I’ve been honoured to speak (and answer questions) at events for institutions including:
Royal Society of Medicine
British Association of Perinatal Medicine
British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society
A range of NHS foetal, neonatal and midwifery networks and departments
Medical conferences, charities, government departments and schools
Subjects explored in The First Breath which I am happy to speak about (in no particular order):
- Having a child with a disability / special needs
- Mothers’ emotions in NICU / foetal medicine unit and maternal mental health, especially mothers of disabled or sick children
- The long-term impact of neonatal care on the child and family / life after NICU / post traumatic stress and the neurodevelopmental impact on the child
- Being a foetal medicine patient / having a high-risk pregnancy
- The neonatal unit experience
- Having a child with a genetic condition, and the diagnosis experience
- Parents’ experience of paediatric surgery
- Having a child with a congenital heart defect / the experience of open heart surgery for families
- The history of foetal, neonatal and paediatric medicine
- The patient / doctor relationship
- Noonan syndrome and the rasopathies
- Additional needs of the NICU graduate (such as autism, ADHD, dyspraxia)
- How staff working in perinatal care can help and support families