Midwife, researcher, writer. My memoir is provisionally titled With Woman: a memoir of birth, death and midwifery. Personal views.
UK
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Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
I lost my beloved daughter Grace O’Malley-Kumar in the Nottingham attacks. She was a 19 year old medical student. She fought a marauding man almost twice her age armed with a dagger. She tried to protect a friend and paid the ultimate price. She placed,
‘friendship before fear’
#graceomalleykumarfoundation #graceomalleykumarcup
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
US Congressman Ro Khanna says armed Israeli settlers detained his delegation while touring Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military says troops intervened after receiving reports of blocked vehicles, allowing the convoy to proceed.
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
Amputee medical services in Gaza are considered support for Hamas. There is no rock bottom. Please buy your fresh handmade cosmetics at Lush.
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
devastating speech by the UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs.
"...death on this scale has a sound and a smell that does not leave you"
"[in the West Bank] recently [Jewish] settlers abducted a 13 year old girl and her three-year-old brother. They were found tied to a tree. Do we also say to them that we did all that we could?"
"Future generations will hold us to account, we should fear that judgement."
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
Did you or your loved one experience PPROM -waters breaking early in pregnancy?
If so would you like to help us plan a new research study about PPROM?
Please join us 7.30-9pm on Monday 29th Sept. Sign up link in comments
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Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
🚨 TEACH OUT ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
On Monday (29/9) at 14:00, our fabulous member Dr Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins (@drhannahrobbins ) will be presenting an online lecture titled "'Solidarity Forever': Musical Theatre, Workers’ Rights, and Protest."
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
Every nurse and midwife deserves the guarantee of a job to apply for when they graduate.
That’s why thousands of new roles are being created to ensure our newest graduates can smoothly enter the workforce ⬇️
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Stay safe, my friends. I am painfully aware of the risks you are taking on behalf of all of us—of Humanity.
Diplomats & politicians around the world: The Flotilla Giants are taking the heavy lift. PLEASE make sure they are protected, will you? This is the least you can do.
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Two doctors go to work to assist others.Nine of their kids are killed by an Israeli missile targeting their home. Only surviving child, in critical conditions.
Targeting families in the still-standing buildings: distinguishable sadistic pattern of the new phase of the genocide.
Dr. Alaa and Dr. Hamdi Al-Najjar’s home was targeted, 9 of their 10 children brutally killed, the surviving husband, and one child seriously wounded. Dr. Alaa received her killed children while at work in Nasser Hospital.
Dr. Alaa is a paediatrician.
She’s keeps working.
The ISraeli army targets families, hospitals and health care workers in this murderous genocide.
Gemma Price telling us all about the role of the PMA in relation to trauma. At the Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2025 in Nottingham. #birthtrauma #midwives #maternity
Theo Clarke MP sharing her experiences of birth trauma.
Breaking the taboo -
Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025
#maternity #birth #birthtrauma #midwifery
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation. nyer.cm/yoxFuAs
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
It looks as if the media are moving to the position they reached during the Vietnam War: the war was justified but the My Lai massacre was a bit over the top. They now have the shooting of the ambulance workers as their 'atrocity' while the rest of what's going on is justified.
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
For 7 weeks, Israel has imposed a medieval siege on #Gaza, blocking food, water, medicine & fuel from entering.
Remember who did this.
Remember who funded this.
Remember who cheered on the sidelines for this...
..Remember those who chose to remain silent & looked the other way
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
Palestinian, and Palestinian Christians in particular, have lost a dear friend today. Pope Francis was beloved in Palestine. He conveyed true compassion to Palestinians, most notably to those in Gaza during this genocide. His pastoral heart was evident in his insistence on calling the Christian community besieged in Gaza on a constant basis, even from his hospital.
Some years ago, Pope Francis visited Bethlehem. We all remember the iconic image of him praying at the Wall. This is what I wrote about this incident in my book “The Other Side of the Wall”.
When Pope Francis stopped, touched the wall, and said a prayer, it was truly a monumental moment that made waves in world news. Pope Francis couldn’t help but notice the ugliness of this concrete structure at the heart of Bethlehem. This wall should make us all uncomfortable. To this discomfort, the Pope couldn’t help but react and reach out. By responding in this manner, the Pope touched more than the wall. He touched the ugliness of the occupation and war. He touched the depth of our suffering. With humility and weakness, he looked injustice in the eyes, and challenged it.
What did he say in his prayer? The truth is, I don’t want to know. Some words are better left unspoken. The image of him standing next to the wall and praying will forever be engraved in our memories. For me, this image went everywhere. On my office wall, Facebook page, desktop wallpaper. For us as Palestinian Christians, this image was stored deep into our memory. And when this wall falls one day (not if, when), we might go back to this moment and this prayer as one of the key moments that led to its fall.
At the end of the day, the Pope left, and the occupation and the wall remained. But we were left with a renewed sense of hope—knowing that we are not forgotten. We were left with a mandate to continue lamenting the current situation, to fight against injustice . . . and to pray. (The Other Side of the Wall, pp. 182-183)
The Pope left our world today, and the occupation and the wall remained. Even worse, he left our world while a genocide continues to unfold. Back in November he wrote: “I am thinking above all of those who leave Gaza in the midst of the famine that has struck their Palestinian brothers and sisters given the difficulty of getting food and aid into their territory… According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide. It should be carefully investigated to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies.”
Today I wonder: Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?
May his soul rest in glory with his Savior. Humanity lost a special soul today.
Dr Nicky Grace retweeted
@Pontifex profoundly understood the deep-seated evil confronting our world, even within Christian communities. It is like if before his passing, Pope Francis had stared this evil in the eyes, and warned us all against it. May his timeless message and profound insight continue to guide us and never fade from our memory.
