Rebecca Matthews
@rebeccamatthewspsy.bsky.social
Sr Lecturer in Educ & Child Development. PhD Psychology student. Former primary teacher. Mum of 2. Interests- #birthtrauma, #maternitysafety, #ReproEthics, child development, parenting, BCYP mental health, education & learning. Opinions own.
This comment just shows the complete lack of understanding of the situation by @laylamoran.bsky.social - instead of listening to families and reading our 40-page impact report, she’s quoting @rcm.org.uk who played a key role in promoting ‘normal birth’ & the drive to lower caesarean rates
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This comment just shows the complete lack of understanding of the situation by @laylamoran.bsky.social - instead of listening to families and reading our 40-page impact report, she’s quoting @rcm.org.uk who played a key role in promoting ‘normal birth’ & the drive to lower caesarean rates
Do have a read of our latest article about how the term #ObstetricViolence camouflages the harm caused by the promotion of #normalbirth & undermines #InformedConsent in the process.
Very important read given the UK’s national maternity & neonatal investigation.
#MaternitySafety
Very important read given the UK’s national maternity & neonatal investigation.
#MaternitySafety
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Do have a read of our latest article about how the term #ObstetricViolence camouflages the harm caused by the promotion of #normalbirth & undermines #InformedConsent in the process.
Very important read given the UK’s national maternity & neonatal investigation.
#MaternitySafety
Very important read given the UK’s national maternity & neonatal investigation.
#MaternitySafety
🚨 New Perspectives article in @mja.com.au 🚨
“Linguistic manoeuvres: obstetric violence camouflages harm and loss of consent from birth”
By Dr. Harsha Ananthram @believemeithurt.bsky.social Nadine Montgomery @jamestitcombe.bsky.social Prof. Ajay Rane & 🙋♀️
➡️ doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70045
“Linguistic manoeuvres: obstetric violence camouflages harm and loss of consent from birth”
By Dr. Harsha Ananthram @believemeithurt.bsky.social Nadine Montgomery @jamestitcombe.bsky.social Prof. Ajay Rane & 🙋♀️
➡️ doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70045
September 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🚨 New Perspectives article in @mja.com.au 🚨
“Linguistic manoeuvres: obstetric violence camouflages harm and loss of consent from birth”
By Dr. Harsha Ananthram @believemeithurt.bsky.social Nadine Montgomery @jamestitcombe.bsky.social Prof. Ajay Rane & 🙋♀️
➡️ doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70045
“Linguistic manoeuvres: obstetric violence camouflages harm and loss of consent from birth”
By Dr. Harsha Ananthram @believemeithurt.bsky.social Nadine Montgomery @jamestitcombe.bsky.social Prof. Ajay Rane & 🙋♀️
➡️ doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70045
In Psychology we pay such close attention to ethical practices & rigour in research- why is this different for @ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social?
Using patient data without due consent processes 🤔
#ClinicalEthics #ReproEthics #InformedConsent
Using patient data without due consent processes 🤔
#ClinicalEthics #ReproEthics #InformedConsent
August 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In Psychology we pay such close attention to ethical practices & rigour in research- why is this different for @ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social?
Using patient data without due consent processes 🤔
#ClinicalEthics #ReproEthics #InformedConsent
Using patient data without due consent processes 🤔
#ClinicalEthics #ReproEthics #InformedConsent
July ‘24 I complained to @ox.ac.uk re the use of patient data collected via MNVP FB survey w/o ethical approval or patient consent by academics, #OxfordUniversityHospitals staff & the MNVP (funded by NHS BOB ICB)- jme.bmj.com/content/51/5/j…
Oxford University said no issues…🤷♀️
#ClinicalEthicscs
Oxford University said no issues…🤷♀️
#ClinicalEthicscs
August 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
July ‘24 I complained to @ox.ac.uk re the use of patient data collected via MNVP FB survey w/o ethical approval or patient consent by academics, #OxfordUniversityHospitals staff & the MNVP (funded by NHS BOB ICB)- jme.bmj.com/content/51/5/j…
Oxford University said no issues…🤷♀️
#ClinicalEthicscs
Oxford University said no issues…🤷♀️
#ClinicalEthicscs
And yet while women are ignored & not listened to by maternity staff at OUH, their data is used for research projects, & they are suddenly of interest when the harm they experienced can be ‘showcased’ in medical journals.
#Clinicalethics?
familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
#HealthPsychology #ReproEthics
#Clinicalethics?
familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
#HealthPsychology #ReproEthics
August 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And yet while women are ignored & not listened to by maternity staff at OUH, their data is used for research projects, & they are suddenly of interest when the harm they experienced can be ‘showcased’ in medical journals.
#Clinicalethics?
familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
#HealthPsychology #ReproEthics
#Clinicalethics?
familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
#HealthPsychology #ReproEthics
After presenting my first paper at SRIP, next up is my second paper at @bsaecf.bsky.social @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social in a fortnight-
“From Expectation to Betrayal: Unmet Birth Expectations & the Interpersonal Roots of Trauma.”
