Abi Merriel
@abimerriel.bsky.social
Obstetrician, maternity researcher passionate about personalising maternity care. Proud mum. Find me in Liverpool!
Beautiful setting for the British Intrapartum Care Society’s conference!! Really lovely start to the day from Susie Crowe! Looking forward to learning lots and sharing our research. @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Beautiful setting for the British Intrapartum Care Society’s conference!! Really lovely start to the day from Susie Crowe! Looking forward to learning lots and sharing our research. @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social
Checkout the @bjog.bsky.social health equity issue loads of really interesting papers and includes our caesarean birth core information set doi.org/10.1111/1471... and risk communication survey doi.org/10.1111/1471...
OBGYN
Linked article: This article is commented on by Walker, pp. 2040–2041 in this issue. To view this article visit https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.70012.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Checkout the @bjog.bsky.social health equity issue loads of really interesting papers and includes our caesarean birth core information set doi.org/10.1111/1471... and risk communication survey doi.org/10.1111/1471...
Enjoyed sharing @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social at the International Labour and birth research conference today. Was great to discuss core info sets including our published doi.org/10.1111/1471... caesarean core info set and our risk communication work doi.org/10.1111/1471...
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Enjoyed sharing @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social at the International Labour and birth research conference today. Was great to discuss core info sets including our published doi.org/10.1111/1471... caesarean core info set and our risk communication work doi.org/10.1111/1471...
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Are you a healthcare provider in the UK who either diagnoses, manages or follows up women who have had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy or gestational diabetes? Please complete this survey.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Are you a healthcare provider in the UK who either diagnoses, manages or follows up women who have had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy or gestational diabetes? Please complete this survey.
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Sharing our systematics review about GDM and stillbirth examined across country income level! @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sharing our systematics review about GDM and stillbirth examined across country income level! @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
BMFMS is off off off and away at the ICC in Belfast!
May 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
BMFMS is off off off and away at the ICC in Belfast!
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Are you pregnant, planning a pregnancy, recently had a baby or a partner? We need your help to tell us what you think of communication of risks, especially uncommon ones, within maternity care. You can enter a prize draw for 1 of four £25 vouchers. For moreinfo: redcap.link/riskcertaint...
Communication of risk certainty within maternity care
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May 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Are you pregnant, planning a pregnancy, recently had a baby or a partner? We need your help to tell us what you think of communication of risks, especially uncommon ones, within maternity care. You can enter a prize draw for 1 of four £25 vouchers. For moreinfo: redcap.link/riskcertaint...
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Exciting at the RCOG annual academic meeting for @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social was Ben sharing for the first time our core information set for caesarean birth!
February 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Exciting at the RCOG annual academic meeting for @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social was Ben sharing for the first time our core information set for caesarean birth!
And not to forget old friends / collaborators from Bristol! Go Danya sharing ichoose!
February 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
And not to forget old friends / collaborators from Bristol! Go Danya sharing ichoose!
Then there’s the fantastic presentations at the RCOG annual academic meeting from other Liverpool colleagues
February 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Then there’s the fantastic presentations at the RCOG annual academic meeting from other Liverpool colleagues
And there’s more posters about GDM risks and Induction-amazing job team….there’s still more to come tomorrow! @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
And there’s more posters about GDM risks and Induction-amazing job team….there’s still more to come tomorrow! @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
Fantastic day at RCOG annual academic meeting! So many posters and presentations sharing our work!!! @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Fantastic day at RCOG annual academic meeting! So many posters and presentations sharing our work!!! @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social @storkresearchgroup.bsky.social
📢 📢 The British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society abstract deadline for Belfast 8th-9th May has been extended to midnight on Thursday 13th February 2025
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research!! 🔬
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Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research!! 🔬
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February 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
📢 📢 The British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society abstract deadline for Belfast 8th-9th May has been extended to midnight on Thursday 13th February 2025
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research!! 🔬
Submit via: lnkd.in/eszrUx8w
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Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research!! 🔬
Submit via: lnkd.in/eszrUx8w
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Excited to share this work building the case that high quality balanced information can form an important part of pregnancy journeys-work to improve and standardise antenatal education is needed!
Delighted to share our study analysing 553 women's views on what they want from antenatal education. NHS antenatal classes are trusted and form a core element of the pregnancy journey. Inconsistent provision highlights the need for a standardised, comprehensive curriculum. rdcu.be/d8vS3
What Do Antenatal Women Want From Their Antenatal Education? A National Survey
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February 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Excited to share this work building the case that high quality balanced information can form an important part of pregnancy journeys-work to improve and standardise antenatal education is needed!
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Congratulations to @jennymriches who today passed her PhD viva and also published her second paper in @GlobalHealthBMJ in the space of a month! Her thesis has identified key areas where intervention, often simple, may save lives! gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
January 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Congratulations to @jennymriches who today passed her PhD viva and also published her second paper in @GlobalHealthBMJ in the space of a month! Her thesis has identified key areas where intervention, often simple, may save lives! gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
Delighted to share this study where we found that antenatal education impacts expectations of birth doi.org/10.1186/s128...
