While menopause isn’t a mental health condition, it can affect your mental health due to the physiological changes.   Can you help us explore and understand the mental health impact on menopausal women? See: bit.ly/45JChKf

📣 To mark 10 years of commitment to patient partnership and 20 years since our first patient theme issue, The BMJ will publish a special issue led by #patients on 13 July 2024. You can submit a proposal here forms.gle/EWe264NuvgbzU4… by the end of April. bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Stephanie Hanley, PhD BMFMS A huge thanks to Stephanie Hanley, PhD for sharing qualitative #MuMPreDiCT findings. These are incredibly powerful. I hope to channel these women’s insights & voices at tomorrow's World Health Organization (WHO) #preconception consultation in🇨🇭Geneva! Nirantharakumar Megha Beck Taylor @Stroppybrunette

Tomorrow I will take on the 18 mile Kiltwalk from Aberdeen to Banchory to raise funds for the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research. Please see this link if you would like to support the cause. Thank you! justgiving.com/page/mairead-b…

🤰🌟#MuMPreDiCT🌟 #Multiple #LongTerm #Health #Contitions #Pregnancy #Research #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth

Delighted to see this paper out in the world.. huge well done to you Steph! So many important findings for care of pregnant women with multiple health conditions to inform our future work.

Are you in Scotland? Are you interested in how we could improve support for women to plan how they want to give birth? If you are pregnant or have given birth in the past 10 years you are eligible to take part in an online workshop on 11th July 10-12noon. See flyer for more info.

Delighted to receive the Royal Warrant signed by FM & His Majesty the King with my appointment as the Regius Chair of Physiology University of Aberdeen. I would like to thank all my colleagues, friends and lab members over the years! Aberdeen Cardiovascular and Diabetes Centre UoA Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition abdn.ac.uk/news/23324/

Just published: Scoping review led by zoe vowles 'Models of care for pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions and the role of the midwife' 📑sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #maternity #midwifery #WomensHealth Prof Jane Sandall CBE Holly Lovell Mairead NIHR ARC South London

Please RETWEET. Are you in Lanarkshire and interested in supported birth choices (esp caesarean/planning vaginal birth)? Join our workshop: Thurs, Aug 29, 10-12 noon (for women) at the University Hospital, Wishaw. See advert below & contact [email protected].

Please RETWEET. Are you in Lanarkshire and interested in supporting birth choices (esp caesarean/planning vaginal birth)? Join our workshop: Thurs, Aug 29, 1-3pm (obstetricians & midwives) at the University Hospital, Wishaw. See advert below & contact [email protected].

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… Prediction models need robust development to be clinically accessible and use timed to support clinical conversations and care planning. Read our SR on prediction models for emergency caesarean Birth Options alexandra_hunt Dr Laura Bonnett National Institute for Health and Care Research

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Thank you very much BMFMS in supporting the PASTeL-3 survey - please share 💜 bmfms.org.uk/professionals/…

Calling all maternity staff 🚨 please share and complete our survey if eligible - forms.office.com/e/xqRzJTqCqG Tommy's

2025 is gearing up to be a busy one.. We Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research are leading a Scotland/Wales group in the National Institute for Health and Care Research maternity inequalities consortium & are finalising the Plan-A decision aid. PhD projects and Co-I work span many maternity areas.. not much time left for social media!

The PASTeL-3 survey will close on 7th March 2025 at midnight - we would be very grateful if you could complete and/or share our survey! Link below.

Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research Alexander Heazell