#BirthTrauma #PerinatalPsychology #MedicalSociology
“From Expectation to Betrayal: Unmet Birth Expectations & the Interpersonal Roots of Trauma.”
#BirthTrauma #PerinatalPsychology #MedicalSociology
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
After presenting my first paper at SRIP, next up is my second paper at @bsaecf.bsky.social @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social in a fortnight-
“From Expectation to Betrayal: Unmet Birth Expectations & the Interpersonal Roots of Trauma.”
#BirthTrauma #PerinatalPsychology #MedicalSociology
“From Expectation to Betrayal: Unmet Birth Expectations & the Interpersonal Roots of Trauma.”
#BirthTrauma #PerinatalPsychology #MedicalSociology
Seeing lots of posts about Odent- let’s not forget that he thought children born by caesarean birth were born with an “impaired capacity to love” & even checked the CS rates in countries to see if it was safe to go out at night…
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And we wonder why caesarean shame exists…
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And we wonder why caesarean shame exists…
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seeing lots of posts about Odent- let’s not forget that he thought children born by caesarean birth were born with an “impaired capacity to love” & even checked the CS rates in countries to see if it was safe to go out at night…
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And we wonder why caesarean shame exists…
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And we wonder why caesarean shame exists…
Really enjoyed presenting my PhD research “Intensive Birthing Ideology and Maternal Self-Discrepancy: Understanding the psychological impact of unmet birth expectations” at the @thesrip.bsky.social Conference today. Many interesting conversations afterwards. #SRIP2025 #PerinatalPsychology
August 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Really enjoyed presenting my PhD research “Intensive Birthing Ideology and Maternal Self-Discrepancy: Understanding the psychological impact of unmet birth expectations” at the @thesrip.bsky.social Conference today. Many interesting conversations afterwards. #SRIP2025 #PerinatalPsychology
🚨 SIX HUNDRED HARMED FAMILIES 🚨
100 testimonials shared to our website 😢
www.familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/your-experie... How has this level of harm been allowed to continue? @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @gmcuk.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
100 testimonials shared to our website 😢
www.familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/your-experie... How has this level of harm been allowed to continue? @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @gmcuk.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 SIX HUNDRED HARMED FAMILIES 🚨
100 testimonials shared to our website 😢
www.familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/your-experie... How has this level of harm been allowed to continue? @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @gmcuk.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
100 testimonials shared to our website 😢
www.familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/your-experie... How has this level of harm been allowed to continue? @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @gmcuk.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Let’s not forget even our own Oxfordshire MPs have not listened- even in the face of awareness of repeated preventable harm. This was @laylamoran.bsky.social via BBC in April. Layla hasn’t once engaged with our group. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Let’s not forget even our own Oxfordshire MPs have not listened- even in the face of awareness of repeated preventable harm. This was @laylamoran.bsky.social via BBC in April. Layla hasn’t once engaged with our group. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
See all of the latest news about the Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign, including an ITVX mini-doc about the harm & our concerns about #MaternitySafety via our website.
familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/latest-news
#MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe #BirthTrauma #OxfordUniversityHospitals
familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/latest-news
#MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe #BirthTrauma #OxfordUniversityHospitals
August 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
See all of the latest news about the Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign, including an ITVX mini-doc about the harm & our concerns about #MaternitySafety via our website.
familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/latest-news
#MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe #BirthTrauma #OxfordUniversityHospitals
familiesfailedbyouh.co.uk/latest-news
#MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe #BirthTrauma #OxfordUniversityHospitals
Great to see my presentation abstract published in @bjog.bsky.social following the RCOG World Congress 2025. Check it out under ‘Hot Topics in Obstetrics’- “Unmet birth expectations: Maternity care's role in maternal mental health”. #BirthTrauma #PsychologicalSafety #PhDChat #Maternity
August 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great to see my presentation abstract published in @bjog.bsky.social following the RCOG World Congress 2025. Check it out under ‘Hot Topics in Obstetrics’- “Unmet birth expectations: Maternity care's role in maternal mental health”. #BirthTrauma #PsychologicalSafety #PhDChat #Maternity
Time & again women’s knowledge about their bodies, & clinical expertise from beyond OUH is dismissed leading to preventable harm. This is not historic harm- this is happening now…we have families joining our group daily.
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Time & again women’s knowledge about their bodies, & clinical expertise from beyond OUH is dismissed leading to preventable harm. This is not historic harm- this is happening now…we have families joining our group daily.
Babies’ & mothers’ lives put at risk because of a drive to increase vaginal birth rates & lower caesarean rates. Horrors of Morecambe Bay allowed to be repeated by the Chair of OUH who was also the #Ethics Expert at Morecambe Bay… HOW? WHY?
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Babies’ & mothers’ lives put at risk because of a drive to increase vaginal birth rates & lower caesarean rates. Horrors of Morecambe Bay allowed to be repeated by the Chair of OUH who was also the #Ethics Expert at Morecambe Bay… HOW? WHY?
Women begging for caesareans… Being put through horrific #psychologicalharm trying to access a safe mode of birth that they could access on the #NHS in other parts of the U.K… All because of anti-#caesarean maternity leadership at #OxfordUniversityHospitals.
