Differences in Covid restrictions at maternity hospitals baffling women
Advocates call for restrictions to be risk assessed as some hospitals have eased restrictions but others fail to make any changes.
Advocates say pregnant women s partners should not be viewed as visitors and want the entire labour experience to be accompanied .
Sun, 11 Apr, 2021 - 07:00
Niamh Griffin, Health Correspondent
Visiting restrictions to maternity hospitals should be risk assessed to show how they are protecting women and staff, maternity advocates have said.
The call comes as a number of hospitals eased some restrictions in the last few days, but others have made no change. This only deepens the inequity of access, advocates say, as they demanded the science behind these changes be made public.
Síle Seoige speaks about the pain and stigma around miscarriages in new documentary airing tonight
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In a new documentary airing tonight, Síle Seoige explores the grief, hopes, fears, and frustrations of those who have gone through miscarriage and sets out to put an end to the culture of silence and stigma around this terrible loss that is experienced by so many.
In this hour-long authored documentary, broadcaster and mother Síle Seoige meets with women, couples, doctors and service providers in an effort to investigate the medical, emotional, psychological, and sociological elements of miscarriage, to help society understand it better.
Sile Seoige s heartache to brave recovery: Engagement to fiance Damien, son Cathal and miscarriage pain
Síle, along with other Irish women just like her, will talk openly about miscarriage and how it has impacted their lives in a special hour long TG4 documentary
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Síle Seoige announced the news that she was expecting her first child with fiance Damien O Farrell at the beginning of 2017.
The exciting news came just two years after she confirmed that she was dating the Garda in December 2015.
Baby Cathal was born in August 2017, weighing eight pounds two ounces, an excited new mum said: Our baby boy arrived safe & sound in the early hours of the 2nd of August and we re in love. Thanks so much for all the messages.a lot of you had a feeling something was stirring.
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