{"product_id":"avery-lawrence-shayla-the-neuro-affirming-midwife-9781764272049","title":"The Neuro-Affirming Midwife","description":"The Neuro-Affirming Midwife: Practical Care for Autistic \u0026amp; ADHD Parents from Pregnancy to Postnatal\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSupport safer, calmer care for neurodivergent parents-without adding work to a busy shift. This practical guide shows you how to provide neuro-affirming maternity care across antenatal, labour, birth, and the postnatal period. You'll get plain-language tools you can use in clinics, birth centres, labour wards, and home settings: checklists, scripts, templates, and quick sheets that help teams reduce sensory overload, improve consent conversations, and plan reasonable adjustments that meet legal duties and local policies.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat You'll Learn\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNeuro-affirming practice basics: language, sensory profiles, communication preferences, and shared decision-making.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSensory-safe care: lighting, noise, touch, gowning, monitoring, and quiet-room set-ups.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCommunication \u0026amp; consent: short scripts, visual aids, and briefing sheets for triage, induction, assisted birth, and caesarean.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAutistic care needs: masking, monotropism, shutdowns\/meltdowns, interoception, pain, and postnatal decompression.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nADHD care needs: executive-function supports, appointment flow, medication considerations, feeding plans, and follow-up aids.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBirth planning: creating a neurodivergent birth plan and documenting reasonable adjustments for continuity across shifts.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRisk \u0026amp; safety: overload first-aid, grounding steps, and trauma-aware debriefs.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTeam practice: handover phrases, signage, and small changes that raise care quality across the pathway.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat's Inside\n\u003cbr\u003e\nReady-to-use tools: birth plan template, consent and explanation scripts, sensory toolkit list, overstimulation response card, postnatal check prompts.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nUK-friendly phrasing: aligns with common NHS terms and roles while remaining useful internationally.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor the whole team: midwives, maternity support workers, perinatal educators, doulas, and obstetric teams.","brand":"Isohan Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53735828586838,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781764272049_1.jpg?v=1781781763","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/avery-lawrence-shayla-the-neuro-affirming-midwife-9781764272049","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}