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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.

Midwives blog

The fog of childbirth(15.10, 24 February 2010) The way childbirth is depicted in TV programmes can be irritating – I sigh as I watch yet another actress doing the clichéd dash to the hospital, with crumpled partner in tow...

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Testing for drinkIf a pregnant woman is suspected of drinking heavily, should she be asked to take a blood test, which could confirm or deny this, as one north London hospital has introduced? Is this being too judgmental and condemnatory? Perhaps the issue should be more about educating the woman about unit consumption? 11/03/2010

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Latest midwifery features

Why did this happen?With just over three-quarters of stillbirths ‘unexplained’, University of Manchester’s clinical lecturer Dr Alexander Heazell and medical student Mary-Jo McLaughlin emphasise the importance of clinical investigations into these deaths.
Bridging the gap?The RCM’s professional policy advisor Janet Fyle describes government initiatives to eradicate child poverty, including tax credits and the Child Trust Fund.
There will be bloodThis is the first in a series of three articles by Liz Hay, Saint Mary’s Hospital’s haematology specialist midwife in Manchester, which aim to give an overview of the most common bleeding disorders, their management in pregnancy and around delivery. This issue is von Willebrand’s disease.

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Raising political awarenessMore than 25 RCM stewards from London attended a stewards study day yesterday to hear what the main political parties and lobby groups had to say about the future of the NHS. 11 March 2010
Maternity matters and the future of maternity servicesA recent survey of primary care Trusts (PCTs) in England showed positive developments in meeting Maternity matters targets, delegates were told at a government seminar. 11 March 2010
Concerns over unlawful cord blood collectionConcerns that umbilical cord blood is not being collected properly have been raised by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) 10 March 2010

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