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Read midwifery news from Midwives, the bi-monthly magazine of the Royal College of Midwives. Find features on the role of the midwife; comment on the Midwives blog. Read in-depth research in Evidence Based Midwifery.

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Its the turn of Myleene Klass this time(13.17, 2 September 2010) Myleene Klass she of the white bikini in Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and the presenter of Ten Years Younger is not a celebrity one would immediately pick as an advocate of midwifery. I associate her with glamour, froth and fashion...

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Are you late? Numerous complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have been made in the wake of the recent decision to air the first UK abortion services advert on Channel 4. The ASA cleared the advert, which is part of the Are you late? campaign from the sexual and reproductive healthcare service Marie Stopes. Since the ad aired in May it has caused offense to many anti-abortion groups, with the ProLife Alliance responding in ‘outrage’ at the decision. Marie Stopes however said that it will ‘empower women to reach confident, informed decisions about their sexual health’. Those offended said the advertisers promoted abortion, offended religious beliefs, trivialised the subject, and is sexist in portraying pregnancy as a woman's responsibility with some claiming that it could even encourage promiscuity among young people. In your opinion, do you think the ASA were right to air this? Do you think it will promote abortion or will it offer a choice for women? 20/08/2010

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Latest midwifery features

A father's hidden despairThe mental health of fathers is rarely acknowledged or discussed, but it can have an adverse impact on child development, as University of Chester and Cheadle Royal Hospital's consultant psychiatrist Professor Ben Green attests.
Unapologetically old schoolIt's the thing that midwives fear the most the drop of the envelope on the doormat summoning them to an NMC hearing. But whats it like being on the other side of the process? Midwives Maura O'Malley talks to NMC conduct and competence committee panellist distinguished midwife Dame Lorna Muirhead.
Clinic complexitiesWhile MSWs play many roles in Bradford's maternity services, community team leaders Deborah Hughes and Julie Appleyard and consultant midwife Alison Brown outline their role in community triple test clinics to illustrate the strengths and potential issues of employing MSWs in this way.

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Women's Hour hears case for home birthThe RCM's deputy general secretary Louise Silverton has urged women considering a home birth to give it active thought, calling it 'a super way to have a baby.' 03 September 2010
Study challenges sucrose pain relief practiceGiving sugar to newborn babies does not provide effective relief for procedural pain, according to a new study published in The Lancet that challenges existing clinical guidelines on sucrose analgesia. 02 September 2010
Test could predict which mothers will need caesareansResearchers have designed a test that can predict which women will need a caesarean. 02 September 2010

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