Project 23: Care of Micro #preemie, presented by Anne O’Sullivan (The Coombe Hospital) promotes best care of babies born at 23-26weeks gestation through shared decision making and best-practice to avoid hypothermia and hypoglycaemia based on the principle of Golden Hour. #VLBW #NICU

Make the simple idea of one medication list for each patient a priority issue, what's prescribed, dispensed, stopped, known to the patient and all carers - sounds simple, is complex but possible with if prioritised. #patientsafety

Happy International Women's Day - men, some simple ways to help everyday #fixthesmallstuff it should help towards the larger equality issues - Stop saying you don’t like condoms (and 29 other ways men can make women’s lives easier) (via The Irish Times) irishtimes.com/life-and-style…

Not great but it is where we are, a line in the stand, we need to look forward, with a positive attitude and find solutions together. No simple answer, it's a process and we all need to get involved, no single group to blame, a collective problem. #SolutionsnotProblems

In 2020, 97.5% of women were breastfeeding on the day of discharge from the care of the SECM #homebirths #clinicalaudit

We invite you to read the full published Planned Home Births Triennial report 2018-2020 by clicking on this link ucc.ie/en/npec/npec-c… #homebirths #clinicalaudit

Congratulations to Irish Women's football, what a goal, off to theFIFA World Cup⚽️ 🍾

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