Shared learning and reflections from the MuM study: An online antenatal music programme for maternal wellbeing co-designed by midwives, music therapists and women with lived experience

Tríona McCaffrey; Pui Sze Cheung; Kyriaki Pantelidou; Cathy McGlynn; Laoise FitzGerald; Mairéad Morales; Noelle O’Riordan; Anna Papyan; Sylvia Murphy-Tighe

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2025.104560

Shared learning and reflections from the MuM study: An online antenatal music programme for maternal wellbeing co-designed by midwives, music therapists and women with lived experience

Tríona McCaffrey^*
, Pui Sze Cheung
, Kyriaki Pantelidou
, Cathy McGlynn
, Laoise FitzGerald
, Mairéad Morales
, Noelle O’Riordan
, Anna Papyan
, Sylvia Murphy-Tighe

^*Corresponding author for this work

Allied Health, Social Work & Wellbeing

University of Limerick
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Music Therapist and Creative Health Associate in Allied Health
University of Central Lancashire

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Original language	English
Article number	104560
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Midwifery
Volume	149
Early online date	6 Aug 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104560
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2025

Keywords

Shared learning
antenatal music programme
maternal wellbeing
midwives
music therapists
mothers

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McCaffrey, T., Cheung, P. S., Pantelidou, K., McGlynn, C., FitzGerald, L., Morales, M., O’Riordan, N., Papyan, A., & Murphy-Tighe, S. (2025). Shared learning and reflections from the MuM study: An online antenatal music programme for maternal wellbeing co-designed by midwives, music therapists and women with lived experience. Midwifery, 149, 1-4. Article 104560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104560

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