Dr Anne-Mari Greenfield

Professional biography

Mari is an early career researcher, who works across the disciplines of health, sociology and psychology. Her research interests include:

• Participatory research
• Life course events
• Health inequalities
• Marginalised groups
• Perinatal wellbeing

She has a specific interest in the reproductive experiences of LGBTQ+ people.

Publications

• Mamrath, S., Greenfield, M., Fernandez-Turienzo, C., Fallon, V., and Silverio, S. (forthcoming) Postpartum anxiety in people giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic Plos One
• Greenfield, M. and Feeley, C. (2023) ‘Home alone – choosing freebirth’ in Madeley, A. (ed) Home birth, Elsevier ISBN: 9780323935012
• Greenfield, M. and Darwin, Z. (2023) LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents’ experiences of perinatal services during the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown. Birth https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12780
• Keeley, A., Greenfield, M. and Darwin, Z. (2023) ‘“We Should Be Working Together, and It Felt like They Disrupted That”: Pregnant Women and Partners’ Experiences of Maternity Care in the First UK COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown’ International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(4), 3382 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043383
• Greenfield, M. (2022) Lack of policy consideration for breastfeeding co-mothers in maternity services. British Journal of Midwifery 30(9), 526-530 https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.9.526 
• Darwin, Z. and Greenfield, M. (2022) ‘Diversity of family formation: LGBTQ+ parents’, in Borg Xuereb, R. and Jomeen, J. (eds) Perspectives on Midwifery and Parenthood, Routledge https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17285-4
• Greenfield, M., Jomeen, J. and Glover, L. (2022) ‘After last time, would you trust them? – Rebuilding trust in midwives after a traumatic birth’ Midwifery 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103435
• Greenfield, M. (2022) ‘We aren’t over the rainbow yet – A research review examining LGBTQ+ families’ experiences in perinatal care services’ The Student Midwife, 5(2) 6-9
• Greenfield, M. and Marshall, A. (2022) ‘Big Birthas – the effect of being labelled ‘high BMI’ on women’s experiences of pregnancy and birth autonomy’ MIDIRS, 32(1), 25-30
• Darwin, Z. and Greenfield, M. (2022) ‘Gestational and non-gestational parents: challenging assumptions’ Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40(1), 1-2  https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.2020977
• Greenfield, M., Payne-Gifford, S. and McKenzie, G. (2021) ‘Between a rock and a hard place: freebirth during the Covid-19 pandemic’ Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 2, 603744 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.603744
• Greenfield, M. and Darwin, Z. (2020) ‘Trans and non-binary pregnancy, traumatic birth and perinatal mental health: A scoping review’ Journal of Transgender Health, 22(1-2), 203-16 https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2020.1841057
• Darwin, Z. and Greenfield, M. (2019) ‘Mothers and Others: the invisibility of LGBTQ people in reproductive and infant psychology’ Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 37(4), 341-3 https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2019.1649919
• Greenfield, M., Jomeen, J. and Glover, L. (2019) “It can’t be like last time’- Choices made in early pregnancy by women who have previously experienced a traumatic birth’ Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 56 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00056
• Greenfield, M. (2019) ‘Choices after traumatic birth’, in Jefford, E. and Jomeen, J. (eds) Empowering decision-making in midwifery, Routledge: Oxon, 172-83
• Greenfield, M. (2017) 'He's not the mother - LGBT parents and language' Association for Improvements in Maternity Services, 29(2), 14-5 ISSN 0256-5004 
• Greenfield, M., Jomeen, J. and Glover, L. (2016) 'What is traumatic birth? A concept analysis and literature review', British Journal of Midwifery, 24(4), 254-67 https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.4.254

Teaching interests

As well as undertaking research, Mari teaches research methodology, has experience of supervising Masters' level students, and runs a monthly Qualitative Research Clinic for Open University staff with her colleague Lauren O'Hagan.

Impact and engagement

The Guardian Weekend feature article on freebirth research ‘Women feel they have no option but to give birth alone’: the rise of freebirthing | Childbirth | The Guardian

BBC Wales reporting on the rise in freebirth Freebirth: 'Giving birth without medical help felt safer' - BBC News