A qualitative exploration of women’s expectations of birth and knowledge of birth interventions following antenatal education - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Expectations of birth, and whether they are met, influence postnatal psychological wellbeing. Intrapartum interventions, for example induction of labour, are increasing due to a changing pr...
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January 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Delighted to share this study where we found that antenatal education impacts expectations of birth doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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Read our study sharing the experiences of 46 women's antenatal education. Birth expectations are informed by Antenatal Education - if it isn't balanced - a mismatch between expectations and experience may be precipitated. An antenatal education curriculum is needed! doi.org/10.1186/s128...
A qualitative exploration of women’s expectations of birth and knowledge of birth interventions following antenatal education - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Expectations of birth, and whether they are met, influence postnatal psychological wellbeing. Intrapartum interventions, for example induction of labour, are increasing due to a changing pr...
doi.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Read our study sharing the experiences of 46 women's antenatal education. Birth expectations are informed by Antenatal Education - if it isn't balanced - a mismatch between expectations and experience may be precipitated. An antenatal education curriculum is needed! doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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A qualitative exploration of women’s expectations of birth & knowledge of birth interventions following antenatal education
Anna Davies, Michael Larkin, Lucy Willis, Narendra Mampitiya, Mary Lynch, Miriam Toolan, @abimerriel.bsky.social et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Anna Davies, Michael Larkin, Lucy Willis, Narendra Mampitiya, Mary Lynch, Miriam Toolan, @abimerriel.bsky.social et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A qualitative exploration of women’s expectations of birth and knowledge of birth interventions following antenatal education - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Expectations of birth, and whether they are met, influence postnatal psychological wellbeing. Intrapartum interventions, for example induction of labour, are increasing due to a changing pr...
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A qualitative exploration of women’s expectations of birth & knowledge of birth interventions following antenatal education
Anna Davies, Michael Larkin, Lucy Willis, Narendra Mampitiya, Mary Lynch, Miriam Toolan, @abimerriel.bsky.social et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Anna Davies, Michael Larkin, Lucy Willis, Narendra Mampitiya, Mary Lynch, Miriam Toolan, @abimerriel.bsky.social et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Vaccines stopped polio.
December 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Vaccines stopped polio.
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💉👧 Vaccines cut long COVID risk in kids
A @thelancet.bsky.social study of over 113,000 people shows the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduced long COVID risk in children and teens. 95% effective during Delta and 60–75% during Omicron.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#SciComm #VaccinesWork #COVID 🧪
A @thelancet.bsky.social study of over 113,000 people shows the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduced long COVID risk in children and teens. 95% effective during Delta and 60–75% during Omicron.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#SciComm #VaccinesWork #COVID 🧪
Real-world effectiveness and causal mediation study of BNT162b2 on long COVID risks in children and adolescents
Our study suggests that BNT162b2 was effective in reducing risk of long COVID outcomes in children and adolescents during the Delta and Omicron periods. The mediation analysis indicates the vaccine’s effectiveness is primarily derived from its role in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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December 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
💉👧 Vaccines cut long COVID risk in kids
A @thelancet.bsky.social study of over 113,000 people shows the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduced long COVID risk in children and teens. 95% effective during Delta and 60–75% during Omicron.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#SciComm #VaccinesWork #COVID 🧪
A @thelancet.bsky.social study of over 113,000 people shows the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduced long COVID risk in children and teens. 95% effective during Delta and 60–75% during Omicron.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#SciComm #VaccinesWork #COVID 🧪
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Roll up roll up! Have you received NHS care and had gestational diabetes, raised blood pressure or pre-eclampsia in the last 5 years? If so please consider completing this survey! redcap.liverpool.ac.uk/surveys/?s=9...
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Roll up roll up! Have you received NHS care and had gestational diabetes, raised blood pressure or pre-eclampsia in the last 5 years? If so please consider completing this survey! redcap.liverpool.ac.uk/surveys/?s=9...
Roll up roll up! Have you received NHS care and had gestational diabetes, raised blood pressure or pre-eclampsia in the last 5 years? If so please consider completing this survey! redcap.liverpool.ac.uk/surveys/?s=9...
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Roll up roll up! Have you received NHS care and had gestational diabetes, raised blood pressure or pre-eclampsia in the last 5 years? If so please consider completing this survey! redcap.liverpool.ac.uk/surveys/?s=9...
Useful animation to accompany the updated RCOG consent guidelines www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/bro...
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Planned Caesarean Birth (Consent Advice No. 14) | RCOG
This guidance is for healthcare professionals to aid the provision of appropriate and balanced information about the potential benefits, risks and alternative modes of childbirth to those considering ...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Useful animation to accompany the updated RCOG consent guidelines www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/bro...
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@storkresearchgroup.bsky.social @theoptionsstudy.bsky.social
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A new study in AJOG shows that maternal RSV vaccination earlier in the approved 32-36 week window (at least 5 weeks prior to delivery) results in the highest transplacental transfer of maternal antibodies to the neonate. buff.ly/3UOeFR2
#Medsky #ObGynsky #Pedsky #IDsky #Neosky 🛟
#Medsky #ObGynsky #Pedsky #IDsky #Neosky 🛟
November 14, 2024 at 7:38 AM