Midwifery Matters Spring 2011 Issue 128
Content
Editorial
What is happening to Greater Manchester Maternity Services? Sarah Davies 2
Maternity services: The elephant in the room Margaret Jowitt 3
Articles
Some cultural considerations of breastfeeding Irene Walton 4
Starting solids – The facts behind the media hype ‘Analytical Armadillo’ 8
Challenges of Dutch midwifery Simone Valk 12
A day of Firsts’ Meghan Jackson 14
Because I am a midwife Emma Barnett-Mills 15
When is a bed not a bed? 16
‘Chinning’ Mary Cronk 17
Business
Winter Steering Group meeting report 17
Comment
HCRE report on NMC 19
NPEU wins CEMACH contract 19
Nettalk
Are induced or augmented labours more painful? 20
News & Views
News roundup 23
Book reviews 24
What’s on
ARM gathering 28
ARM Conference 28
ARM National Meeting, Wigan 31