Malissa

Hi does anyone know how to recover a chat off Snapchat - it’s to do with bullying x thanks

Looking at our intrapartum guideline and NICE- what do other units do if Progress in 1st stage <2cm in 4 hours, and woman has ruptured membranes? Do you go straight to considering oxytocin? Or wait 2 hrs to check if progress >1cm? @NICEComms@RCM_Norwich @sheena_byrom

@Dianethemidwife @AnnaMarshMW @RMWaterfall @thelovelymaeve @sheena_byrom @jpmidwifery @marielewis1975 @katherinemabey @dmu_midwifery @RCM_SMF @WeMidwives I reflect on love all the time. I think it means equality, patience, kindness, nurture and reverence for another’s life. Midwifery should be all of this, I love it when it is, and it injures everyone when it isn’t x

Question: Does love have a role in midwifery care? Discuss!

@sheena_byrom @RCM_Norwich @keldafolliard @MIDIRS @ELHT_NHS Yes please Sheena thank you 🙏

@MalissaRayfield @RCM_Norwich @keldafolliard @MIDIRS I can put you in touch with the staff at @ELHT_NHS - they use these terms?

Does anyone have suggestions for names of delivery suite and midwifery led units which refrain from the words Delivery and led? This would help our work greatly. Thanks 😊 @sheena_byrom @RCM_Norwich @keldafolliard @MIDIRS

@sheena_byrom @RCM_Norwich @keldafolliard @MIDIRS I saw Guys and St Thomas call their units Hospital Birth Centre and Home from Home Birth Centre. I’ve looked at every unit across the country and there’s so much variation. Would u be interested in an article? X

@MalissaRayfield @RCM_Norwich @keldafolliard @MIDIRS What about birth suite (used widely in Australia) and birth centre?

Our NNUH PMA Evidence Club will be exploring ‘Language in Maternity’. We would love to hear from midwives, obstetrician, women and families about their experiences of the use on language in maternity. Please DM me to join our session. @PDMNetworkUK @@NNUHPMAs @sheena_byrom

Looking forward to discussing the best evidence surround latent phase of labour at the NNUH Evidence Club tomorrow. Women are in labour when they perceive their labour begins, let’s be ‘with woman’ and use language which doesn’t undermine them.

Hi is anyone/any unit out there in England following the WHO definition of active first stage of labour starting from 5cm?

@sheena_byrom @HelenCheyne @MidwivesRCM @NNUHPMAs Thank you Sheena, this has everything we need to redefine the latent phase. Just wondering here-do you think NICE would act on WHO guidance? Ps- There’s so much evidence out there, do you want to hear more?

@HelenCheyne @MalissaRayfield @MidwivesRCM @NNUHPMAs Thanks Helen! Malissa check this out too apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…

Latent Phase of Labour is integral to midwifery practice but what is the evidence which defines it or it’s progression? Can anyone share their evidence/thoughts on the Latent Phase? We r holding an Evidence Club on this topic at the NNUH @sheena_byrom @MidwivesRCM @NNUHPMAs

@Gracewife @sheena_byrom @MidwivesRCM @NNUHPMAs Thank you, I’ve just read the research Spiby has led on this subject, thank you, very useful. Ps have you seen Tilden Et al (2019) describing latent phase duration ... that is pretty incredible and highlights that labour accelerates only after 5cm. Keep in touch!

@MalissaRayfield @sheena_byrom @MidwivesRCM @NNUHPMAs Professor Helen Spiby has written about this, would be worth looking at her Researchgate page. Also Dr Dominique Mylod has done work on use of the birthing ball in early labour bournemouth.ac.uk/about/our-peop…

@sheena_byrom @TPM_Journal @SjPedler @cornwallmidwife @BuntyLaiBoyd @olvindaRM @neel_shah @oladapo_olufemi @adweeks @sarahnoble02 @marvelmemassage @MidwifeSpillane Hi Sheena, we met at the RCM conference in 2018. I run an Evidence Club for midwives and we have reviewed all of the published evidence on which positions in labour improve normal birth rates. This included women with epidurals. Want to know more?

I’m writing an article for @TPM_Journal on ‘Optimising normal physiological birth/processes in a hospital setting’ and would love to include ideas & tips from clinical midwives. Please share here or send me a DM 💫🙏🏽

@healthyyoultd @NHSEngland Hi I am a pma from the Norfolk and Norwich nhs hospital trust, look forward to more information

Calling all Professional Maternity Advocates (PMAs). @NHSEngland have some funding for us to role out some psychological training in March. There are over 700 of you out there & would love as many of you to be able to attend. Let me know who you are!

@DrKenda @UEA_Health Hi Jo Knox kindly sent an invite to uea students on our behalf

To our NNUH midwives join us at Evidence Club on Microsoft Teams Nov 18th 1030 to review and discuss best evidence relating to Positions in Labour.

@MvpNorwich Hi - email me on malissa.rayfield@nnuh.nhs.uk and I will send you an invite, it would be so beneficial to have women’s views thanks

@MalissaRayfield This sounds fantastic - I’d love to hear more about this initiative 💜

Proud to announce my human factors module has been published by the Royal College of Midwives and is available to all midwives to access. Thank you RCM for your support ilearn.rcm.org.uk/enrol/index.ph… @DrNancyFontaine @EmmaeHardwick @DrKenda @GailRCM

@ThatMidwife Heart breaking x

Being isolated from those we love is one of the toughest parts of being on the nhs front line at the moment. Hearing stories of mums leaving food outside the child’s bedrooms - so they won’t catch Covid 19 breaks my heart. I’m thinking of you all x