August 2019
MAMA Academy Wellbeing Wallets are now available to expectant mums at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. They are being distributed within over 100 NHS Trusts, as part of the government’s stillbirth strategy to reduce stillbirth by 50% by 2025. The wallets are usually given to mothers by their midwife at the booking in appointment to protect the antenatal notes and they aid discussions such as quitting smoking and reporting symptoms such as preeclampsia and reduced movements.
Mothers are regularly empowering themselves with essential pregnancy knowledge in the waiting room. This ensures that key messages such as monitoring babies’ movements become second nature to the woman as she carries the wallet with her.