NPTMN Newsletter Autumn 2023

• Supporting young mothers whose babies are involved with social care
• Digidad – resources for young dads and professionals
• Research: Antenatal care and teenage pregnancy outcomes
• Digital Healthy Start

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2023

• New videos in Baby Buddy phone app – breastfeeding, domestic abuse and choice in maternity care
• Research: Adverse childhood experiences and teenage pregnancy
• Resources for young dads
• Free online relationships course: Me, You and Baby Too
• Quit smoking animation

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2022

• Talking about safer sleep with young parents
• Research: What teenagers value about antenatal care
• Research: Teenage mothers on the postnatal ward and breastfeeding

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2021

• Getting Maternity Services Right for Young Parents
• Trauma-informed care in the perinatal period
• Research: Supporting pregnant teenagers to eat healthily
• Research: Young mothers’ emotional connection to their baby begins in pregnancy
• Free online training in Healthy Conversation Skills

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2020

• You and Your Partner – free relationship support resources
• Providing contraception in maternity services during the pandemic
• Digital maternity exemption certificates
• The New Mum Star (FNP tool)
• Research: Teenage pregnancy as a traumatic event

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2019

• Smoking in pregnancy – statistics
• Smoking in pregnancy – carbon monoxide monitors
• Smoking in pregnancy – incentives to quit
• Resources on smokefree pregnancy
• Behaviour change theory: the COM-B Model
• Research – pregnant young women, healthy eating and exercise
• Resources – new website for parent and child foster care

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2019

• Key statistics from updated Public Health England guidance
• Research – Young mothers and mental health
• Local Government Association guidance featuring Brighton TPM

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2018

• New films on exercise and eating well in Baby Buddy app
• Research – Young mothers and the struggle to adapt to a new identity
• Family Nurse Partnership programme testing changes
• Specialist website for young parents whose children are in need or at risk
• Films for young mums from Fixers

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2018

• Group Family Nurse Partnership trial results
• Research – safe sleeping messages and young mums’ decisions
• Practice example: Barking, Havering & Redbridge specialist teenage pregnancy midwife
• Auditing the work of a teenage pregnancy midwife
• New films in Baby Buddy app
• Useful websites for young parents

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2017

• Young parents under 25
• New Baby Buddy films on maternity rights at work
• Research requests: Eating and physical activity; postnatal care
• Young parents who are looked after children or care leavers
• Teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2017

• Pregnant teenagers and smoking: getting the words right
• Research: Dedicated antenatal services for teenagers improve outcomes
• Young mothers’ views of support services
• Video resources: Healthtalk.org
• Resources & courses

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2017

• Latest teenage pregnancy figures
• New baby communication and mental health films
• Pregnant teenagers’ understanding of depression and use of mental health services
• Young mums together: running services for young parents
• Research: outcomes for very young mothers; BMI and outcomes for teenagers
• Practice example: Young parents’ antenatal clinic and classes in Thetford
• Global Big Latch On 4-5 August
• New stop smoking incentives study in Southampton

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2016

• Our Chance safer pregnancy campaign
• Research: baby simulators, and relationships with health professionals
• Practice example: caseloading midwifery at Basildon & Thurrock
• Advice from midwives on caseloading
• Interim feedback from the North of England Breastfeeding Study
• Bubbalicious website is now Little Lullaby

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2016

• A framework for supporting teenage mothers and young fathers
• Young mothers’ voices from North West England
• Research: Beyond PND…teenage pregnancy and mental health
• Working with young dads to prevent domestic abuse, Hampshire

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2016

• Teenage conceptions halved since 1998
• Smoking: talking about smoking; shared key messages, new stop smoking app
• National Maternity Review highlights young parents’ needs
• Our Chance and Heads Together campaigns
• Research: preventing repeat unplanned pregnancies
• Baby boxes for young mothers
• Becoming Dad – new film for young fathers

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2015

• Getting maternity services right for pregnant teenagers and young fathers: new edition
• New films added to Baby Buddy phone app
• Antenatal education pain relief ideas from the NCT Young Parents’ Toolkit
• New project on young parents whose babies are involved with Children’s Services
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2015

