FOCUS ON: HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED BABIES
AND PARENTS
IJBPE Birth and first 1000 days Video Competition
The IJBPE is running a competition from 16th October, 2020 to May 28th, 2021, focusing on pre-conception education and education for the critical 1000 days from conception to two years.
IJBPE News
Maternal stress may influence sex of baby
A study carried out at the University of Granada monitored 108 women from the first weeks of pregnancy through to delivery.
Mother and Baby Unit for Wales
The only inpatient unit of its kind has been set up in Wales to offer multidisciplinary mental health care to women from 32 weeks of pregnancy until babies are one year old.
Water birth
This retrospective cohort study used routinely collected electronic data from 2015-16 to ascertain the proportion of births recorded as having occurred in water, the characteristics of women who experienced water birth and the odds of key maternal and neonatal complications associated with giving birth in water. 46,088 women in 35 English NHS Trusts were included in the study.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIRTH & PARENTS EDUCATION
Introduction to The Journal
The International Journal of Birth and Parent Education is an independent, international, not for profit publication aimed at professionals and lay educators working across the transition to parenthood.
Founded seven years ago by Professor of Perinatal Education, Mary Nolan, and Consultant Perinatal Educator, Shona Gore, the Journal is published quarterly and each issue explores key topics in the critical 1000 days, including pre-conception education, education in pregnancy and for labour and birth, perinatal mental health, infant feeding, early child development and parenting programmes.FREE ARTICLES
FREE Articles from the IJBPE
These articles are free for you to browse.
They illustrate some of the topics that the Journal covers and the way in which it covers them. We hope you find them interesting, informative and accessible.Alternatives to animal-based milks: Protecting infant and young child health when families choose plant-based diets
Plant-based diets, where foods and drinks based on or containing animal derived ingredients are avoided, have become increasingly popular.
Educators’ experience of facilitating antenatal education online
This study, by the Editor, Mary Nolan, explored the experiences of antenatal educators of facilitating online sessions during the Covid crisis.
Just chatting with a baby is more than you might think
Babies like listening to people speaking to them, preferring this above all else complex sounds and are capable of soliciting, reciprocating or ignoring adult communications as they feel fit.
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