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The MAMMI Study

Welcome to the course


Welcome to the first of these four sessions – learn about some of the myths around motherhood and hear from mothers about their experiences and health after birth.

Nurses, midwives, physiotherapists and mothers involved in the Maternal Health and Maternal Morbidity in Ireland (MAMMI) study at Trinity College Dublin have developed this course.

  • Over 3,000 first-time mothers from three maternity hospitals in Ireland were asked about their experiences of being a mother before and up to 12 months after the birth.
  • Using this research we have created a course to help you learn how to improve your health after having a baby.
  • This course is designed with and for women.

It's all about asking women 'How are you?'.

Meet the team

Find out more about the team who are excited to present videos, interactive exercises, infographics and lots more in this course.

Dr Deirdre Daly

Deirdre is an Assistant Professor in Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She has over 35 years' clinical and education experience in midwifery and leads the Maternal health And Maternal Morbidity in Ireland (MAMMI) study. The MAMMI study was set up in 2011 as a study 'with and for' women, and now has active participation from women in all parts of the research - women co-design, co-develop and co-present the study and its findings. Our motto is nothing about women without women.

Deirdre Daly

Cinny Cusack MISCP

Hello! I am the Physiotherapy Manager in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Part of my role is to help women know how to keep themselves and their pelvic floors, fit and healthy during pregnancy, following childbirth, into the menopause and beyond.

Cinny Cusack MISCP

Susan Hannon

Susan Hannon is a PhD student with the MAMMI Study in Trinity College Dublin, with research interests in the area of maternal mental health and resilience.

Susan Hannon

Other team members involved in our course were:


Patrick Moran Francesca Wuytack
Sarah Bowman Kathleen Hannon
Ramon Escuriet Marta Benet Blasco
Maria Cristina Martinez Bueno Niamh Kenny
Agnes Higgins John Sheehan
Deirdre O’Malley  

With special thanks to:


  
Sinead Buckley Emily Power Smith
Sarah Benson Louise Gallagher
Krysia Lynch  

What will you learn?

As Deirdre has talked about in her video, this course will explore women's physical, emotional and sexual health, as well as their wellbeing in relationships after birth.

  • In session 1 we will be exploring myths around motherhood and how to be active after pregnancy.
  • In session 2 we will be addressing incontinence, a common health problem for many women, and coaching you through pelvic floor muscle exercises.
  • In session 3 we will explore your mental health after giving birth.
  • In session 4 we will look at your sexual health and relationships after birth.

Every session you will be listening to women going through motherhood, and learning from their experiences.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify common postpartum health problems.
  • Apply strategies for postpartum health problems.
  • Assess what are normal and uncommon health problems postpartum.
  • Identify when professional help is needed for postpartum health problems.
  • Reflect on when self-help actions are needed.

Declaration on funding:

Declaration on funding: Our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Women’s Health After Motherhood (WHAM), and all the resources it contains, was funded by competitive grants awarded from the following institutions: The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Health Research Board (HRB) (Ireland) Knowledge Exchange Dissemination Scheme (KEDS). All sources of funding are reputable and ethical, and comply with the international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes, and with my professional code of conduct and ethics. Dr Deirdre Daly.