• Results from the Family Nurse Partnership trial
• Including young fathers
• Research: body image, psycho-social support
• Designing a mental health poster for pregnant teenagers
• NCT antenatal education resource on hopes and fears for birth
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2015

• Baby Buddy phone app is helping young mothers
• Research: mother- infant relationship; truancy and teenage motherhood
• Gillick competency and maternity care
• Safer Sleep peer ambassadors from the Lullaby Trust
• Teenage Pregnancy Midwife job descriptions
  
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2014

• Fall in teenage birth rates
• International comparisons
• Baby Buddy phone app launched with new website
• Research: teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage
• Making antenatal education work for teenagers
• New pelvic floor leaflet for teenagers
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2014

• Phone app Baby Buddy is here
• FNP and midwifery – working together
• Research: Partner support can improve teenage birth outcomes
• Durham and Darlington care pathway
• Using teenage BMI percentile charts at booking
• Resources for antenatal education
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2014

• New tools to track teenage pregnancy rates
• Young parents needed to test Baby Buddy – the new pregnancy and parenting app
• Young Woman’s Guide to Pregnancy – free new edition available
• Research: maternity care is a protective factor for pregnant teenagers’ health
• Baby Milk Challenge: Changing secondary school students’ attitudes to breastfeeding
• Practice example from Barnsley: maternity services at a college
• Liverpool antenatal care pathway for young women
• Resources: Feeding Together, a new breastfeeding app
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Winter 2013

• Birth registration in children’s centres
• Your ideas – caseloading pros/cons; right age for consultant led care?
• Research: Maternal - fetal attachment; impact of abuse
• Working with school age teenagers in Doncaster
• Liverpool postnatal telephone consultation at 6 weeks post-delivery
• Latest news from Best Beginnings – including news today of funding from the Big Lottery for the “Baby Buddy” app for young mothers
• Teenage pregnancy research update from Tommy’s the baby charity

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2013

The latest newsletter is a special edition focusing on what pregnant teenagers eat, what we can do to support them to make healthier choices and why it matters. 

• What do pregnant teenagers eat?
• What’s the impact of a poor pregnancy diet?
• What do teenagers say about their food choices?
• Obesity and teenage pregnancy
• What difference does Healthy Start make?
• Tips for talking to pregnant teenagers about food
• Food resources for midwives to use or share
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2013

• New figures on teenage breastfeeding, smoking, vitamins and weaning
• Phone apps for pregnant teenagers coming summer 2013
• Research: influence of dads on pregnancy outcome; impact of smoking
• Breastfeeding films for teenagers
• Quit smoking website for pregnant teenagers
• Conference 4th July 2013
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2012

• Domestic violence definition extended to teenagers
• Nottingham criteria for referral & sexual health pathway
• Can you help Best Beginnings, bubbalicious and the Fatherhood Institute?   
• Signposting to social media
• New resources
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Summer 2012

• Protecting young parents’ maternity services in the new commissioning era
• Ideas for antenatal classes
• Young parents’ videos to get discussion going
• New DVD for parents of premature babies
• Research: encouraging teenagers to breastfeed
  
  

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2012

• Policy news: School leaving age going up
• Research – The importance of antenatal care in reducing teenagers’ preterm births
• Research –childhood abuse and teenage pregnancy
• Research – substance use and teenage pregnancy
• Game for antenatal classes
• Video clips for antenatal classes

NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2011

• Preparation for Birth and Beyond: New handbook for running antenatal groups
• Tips for effective maternity care for young parents
• Research –  second teenage pregnancies; HIV
• Resources – video clips and websites for antenatal preparation

• Latest figures on teenage smoking in pregnancy and breastfeeding 
• Working with grandparents 
• Tips for raising sensitive issues 
• Film clips for antenatal classes 

NTPMN Newsletter Spring 2011

• Teenage mothers and the risk of premature birth
• A new approach to antenatal education
• NICE guide to resources for working with pregnant teenagers and young fathers

 
NTPMN Newsletter Autumn 2010

• Free online game to help new parents understand their baby
• New quit smoking resources
• Practice example: Brighton

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