* Fetal monitoring is not just about the fetal heart rate. It's about assuming how the baby is doing

* In 1974 the EFM machine was sold to maternity care units as the key to eliminating stillbirth. The evidence showed us it has made no difference. #EFM #MaternityCare22

* The CTG is NOT a diagnostic tool. It is an assessment tool enabling the clinician to use their assessment skills’

Jo Murphy Lawless (JML) TCD is amplifying the voices of student midwives; reading emails from #BirthRightsAllianceIreland Rally.

‘Systemic factors stop student midwives and midwives from being the midwife they want to be’ #MaternityCare22

* ‘Hierarchically driven organisations excludes those whose voices should be heard and leads to no improvement in outcomes’

“Implications of medical and legal issues leads us to intervene too soon” #MaternityCare22

* “Every woman needs a midwife and NOT every woman needs an obs”

* “There is no evidence to show that outcomes are improved if you are home birhing and are over 30 minutes from a maternity hospital.”

“We need a national campaign to raise awareness of home birth.”

* “Why are our heads in a computer when women are giving birth around us?”