We often talk about clients who are isolated, but you may be surprised at the number of women our Pregnancy Outreach Workers support who are alone during pregnancy. Many even face giving birth...
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Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships Articles
Thinking About Sex Day
Did you know that 14th February is not just Valentine's Day, but "Thinking About Sex Day"?! Thinking About Sex Day was initiated by the Sexual Advice Association to encourage everyone to think about...
Budget Consultation: is it asking the right questions?
Here is an extract from the Budget Consultation for Adult Social Care. This is the proposal relating to Gateway's Pregnancy Outreach Worker Service (POWS): Proposal 15: Public Health –...
Staying healthy and having fun in pregnancy…
Part of my job is to ring people who've taken part in our service and find out what they thought to it. As you can imagine some people are happy to chat and others less so. So it's always nice to...
Tackling the teenage pregnancy myths
The media image of teenage pregnancy - that rates are soaring; that teens are getting pregnant to try and play the system; that they then make bad parents - is far from the truth. For example:...
Gateway POWs: breastfeeding figures are up again
Our figures for last year show that women supported by a Pregnancy Outreach Worker are more likely to breastfeed than the regional and national averages. Have a look: Average number of new mothers...
Pregnancy Outreach Workers Handing Over
POWs can support women all the way through their pregnancy and then for a short time post natally (usually a maximum of 8 weeks). In total the support can last for almost a year. This gives the POW...
Breastfeeding 20% more likely with Gateway POWs
In the last quarter of 2012, 65 babies were born to clients of our Pregnancy Outreach Workers team, and 55 of those women initiated breastfeeding. That's 85%, compared to an average of 65% in the...