Loss of a baby ‘rarely discussed’ and Ireland lags behind other countries in prevention, obstetrician warns www.independent.ie/irish-news/l... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

🆕📄 Socioeconomic deprivation as a risk factor for stillbirth: a case-control study ✍️ Jessica Keane, Paul Corcoran, Sara Leitao, Joye McKernan, Edel Manning, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Richard Greene 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @npec-ucc.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

🆕📄 Assessing online search results for misinformation about reduced fetal movements ✍️ Sarah Houlihan, Anne-Marie Farrell, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🔗 www.ejog.org/article/S030... @isastillbirth.bsky.social

#Pregnancy after #loss is never “just another pregnancy.” Our study calls for national guidelines, structured #training, and integrated psychological #support to help families from loss to the next birth with safety, #empathy, and #respect.

"I cannot really stand in a public venue and give a public speech and speak about our language when I see such incredible, incredible destruction of an entire people taking place on our television screens every evening." @president.ie @news.rte.ie www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Addressing the challenges of misinformation about menopause. My article was just published in the Green Journal, who have made it free for all to read! journals.lww.com/greenjournal...

In years to come, many may ask how the world watched on as the people of Gaza starved.

Government rebuked for delaying legislation for pregnancy loss leave www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic... Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject

A Core Outcome Set for Stillbirth Care: An Intl Consensus Study Danya Bakhbakhi, Anna Davies, Dimitrios Siassakos, Lisa Hinton, James Duffy, Heatherjane Dangerfield, Maggie Redshaw, Abi Merriel, Amy Howell, Alexander Heazell et al obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social

"Going through fertility treatment is like having a side hustle. A part-time job to chase a dream, where the outcome is uncertain and you have spent your lifetime's savings on it." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

There is a difference between raising awareness about menopause and monetizing it

"There are systemic powers that are (still) keeping sexual & reproductive health issues silent..." @andraskolto.bsky.social @galwayhprc.bsky.social #HPRC2025

Maria A Oquendo, the new Chair of DSM-6 (yes it's coming) has received unrestricted educational grants and/or lecture fees form AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Otsuka, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Shire. She receives royalties from the commercial use of....

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and the Contribution of Deprivation: A Population-Based Causal Analysis Dorothea Geddes-Barton, Raph Goldacre, @marianknight.bsky.social, Nicola Vousden, Rema Ramakrishnan @bjog.bsky.social obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Progestogen for preventing miscarriage in women with recurrent miscarriage of unclear etiology David Haas, Magdalena Bofill Rodriguez, Taylor Hathaway, Patrick Ramsey www.cochranelibrary.com/web/cochrane... Ping #ReCurrentStudy

🗞️ New model of care for recurrent miscarriage proposed which would see people receive appropriate care & support following their first miscarriage 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social #ReCurrentStudy

Many thanks to @hrbireland.bsky.social for funding the #ReCurrentStudy (ILP) & the subsequent RE:CURRENT knowledge translation award 🙏 #ResearchEvidenceImpact to date, with more to come 🤞 @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

💡Novel project at Cork secondary school to increase awareness around pregnancy loss 🔗 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416... #PLRG_SPRINGproject @lauralinehan.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @echolive.bsky.social

Care of Women With Preterm Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes Prior to 24+0 Weeks of Gestation M Hall, A Care, L Goodfellow, A Milan, C Curran, N Simpson, A Heazell, S Quenby, AL David, A Shennan, L Story, on behalf of the RCOG obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social

💜 We recently released several resources to improve miscarriage & recurrent miscarriage services & supports 🔗 Available on www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie, with information booklets & videos also @ www.corkmiscarriage.com 🗞️ www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... #ReCurrentStudy @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

