Make Mothers Matter presents landmark report at the European Parliament, calling for urgent policy actions Brussels, 17th September 2025 — Europe’s mothers are being ignored. Despite carrying the weight of care, work, and society’s future, they are sidelined in the very policies that affect them most. That’s the message international NGO Make Mothers Matter…
The term “Zero Separation,” coined by Dr. Nils Bergman, refers to minimizing or eliminating any unnecessary separation between the mother and the baby immediately after birth and for as long as possible, even in the case of premature and very premature babies. On the occasion of World Prematurity Day, the European Institute of Perinatal Mental…
The evaluation of psychiatrist Ibone Olza has been key in the process of understanding this mental disorder.This case in Costa Rica is a clear example of restorative justice in recognizing that both judicial and healthcare systems failed the woman. On June 8th, the Court of Justice of San José (Costa Rica) acquitted 35 year-old…
“We decided that the most sensible thing was that my husband stay with our older girl while I went in to birth alone – it was a painful decisión. Our girl was asleep in the car and my husband did not want me to go in alone and carrying my bag. I told him we…
by Ibnoe Olza, perinatal psychiatrist Dear midwife, How are you? I have spoken with several of your colleagues, others have written to me. They have told me of your feelings of frustration and impotence, of your exhaustion, of your giving of self. Of the difficult job you are facing in your birthing rooms since the…
Richard Fletcher, SMS4dads program for new dads. Dear new or soon-to-be fathers Providing the care and support to a pregnant mother and then discovering your fathering role within your new family is an exciting and important task, which has few guidelines. We hope you’re going okay and managing the highs and lows. We also want…
by Ibone Olza, perinatal psychiatrist. Dear patient, Thinking about you, I realize you might be a mother who has been separated from her infant. Or perhaps a father. I know of some cases where both, mother and father, are going through coronavirus infection, isolated, without their newborn. Maybe mother is in the hospital, alone, and…
by Ibone Olza, perinatal psychiatrist. Dear pregnant mother, Several close Friends have asked me to write this letter to you. Perhaps you are surprised that I call you “mother” if you are expecting your first child, but the truth is, I believe we are mothers from the moment we accept carrying a baby inside…
Postpartum should not be a time of battle. It should be a time of wellbeing, of enjoying your hard-earned, beautiful postpartum – a time of mothering with pleasure, to lessen the print of these scary times we are forced to live, by kissing, holding, hugging, loving your baby and being together hours on end. By Esther…
Perinatal health experts warn of the harmful effects of separating infants from their mothers, whether they are infected with COVID19 or not – separation is an unnecessary measure which at this moment is unadvised by the WHO in lieu of current evidence. One of the most painful realities this pandemic is bringing about is…
