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  • Pregnant Women Encouraged To Have Covid-19 Vaccine

    Pregnant women are today being encouraged to have their vaccination against coronavirus. A UK study suggests havin...

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  • Miscarriage rates over 40% higher in black women

    Black women face a significantly higher risk of having a miscarriage than white, research suggests. The Lancet ana...

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  • Channel 4 implements first pregnancy loss policy

    Channel 4 has launched a ‘world first’ pregnancy loss policy for male and female staff, offering support and t...

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  • Baby in Lockdown - Michaela's Story

    The last thing I expected to do in 2020 was to give birth in a global pandemic. Coronavirus was teetering on the e...

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  • Lockdown Rainbows - Amanda's Story

    Not only was I pregnant in a pandemic, I was pregnant with our rainbow baby after loosing our first child to still...

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  • New NHS Guidance For Partners

    MAMA Academy welcomes the NHS guidance around support for women throughout pregnancy and childbirth – which urg...

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  • MBRRACE-UK 2018 Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

    Alongside the publication of the Ockenden Review preliminary report yesterday, we also saw the release of the 2018...

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  • Ockenden Review Recommends 27 Actions To Improve Maternity Safety

    Our Patron, Donna Ockenden has launched the first report of the independent review into maternity services at the ...

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  • MBRRACE-UK Issues Guidance on Signs Of Life

    MBRRACE has published new guidance to support health care professionals in the assessment and documentation of sig...

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  • Baby In Lockdown- Tonie's Story

    Tonie shares her first hand experience of having a baby during national lockdown:   "I am an assistant headte...

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  • Babies In Lockdown

    Following weeks of collaborative work with parents, and with support from lots of other charities, Best Beginnings...

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  • Midwife News

    Is it safe to see my Midwife right now?

    Our Trustee and private midwife, Angie Bowles, has kindly sent us the following guidance on having regular contact...

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