These are the subjects of some past meetings:-

Abuse before and after birth.

Home births for the hesitant.

Life in the womb and beyond.

Multiple births.

An international maternity perspective.

Teenage pregnancy.

The very premature baby.

Pregnancy and HIV.

Psychological and ethical considerations of maternal screening.

The communication minefield (with a roleplay demonstration).

Training for maternity care.Click here to see the programme.

Changing Childbirth, a 5-year update.Programme

The changing facts of life: the effects of the new reproductive technologies. Programme

Pregnancy and Birth: a life event for fathers too. Programme

Babies - looking back and beyond. Long term effects of the fetal and neonatal environments.Programme

(Whole day meeting): After birth, into limbo - improving postnatal care.Programme

What is normal birth?Programme

Too posh to push? The issue of caesarian section on demand.

Attached or detached? Aspects of baby-parent attachment.

PREGNANCY CARE IN 2000. A model for leadership in healthcare in the 21st century.Programme

Small is beautiful, big is policy. The amalgamation of maternity units in the N.H.S.Programme

The Write Stuff: Supplying the information parents need.Programme

Caring for mothers with special needs.Programme

Active Birth, active management.Programme

Being a parent: inborn or learned? Programme.

"Others have done it, why can't we?" Changes in midwifery legislation here and abroad.Programme.

The best of both worlds: Complementary therapies for mothers & babies.Programme.
Full report.

From grief to new life: The impact of the loss of a baby or of the birth of a baby with special needs on further pregnancies. Programme

Inequality in maternity care. Where have we got to? Read a full report
A 2003 parliamentary report on inequality of maternity care.

Are you sitting comfortably? Issues around perineal trauma. Programme and full report

Home Birth: A realistic possibility? Joint meeting with the Association of Community Based Maternity Care and the Royal College of Midwives. Programme and full report

Mixed blessings: ethical issues in assisted conception. Joint meeting with the Open Section. Programme and report

Pregnant and with HIV: facts and feelings. Programme and report

24th April 2003 (All day meeting). Caring for the emotions in pregnancy, birth and beyond. Programme.
Full report

A child for a child. Teenage pregnancy - whose problem?. Programme
Report

Ethnic and cultural difference: implications for maternity care.Programme.
Report

Domestic Violence in Pregnancy - opening Pandora's Box. Programme.
Full report

Breastfeeding – State of the Art. Programme and full report.

22nd April 2004 (All day meeting). Normal birth - making it possible in the 21st century Programme and full report.

17th June 2004. Ill mothers and critical care: the challenge in the 21st Century. Programme and full report

23rd September 2004. Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. Programme and report.

11th November 2004. Changing Childbirth again? The implications for maternity care of the National Service Framework.
Programme and full report.

22nd February 2005 (All day). Extended Newborn Screening - anticipating the future. Joint meeting with the Section of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Programme and report

Bicentenary Meeting of the Forum on Maternity and the Newborn of the Royal Society of Medicine, Thursday 28 April 2005. Preterm birth: a medical miracle with an emotional cost?
 Programme

Full report in two sections. Section 1.

16th June 2005. Information for women with emergencies in labour.
Programme
Report

24th November 2005. Litigation, risk management and patient safety - A new approach to old problems.
Programme
Report

23rd February 2006. Assessment of the newborn: whose job - midwife or neonatologist?
Programme
Report

13th April 2006. Medicines in maternal and neonatal care: current practice and future developments.
Programme

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