The latest pPOD blog post is written by Lauren Capron and is about the Begin Before Birth conference, held at Imperial College London. The blog post can be read here.

Congratulations to Lauren Capron who has been accepted to present her research  at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) conference in September, and at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) conference in November.

Jane Iles has written a new blog post about her recently published paper with Dr Helen Pote, exploring first-time mothers’ experiences of postnatal posttraumatic stress. The study aimed to use qualitative accounts to build a theoretical model of maternal trauma symptoms, which can be used to guide clinical understanding and intervention. 

You can read the full blog post here, and download the paper from the bottom of the page.