Big Birthas research findings
How does being a larger mum affect your pregnancy and labour? The members of Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang know that there can be higher risks for mums with a high BMI, but what about the many larger mothers who…
PSG Podcast #2: Final Event Results Fair
The second in our series of podcasts gives you the chance to eavesdrop on the Results Fair at our Final Event in November 2018. The Results Fair was opened by Katherine Mathieson, CEO of the British Science Association, and features…
Big Birthas – effects of pregnancy and labour choices on larger mums
What are the effects of the choices given to higher BMI mums in pregnancy and labour? How does the language used by healthcare professionals make them feel? Our Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang wanted to know, so they email interviewed higher…
Newsletter # 11 – The Final Countdown
The PSG Final Event #parentsdoscience Parenting Science Gang is funded by Wellcome for a two year period and we’re coming towards the end of our project. Over the last 21 months, our 2000+ citizen scientists have achieved amazing things. They've created…
#parentsdoscience – a sneak peek at our Final Event schedule
We can't wait for our Final Event this weekend. Here's a sneak peek at our schedule. Our keynote Welcome speech will be by Dr Alice Jones, Director of Goldsmiths University Unit for School and Family Studies. She will talk about what Parenting…
#parentsdoscience – The PSG Final Event
In February last year, Parenting Science Gang opened its doors and four groups of parents stepped up to the challenge of doing to some real science about the issues that parents care about most. Since then we've had another four groups join…
Thematic Analysis 101
Three of our PSG groups are using thematic analysis to make sense of information that they are gathering for their research. But what is thematic analysis and how do we do it? In steps Nicky Human who uses and teaches thematic…
Big Birthas PSG research into larger pregnancies and labour
What’s it like being a larger mum during pregnancy? How do the choices you are offered affect your experience of pregnancy and labour? We are a group of plus-sized mums who would like to understand more about labour and pregnancy for people…
Newsletter #10 – The results are in for some of our groups!
Breast Milk Experiment - The Results! You may remember that back in February, over 100 mums went to Charing Cross Hospital to donate milk for a breast milk experiment designed and run by Breastfeeding Older Babies and Beyond (BOBAB) PSG and UK Breastfeeding and Parent Support…
Everything you need to know about qualitative research (but were afraid to ask)
The story so far: Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang are interested in the experiences that larger mums have during labour, specifically the choices that they are offered or not offered. But how to research this? Enter Dr Michael Larkin to…