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Women begging for caesareans… Being put through horrific #psychologicalharm trying to access a safe mode of birth that they could access on the #NHS in other parts of the U.K… All because of anti-#caesarean maternity leadership at #OxfordUniversityHospitals.
A mother who made it clear she did not want a forceps birth dismissed by an #OxfordUniversityHospitals midwife & told a caesarean wasn’t an option. This breaches #InformedConsent guidance & #HumanRights. Why is this allowed to continue?
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A mother who made it clear she did not want a forceps birth dismissed by an #OxfordUniversityHospitals midwife & told a caesarean wasn’t an option. This breaches #InformedConsent guidance & #HumanRights. Why is this allowed to continue?
The latest Families Failed by #OxfordUniversityHospitals Instagram post focuses on the on-going denial of access to #caesarean birth. 🚨 A mother with a big baby told a caesarean would stop her bonding with her baby…she experienced a 3b tear🧵 @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The latest Families Failed by #OxfordUniversityHospitals Instagram post focuses on the on-going denial of access to #caesarean birth. 🚨 A mother with a big baby told a caesarean would stop her bonding with her baby…she experienced a 3b tear🧵 @carequalitycomm.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social
This feels poignant after what the Families Failed by #OxfordUniversityHospitals Maternity Services campaign has exp’d over the past year. The Chair of OUH, Prof Jonathan Montgomery (UCL), was the Morecambe Bay Inquiry’s Ethics expert- make of that what you will. #MaternityScandal #BirthTrauma
July 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This feels poignant after what the Families Failed by #OxfordUniversityHospitals Maternity Services campaign has exp’d over the past year. The Chair of OUH, Prof Jonathan Montgomery (UCL), was the Morecambe Bay Inquiry’s Ethics expert- make of that what you will. #MaternityScandal #BirthTrauma
At #RCOG2025 over the next few days? Check out my ‘Hot topics in obstetrics’ poster on the app by searching for Matthews or PP.0074 to find out more about how maternity care can protect #maternalmentalhealth when birth isn’t as expected. #MaternitySafety #BirthTrauma #PhDChat
June 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
At #RCOG2025 over the next few days? Check out my ‘Hot topics in obstetrics’ poster on the app by searching for Matthews or PP.0074 to find out more about how maternity care can protect #maternalmentalhealth when birth isn’t as expected. #MaternitySafety #BirthTrauma #PhDChat
Shocked that amongst all of those amazing #PhD research posters, I won with my qualitative psychological work! ‘The “Gold Standard” Birth: How unmet birth expectations shape maternal mental health’. Hear more at RCOG, UCL, SRIP & the Medical Sociology conferences! #BirthTrauma #MaternalMentalHealth
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Shocked that amongst all of those amazing #PhD research posters, I won with my qualitative psychological work! ‘The “Gold Standard” Birth: How unmet birth expectations shape maternal mental health’. Hear more at RCOG, UCL, SRIP & the Medical Sociology conferences! #BirthTrauma #MaternalMentalHealth
Going to #RCOG2025? Do pop along to “Hot topics in obstetrics” on Tuesday 1-2 to hear about my psychological research: “Unmet birth expectations: Maternity care’s role in maternal mental health”. Trauma-informed, psychologically safe care matters. #MaternitySafety #BirthTrauma
June 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Going to #RCOG2025? Do pop along to “Hot topics in obstetrics” on Tuesday 1-2 to hear about my psychological research: “Unmet birth expectations: Maternity care’s role in maternal mental health”. Trauma-informed, psychologically safe care matters. #MaternitySafety #BirthTrauma
The 2021 Tees Law report on NHS Trusts failing to support maternal request caesareans was a warning sign. Look at the Trusts that didn’t even respond: @ouhospitals.bsky.social & @mse.nhs.uk. The clues were there all along. Why have leaders not listened? #MaternitySafety
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The 2021 Tees Law report on NHS Trusts failing to support maternal request caesareans was a warning sign. Look at the Trusts that didn’t even respond: @ouhospitals.bsky.social & @mse.nhs.uk. The clues were there all along. Why have leaders not listened? #MaternitySafety
Incredibly proud to have won the Research Poster competition at today’s @unirdg-phd.bsky.social conference with my poster ‘The “Gold Standard” Birth: How Unmet Birth Expectations Shape Maternal Mental Health’. So many emotional discussions ❤️ #PhD #MaternalMentalHealth #BirthTrauma
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Incredibly proud to have won the Research Poster competition at today’s @unirdg-phd.bsky.social conference with my poster ‘The “Gold Standard” Birth: How Unmet Birth Expectations Shape Maternal Mental Health’. So many emotional discussions ❤️ #PhD #MaternalMentalHealth #BirthTrauma
The Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign committee have today written to BOB ICB to request an urgent review of the conduct of Oxfordshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership. #MaternitySafety #PatientVoice #MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe
www.familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
www.familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign committee have today written to BOB ICB to request an urgent review of the conduct of Oxfordshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership. #MaternitySafety #PatientVoice #MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe
www.familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk
www.familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk