Monic Joint, Founder of Mummy Must Have is a family bonding advocate, and has spoken publicly in relation to the current state of maternity services within the U.K., traumatic birth, and interruptions in bonding due to colic or difficulties post-birth. Monic and Mummy Must Have support the works of the Birth Trauma Association and the valuable support that they offer to U.K. families.
Monic Joint aims to highlight the need for improvements within maternity services in the U.K., providing midwives with better environments and resources to work with, as well as adequately staffed and supported environments to birth within.
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure the survival of independent midwifery in the UK and thereby offer real choice to pregnant women” http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/midwives
Koala Comforts is now mummymusthave.co.uk - Shop til you Pop!
In response to the increased range of soothing, fun necessities for parents and babies, Mummy Must Have is an exciting range of own brand products, along with fun, useful and practical products for yummy, eco and chilled out babies and parents everywhere!
Monic Joint’s article on Bonding with Babies appears in the launch issue of Child of Wimbledon Magazine, in a 2 part feature, highlighting the importance and hindrances to bonding with infants.
Monic Joint’s 2nd part feature article of how to bond with babies demonstrating bonding with infants both pre and post birth.
Monic Joint ‘s article “Natural Baby Bonding for Everyone” appears in the Summer issue of Baby Hampshire magazine, providing information on the importance of bonding with babies, hindrances to bonding, and how to bond both pre and post birth with infants.
Monic Joint appeared alongside a representative from the Royal College of Midwives ahead of the May 3rd BBC Panorama undercover investigation into maternity services within the U.K.
Monic spoke in 2 interviews of the need for more money to be input into U.K. maternity services, and highlighted the fact that women can birth more easily, more quickly, in less pain and with less intervention when they feel they are within a safe and supportive birth environment. Monic was interviewed by Kate Garroway and John Stapleton.
Monic Joint spoke about current maternity services within the U.K. including traumatic birth and midwife shortage results.
Monic Joint spoke on the topic of traumatic birth and how more needs to be done to support women both emotionally as well as physically during labour.
Koala Comforts.co.uk, it’s swaddling and bathing products, breastfeeding poncho and sling are featured in Baby Hampshire magazine’s Spring 2007 issue.
Koala Comforts, created by mum, bonding advocate, qualified baby massage instructor and former nanny Monic Joint, launches her range of baby slings, swaddle, bathing and breastfeeding poncho products along with her e-book on bonding “The Koala Carer” book on bonding with babies and positive parenting.
Monic Joint spoke alongside Dr. Hillary Jones in 2 interviews about maternity staff shortages and traumatic birth relating to measures announced by Dr. Sheila Shribman. The piece related to more choice being offered on how and where women birth within the U.K. Monic was interviewed by Andrew Castle, Penny Smith, John Stapleton and Fiona Philips.