Inverurie Community Maternity Unit

21/08/2025

On behalf of the care-team at Inverurie Community Maternity Unit, thank you for all of the wonderful baby hats and blankets that have been so generously and kindly knitted for our new arrivals. Our mums are so grateful to receive these beautiful gifts.

A special thank you to friends of Freda Cameron - Jo received a bag of hats this am, and to the very lovely Avril who knitted blankets for us a month ago.

Kindness at its best.

03/08/2025

✨To the mamas who are just learning

✨The ones in the middle of another growth spurt

✨The ones who have overcome struggles

✨To the ones who tried and the ones who couldn't

✨To the mamas without support

✨The ones who breastfed for a day or for years

✨And to those who don't, but support mamas that do

🤱🤍From the 1st-7th August we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 🤍🤱

02/08/2025

👶 Know a midwife who delivers excellence every day? Nominate them!

🌐 www.scotlandshealthawards.co.uk

🗓️ Deadline: Sunday 17th August

23/07/2025

Responsive feeding builds secure attachment. Here are some helpful visuals to aid in recognising early cues 🥰👶🏼

23/07/2025

Neomammas class schedule.

Have a look at our class schedule to see where you can find us any questions just message us ❤️

Connecting MUMS creating a community just for you ❣️

06/07/2025

Donor Human Milk - what is it? Donor human milk (DHM) is donated by mothers who have extra milk to spare. Donors are screened, including blood tests, to make sure their milk is suitable. The milk is also tested for bacteria and heat treated. Like donating blood the milk is freely donated, and its us...

10/06/2025

07/06/2025

❗ REMINDER: How to prepare powdered formula safely

It’s and the theme is putting science into action, as science can help us prevent diseases from food

We’re proud to have collaborated on the study “The safety of at home powdered infant formula preparation: A community science project” led by Swansea University

The study explored the safety of infant formula preparation practices compared to NHS guidelines. Around half of the 143 parents (74 people) used infant formula preparation machines, while the remaining 69 parents used kettles to boil the water for infant formula preparation.

85% of the 74 infant formula preparation machines tested by parents in UK homes did not appear to produce water that would be hot enough to kill any harmful bacteria in the infant formula powder, and could pose a serious risk to infant health

For the 69 parents in the study who used a kettle to heat the water used to prepare infant formula, 22% reported water temperatures that were not hot enough to kill any harmful bacteria in the infant formula powder

Remember: the safest way to prepare a bottle of formula is to use water that has been boiled in a kettle and is still at least 70 degrees

This and other infographics developed by the study team can be found here: https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/making-infant-milk-safely

01/06/2025

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If you feel you have received extraordinary care from a Midwife, you can nominate them for a Daisy Award here. There is no time limit on nominations so you may have received this care in the past 🌟

The Award is an opportunity for women or their loved ones to say 'thank you' to a Midwife who they feel has provided exceptional care.

You can nominate more than one person, but each nomination must be on a separate submission 🫶🏼

You can also nominate any nurse, health visitor or family nurse practitioner employed by NHS Grampian 🤍

Every nominee receives a certificate with your words/nomination and a special Daisy pin badge, and every quarter one nomination wins the overall prize of a Daisy Award based on what’s been said 💚

NOMINATE HERE 🌼 💛 👇🏼

https://www.nhsgrampian.org/DaisyAward

28/05/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Cassie, Michael and big brother Logan 🎉

Lincoln was welcomed into the world quite quickly on 28th April weighing in at 7lbs 2ozs

13/05/2025

Myth Busting Monday

There is always nappy contents talk within our team and with the families we support.

You might have heard that there is so little wastage in breastmilk so it is ok if your baby doesn't have a dirty nappy every day.

Actually, in the early weeks of breastfeeding, we look to nappies as an important indicator of your baby's milk intake. In the first 4-6 weeks, we look for babies to have a minimum of 2 dirty nappies a day.

After 6 weeks, the poo frequency may slow down or it might stay the same.

If you want more information on the consistency and frequency, visit Parent Club https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/feeding-checklist

Or Off to a Good Start pages 46 & 47

13/05/2025

Up next on ‘Meet the Team’

🏋🏻‍♀️ Meet Erin ❤️

Erin looks after families from her clinic in Westhill. She loves the continuity that community midwifery at ICMU brings.

When Erin isn’t working (which isn’t very often), you’ll find her in the gym or spending time with her family.

What Erin had to say:

‘I love the ability to provide care across the full continuum- antenatal, intrapartum & postnatal. I find continuity particularly rewarding, seeing families return for subsequent babies after providing care to them with their previous.’