Articles from Royal College of Midwives Journal (June 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A day in the life of ... a maternity support worker.		Diary entry	567
Alcohol and pregnancy.		Brief article	256
Breastfeeding in public.			105
Celebrating International Day of the Midwife 2009.		Brief article	200
Contribution to child trust fund.			53
Disillusioned and disgruntled too.		Letter to the editor	255
Drug-free pain relief.			154
Ethics Advisory Committee.			187
Feed good factor.		Brief article	82
Folate reduces risk of preterm birth.		Brief article	178
Funding = learning opportunities: ULR project manager Denise Linay explores the impact Unionlearn funding will have on members' personal and professional learning options and the RCM as a whole.	Linay, Denise		780
Happy Birthday Clara!		Letter to the editor	134
Have your say.			40
Hospital versus home births.		Letter to the editor	188
How to ... teach pelvic floor muscle exercises: university hospital of North Staffordshire and Staffordshire University's Sue Tohill and Christine Kettle describe teaching pelvic floor muscle exercises.	Tohill, Sue; Kettle, Christine		524
In the dock: threat of litigation: Bond Solon solicitor Mark Solon explains how good contemporaneous record-keeping can keep midwives out of court.	Solon, Mark		516
International Day of the Midwife.		Brief article	87
It's a first for the NMC: RCM national officer for Scotland Emma Currer attends the NMC's fist student midwives conference. Here's what she thought.	Currer, Emma	Conference news	537
Lack of healthcare information--a hidden killer: the RCM's Sue Jacob, the British Medical Association's Martin Carroll and the co-director of the Global Healthcare Information Network Neil Pakenham-Walsh describe a movement to achieve access to healthcare information for all by 2015.	Jacob, Sue; Carroll, Martin; Pakenham-Walsh, Neil		430
Launch of the KCND maternity pathways.	Smith, Gillian	Brief article	232
Little hearts.		Brief article	108
Making MDG4 and MDG5 a reality.		Brief article	131
Maternal obesity: a growing problem: weight management is now a serious issue for pregnant women and their babies. Rita Som speaks to three members of the profession about the challenges involved in tackling this growing problem during pregnancy and childbirth.	Som, Rita		1056
Memorial for Mary Seacole.		Brief article	66
Midwifery in Japan.		Brief article	106
New arrangements for payment by results: the RCM's senior policy analyst Sean O'Sullivan and independent consultant Suzanne Tyler describe the new changes to Payment by Results and the impact they will have on commissioners and maternity staff.	O'Sullivan, Sean; Tyler, Suzanne		940
New growth charts based on breastfed babies.		Brief article	185
Probiotics may ward off obesity.		Brief article	251
Reviewers for EBM.			56
Revising the NHS's on-call arrangements: the RCM's Trish Dutfield, Charlie Meadows and George Georgiou describe NHS on-call arrangements and plans for their revision.			618
Safety of home births reiterated.		Brief article	270
Scotland's pathway says 'no' to intervention: KCND's consultant midwives honor MacGregor and Geraldine Butcher join NHS QIS' KCND pathways project manager Lucy Powls in exploring the development of a Scottish 'normal birth' pathway.	MacGregor, Honor; Butcher, Geraldine; Powls, Lucy		525
Smoking: a childhood addiction: the Health Bill 2009 contains tough new measures to help stop children and young people from taking up smoking. Hazel Cheeseman from ASH outlines the latest evidence and explains how midwives can help put tobacco out of sight.	Cheeseman, Hazel		1241
Stopping smoking and pregnancy outcomes.	Wallis, Jan	Clinical report	484
Strengthening the pelvic floor.			79
Student midwives' clinical experiences.			93
Swine flu guidance for midwives.		Brief article	232
Teach yourself breastfeeding.		Letter to the editor	237
The global health worker crisis: migration of midwives and nurses from developing countries to the UK exacerbates global health inequalities.	O'Malley, Maura		483
The Green Party's maternity policies: between now and the general election, the RCM will describe what the main parties are proposing for maternity care. First up is the maternity policy recently published by the Green Party.	Bonar, Stuart		496
The NMC ... under the microscope: midwives' Maura O'Malley finds the new chair of the NMC Tony Hazell in bullish form as he discusses his vision for the NMC and why midwifery is a noble profession.	Hazell, Tony		988
The RCM's general secretary Cathy Warwick visited Basingstoke's maternity hospital recently and gave a presentation entitled 'Rhetoric to reality'.		Brief article	60
Wales prepares for change.	Rogers, Helen	Brief article	313
Whistleblower hotline.		Survey	94
Work woes? Tribunal procedures have changed: Tristram Sterry of the RCM's law firm Thompsons explores the new Acas code for resolving disputes and outlines the changes to holiday and maternity pay.	Sterry, Tristram		514
Your local RCM: RCM director of employment relations and development Jon Skewes.		Editorial	464