Across the Black Country, NHS organisations, women & their families are working together to develop maternity & neonatal services #matvoicesbc
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Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
Worried about your family’s health?
Follow the 0-18 years website's easy traffic light system:
🟢 Green: simple tips & when to visit your local pharmacist
🟠 Amber: when it’s best to contact your GP practice
🔴 Red: when your child needs urgent help
➡️ orlo.uk/Rkf8j
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Thinking about starting or growing your family? 👶
RWT's Maternity Team is hosting a free community workshop to help you prepare for a healthy pregnancy:
📅Saturday 29 November
⏰11am-12.30pm
📍Bingley Family Hub (WV3 0JE)
Book or find out more 👉 bit.ly/4rpRNpV
Today is #WorldPrematurityDay, a global movement that shines a light on premature birth 👶💜
Walsall’s Neonatal Unit has been marking the day with celebrations & fundraising activities for families currently receiving care.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4qVQnmC
🌸Postnatal Pelvic Floor & Pilates Classes🌸
📅Mondays (starting 17 November, runs for 5 weeks)
⏰1pm
📍Ladywood Leisure Centre, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham, B16 8TR
🧘♀️For new mums 8w–12m postpartum (non-crawling babies welcome!) 👶
📝Sign up 👉 bit.ly/47xAL11
Free Pelvic Health sessions for antenatal and postnatal women:
Date: Friday 26 September
Time: 1pm-2.30pm
Location: Lye Family Hub, Dudley
Language: English (Albanian interpreter available)
Book here Https://www.eventbrite.co.uk…
Parents across the Black Country trying to cope with crying babies are being urged to try some useful tips as part of #iconweek2025
Read more walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/new…
🌸Postnatal Pelvic Floor & Pilates Classes🌸
📅 Mondays (starting 22 September, runs for 5 weeks)
⏰ 1pm
📍Ladywood Leisure Centre, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham, B16 8TR
🧘♀️ For new mums 8w–12m postpartum (non-crawling babies welcome!) 👶
📝 Sign up 👉 bit.ly/42v84yM
🌸 Starting Tomorrow! 🌸
Postnatal Pelvic Floor & Pilates 💪
📆 Tuesdays (from 16 Sept, for 6 weeks)
⏰ 1pm
📍 Halesowen Leisure Centre – Family Hub
For new mums 8w–12m postpartum (non-crawling babies welcome!)
📝 Sign up 👉 bit.ly/4nCOf0R
Have you used Maternity or Neonatal Services at New Cross or Cannock Hospitals in the last 3 years?
If so, please come and share your experience to help us work with families and improve our services.
Book a place here bit.ly/Wolverhampton-MNVPMee…
Face to face pelvic floor and pelvic health session for Punjabi speakers tomorrow (Wed 10 Sept) at Wolverhampton's Graiseley Family Hub at 1pm.
Antenatal and postnatal women welcome. Friendly, supportive atmosphere. 💙
Register bit.ly/4684A6s
Join us at Sandwell & West Birmingham Maternity Voices Partnership's next meeting tomorrow (Mon 8 Sep).
We want to hear your experience of Maternity and Neonatal Services so we can work together to make improvements.
All the family welcome bit.ly/SWB-MNVP-Sept25-Meeti…
Infant Feeding Teams and volunteers who support Black Country mums and families will step into the spotlight this World Breastfeeding Week as their important roles in healthcare are recognised.
Read more bit.ly/4l5LYJK
Congratulations to 12 new Infant Feeding Helpers who have completed their training and are giving invaluable help and support to families on New Cross Hospital’s Maternity ward and in the community bit.ly/45aLtIq
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
Discussing (in Punjabi) what to do in early pregnancy, pregnancy multivitamins, folic acid, registering early with the midwife, diet and lifestyle and safety netting where to access help in early pregnancy @local_maternity @RWT_NHS youtu.be/tm_puX4D7CM
Midwives and Doctors across four Black Country NHS Trusts will all be working to reduce the risk of trauma caused by third and fourth degree tears that women can experience during childbirth bit.ly/44GMVCa
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
🚨 Measles cases are on the rise, and the NHS is calling on all parents to check their child's MMR vaccination status.
Measles can lead to serious complications, but two doses of the MMR vaccine provide lifelong protection.
For more information, visit orlo.uk/SZTcH
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If you've used Maternity Services or Neonatal care at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital over the last 3 years we'd love to hear your feedback.
Tomorrow's Maternity Voices Partnership meeting is in Cannock - and there's cake! Book a free place bit.ly/4l6Yf17
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
Health Talk Show With Balbir Kaur Randhawa discussing exercise, diet and lifestyle in Punjabi for pregnant women, find the recording here @KanshiTV @local_maternity @RWT_NHS youtu.be/jFr0CbAJiHk?si=OsQ8… via @YouTube
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
Joined the school nurses 0-19 service at this years Wolverhampton Pride great event for networking with other health professionals @local_maternity @RWT_NHS #EDI #inclusivecare
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System retweeted
Happy #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife 💙
A baby is born in the NHS every 58 seconds!
Thank you to all our incredible midwives for the care, compassion and support you give to mothers, babies and their families every single minute.
#IDM2025
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