#ButNotMaternity A campaign to support parents and birth-workers through maternity Covid-19 restrictions. Media enquiries [email protected]
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Triumph on most scans and appointments :) Next we tackle "allowing" 2nd birth partners and extending visiting hours!
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And yet, partners and doulas who help relieve so much of said depression and anxiety are not allowed to support as needed. Maybe now this has a price tag of monetary value the NHS might open up postnatal visiting and 2nd birth partners? #ButNotMaternity #Highpricetopay
Perinatal depression and anxiety could cost society an additional £17.5 billion in England, an analysis by @ucl and commissioned by Birthrights has concluded ⬇️
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@BBCRadioStoke will be talking about the future for #covid #lockdownbabies and their mums who’ve survived without the ‘village’ it takes to raise a child. Including @SoTMSNet @iHealthVisiting @MMHAlliance @UHNM_NHS @TotsPlayStaffs @mpftnhs @Butnotmaternity @ParentInfantFdn
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Here are the updated stats for maternity restrictions across the UK. The detailed list of each restriction and visiting hours for every trust is in bio (which now includes neonatal) #ButNotMaternity #CovidIsNotOver #maternity #birth
Fantastic job available with our alliance partners @PregnantScrewed setting the maternity world to rights. #werkwerkwerk
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Our UK wide maternity restrictions petition reached over 560k signatories. The pregnant folks of Northern Ireland need a hand now please if you could sign and share... #butnotmaternity my.uplift.ie/petitions/remov…
Our status list (link in bio) is being updated to reflect current changes but it shows that there is still work to be done on visiting and second birth partners.... #butnotmaternity
Fantastic that so much progress has been made on visiting restrictions in maternity services over the last few weeks. But still more to do! @PregnantScrewed @aliciakearns @MailOnline @AIMS_online @Butnotmaternity #butnotmaternity
Alliance partners @fatherhoodinst take a look at #timewithdad during the pandemic
Our new study Lockdown Fathers: the untold story reveals what UK dads have been doing this year. Watch and share the video and join our #timewithdad campaign youtu.be/MNTLIWNiQEk
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Also celebrating But Not Maternity Alliance member @PregnantScrewed 's Joelie's Campaigner of the Year. Well deserved :)
A massive congratulations to @Joeli_Brearley, who is our #CampaigneroftheYear. Joeli started campaigning for the rights of working mums in 2015, since then the campaign has grown and experienced several wins. #lovecampaigning #SMKAwards2021 🥇👏 @PregnantScrewed
Amazing. Well done everyone involved over the past few months with the campaign. :) #bestcoalition
Well done to the first runner-up for #BestCoalition: @Butnotmaternity – who called for partners to be allowed at births and scans. #lovecampaigning #SMKAwards2021 #ButNotMaternity
We just LOVE this... Thanks @birthrightsorg
As a maternity care worker, you should be able to create a safe and rights respecting maternity service, even in the pandemic. Take a look at our practical tool which helps you balance difficult decisions with individual's basic rights.
birthrights.org.uk/wp-conten…
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Woop woop!
Congratulations to @Butnotmaternity - shortlisted for Best Coalition in this year's SMK National Campaigner Awards. Winners will be announced at our virtual ceremony on 13 MAY. More details here lght.ly/13a7l9l #lovecampaigning #SMKAwards2021 Sponsored by @fmulderfndn
Amazing news for everyone involved in #butnotmaternity and an honour to be recognised for our efforts alongside other brilliant campaigns.
We're delighted to announce the shortlist for Best Coalition. Congratulations to @Butnotmaternity @EveryDoctorUK @womensaid @actnforchildren and everyone who supported these great campaigns! Winner announced at our virtual ceremony on 13 MAY. Sponsored by @fmulderfndn
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A further update regarding our postnatal ward: now back to partner/support person welcome 24 hours a day. 🎉
New guidance on lateral flow testing and its use in maternity settings. We are hastily updating our NHS Status list to reflect the many positive changes happening in trusts across the UK this week 🙂 england.nhs.uk/.../C1243_Sup…...
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Sign up for this webinar tomorrow with @fivexmore and a range of excellent speakers about Black Maternal Health
Delighted that we’ll be joined by @HackneyAbbott, @SholaMos1, @Dcpfoundation founder Sylvia Parkes, @Sarahalonge_, @jenny_douglas1 at tomorrow’s public meeting chaired by @BellRibeiroAddy #BlackMaternalHealth #FiveXmorePM
Join us at 6:30pm tomorrow ⏩ bit.ly/blackmathealth
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Time to make some noise so maternity is not left behind in the UKs #RoadmapOutOfLockdown #butnotmaternity
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I was on @bbcradio5live last night speaking with @StephenNolan about maternity restrictions for @Butnotmaternity listen back on
@BBCiPlayer. @birthrightsorg @fatherhoodinst @AIMH_UK @birth_better @PregnantScrewed @BirthTrauma @doulauk #maternity
As a group, the But Not Maternity Alliance have issued a letter to @MattHancock to plea for a road out of maternity restrictions in line with that of the community. Progress has been made but there is still a ways to go! #butnotmaternity
Plea to ease Covid maternity rules as women continue to get bad news alone theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
@ScottMair9 @birthrightsorg @AIMS_online @doulauk @fatherhoodinst @PregnantScrewed @birth_better @BirthTrauma
Tune in to our instagram live 11am Bank Holiday Monday to hear AJ Silver and @freddymcconnell talk about how maternity restrictions are affecting trans parents. #butnotmaternity #transparents