"The department (of Children) said “any form of leave – even unpaid – can have significant costs for the exchequer & these must be fully identified”." There are many benefits also - for workers, employers, society - as documented in the #PLRG_PLACESproject report www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Prof. Richard Greene, Director at NPEC, is cycling from Cork to the Eiffel Tower 🇮🇪➡️🇫🇷 for a very meaningful cause: the creation of a comfort suite for women and families following bereavement. Please support if you can 👉 idonate.ie/fundraiser/R... Go Richard! 🙌 #CorkToParis

Scorching heatwaves fuelled by global warming are increasing the risk of dangerous complications during pregnancies across the world, a report has warned

🆕📄 Use of the Abbott i-STAT®1 point of care device for hCG quantification in early pregnancy ✍️ @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social, Paula O'Shea, Rebecca Lynch, Seán Costelloe, Tommie McCarthy, John Coulter, Deirdre Hayes-Ryan, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🔗 obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The job of a doctor is not, necessarily, to be kind or popular or fluffy or liked. It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients. However difficult it may be to do so. However tough you may find it. Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC. Here's why they're wrong 🧵

Only 1 in 5 people with hypertension today have it controlled. The world can reach 1 in 2 by 2030. It’s ambitious but achievable. Every country, leader, and health system has a role to play. Please sign and share.

🗞️ Knowledge is power: Researchers team up with local secondary school to co-create resources to increase awareness of pregnancy loss 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... #PLRG_SPRINGproject @lauralinehan.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

Cork students call for all teenagers to be given information on infertility & miscarriage www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... #PLRG_SPRINGproject @lauralinehan.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @escanuelatamara.bsky.social @rionacotter.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social

ICYMI: Now in issue @ WORK 📄 Workplace supports for early pregnancy loss: A scoping review ✍️ Ruadh Kelly-Harrington, Sara Leitao, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, @danielnuzum.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social et al 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #PLRG_PLACESproject

So that’s 2 million plus people being knowingly starved, while being “displaced” from ruin to ruin under bombardment. 57 kids dead from malnutrition already.

It’s apparently still controversial to speak out on Gaza in many parts of the western world. In years to come, I feel it will be seen as controversial not to have spoken about it or made it central to civic, social, media and political discourse.

My wish list for research in Ireland... ⬆️ focus on: - teams, not individual researchers (& more collaboration across the island) - research for societal/public good - knowledge translation (not just funding it, using it) - sustainable research structures & careers - minimising bureaucracy

New figures reveal 'shocking' disparities in neonatal death rates despite an overall fall across the UK www.tommys.org/about-us/new...

MBRRACE-UK report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/news/mbrrace...

📣 ICYMI: Now in issue 📄 Maternity staff views on implementing a national perinatal mortality review tool: understanding barriers & facilitators ✍️ @emilyoconnor.bsky.social, Aenne Helps, Richard Greene, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & Sara Leitao www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Perhaps on National Workplace Wellbeing Day (30 Apr), employers could commit to embedding & sustaining compassionate cultures & practices to support employees who experience pregnancy loss Recommendations from our #PLRG_PLACESproject report ⬇️: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... #WorkWell25

💜 Many thanks to all involved in the #ReCurrentStudy & who collaborated with us in the development of these resources 🙏 Please share if you can - together we can make a difference 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

📝 Also launched: 🟣 An appointment letter template for recurrent miscarriage clinics 🟣 A checklist for use within emergency rooms/departments for staff to use when people initially present with signs or symptoms of miscarriage 🔗 pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/guidelines/

📽️ Multi-lingual videos regarding recurrent miscarriage information & supports are also now available in a range of languages-Arabic, Catalan, English, French, Greek, Irish, Irish Sign Language, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian & Spanish 🔗 pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/patient-info...

📗 With the support of the National Women & Infants Programme @hselive.bsky.social, printed copies of the information booklets have been distributed to all 19 maternity units in Ireland They can also be viewed/downloaded from Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland 💻: pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/patient-docs/

📣 New information resources to improve services & supports for miscarriage & recurrent miscarriage in Ireland 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @hselive.bsky.social #ReCurrentStudy