Michaela Thompson

#maternityEXPO A great start to the Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival with @BenashNaz presenting Working with Language Barriers

We are @kbarnett2019 and @KatyPrescott4 and we're starting a brand new #podcast and website focused on sharing #appreciativeinquiry stories from health and care. Follow us on here for website and podcast launch news. #caringcornerpodcast caringcorner2.wordpress.com

Tomorrow marks the start of #SelfCareWeek, highlighting the importance of #SelfCare for you, families, communities, and generations. Start the week by checking in on your #MentalHealth with our #MyWholeSelf MOT. 🔗 Visit the link in our bio to our My Whole Self resources.

Looking for an introduction to quality improvement tools & how to apply them in general practice? Find out more about this short accredited programme tinyurl.com/yck6pmja and apply for a place tinyurl.com/2dz4art4 - closing date 5 January 2024, or earlier if oversubscribed.

Waiting for the first Continuous Improvement Conference to start @MidCheshireNHS Improvement Matters. Celebration of ongoing efforts Amazing posters of Improvement projects that have already undergone the 6 D’s improvement model. Good luck everyone

Wait… what?? This newborn caught mom and grandma off guard by displaying what appeared to be some very advanced skills. After all, most babies begin crawling between 6-10 months… so seeing this at just 3 DAYS? What gives?! What you’re seeing here IS, in fact, miraculous - but also very common to newborns. It’s known as the breast crawl. At birth, babies are equipped by nature with a special set of skills (reflexes) designed to help them thrive and survive in their new surroundings. The breast crawl combines several of these reflexes in a coordinated effort to find food. What you’re seeing is a combination of the stepping and rooting reflexes, typically demonstrated while baby is laying face down on mom’s stomach. The stepping reflex is activated when the soles of the feet come in contact with a solid surface… usually mom’s abdomen (but in this case the wall of the bassinet) and encourages alternating limb movement designed to help baby shimmy up mom’s chest toward the breast. The rooting reflex, meanwhile, stimulates baby to turn their head in the direction of contact with the face (in search of the nipple). Babies’ eyesight remains poor at this stage, but nature has equipped them with one more advantage: the ability to sniff out the smell of mother’s milk. Small bumps on the mother’s areola known as Montgomery Glands emit a scent that helps guide baby to the food they are seeking. Ultimately what you see in this fantastic video (posted to TT by samantha_elizabeth_) is not a baby about to start crawling across the room, but a hungry newborn using all the tools at their disposal to help find nourishment. And that may be even more amazing!

Dawn Plummer, Digital Health Innovation Lead, dives deep into the power of evaluation in healthcare! Evaluations aren't just a task; they're the backbone of innovation in healthcare. Find real-world case studies & resources in the blog. 🔗Read now: rb.gy/y2clz

Great to meet up with everyone in person. Enthusiasm and positivity in abundance. Joy at work springs to mind😀

⭐️Currently at the national @MatNeoSIP 1st face to face gathering in a long time plans for 23/34 shared & thankful for the work of our brilliant perinatal teams @PS_Oxford so proud of you all ; delighted that your efforts are showcased at the SE celebration event @TVWNeonatal

So great to join you @JuliaWoodQI . Such a great 2 days. #MatNeoSIP

It’s that time of year Monitoring May. The programme looks amazing

Super proud of all who received an award today. Congratulations @DriverJanet recipient of a gold award! Your citation was incredible, packed with decades of incredible leadership examples of improving maternity outcomes &experiences. Great support message from @ninamorganNHS too

It's #NationalSuperheroDay and we've just the graphic... 🦸‍♀️

@Healthcare_Show great presentation of the Women’s Healthcare strategy by Prof Dame LesleyRegan. The life course approach with 7 priorities. We need to champion Women’s healthcare

@Adrian_liard made this and I love it #PsychologicalSafety #IntelligentFailure #RightKindOfWrong #IHaveABookComingOut 😉

15 yrs ago, while hiking on my own, I was violently assaulted & raped. Every anniversary, I go for a solo hike to remind myself I can still do it, that there is great beauty to be found, even after trauma. Here’s today’s hike. And my essay I always post 👉tinyurl.com/482k67e9

Happy Birthday Hamish 3 years! Where has this time gone

So today marks my first shift as a qualified midwife @Leic_hospital 25 years ago! What better way to celebrate than teaching fetal monitoring! #fmlnetwork #bethechange #lovemyworkfamily #UHLismyhome