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Responsibilities in the mother-midwife relationship
When I facilitate workshops with midwives and students, there is always a lot of discussion and debate about professional responsibilities in the mother-midwife relationship. These debates often get...
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Information Giving and the Law
I was writing a blog post on induction for prolonged pregnancy but got side tracked reflecting on a recent study day I attended about law. So, I will get this out of my system before finishing the...
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Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
Amniotic sac and fluid play an important role in the labour process and usually remain intact until the end of labour. However, around 10% of women will experience their waters breaking before labour...
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Childbirth Trauma: care provider actions and interactions
A big THANK YOU to all the women and men who shared their experiences of traumatic childbirth for Christian Inglis’ Honours study. There was so much data that Christian chose to focus on paternal...
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Research (Bias) and Maternity Care
Peacock feathers were believed to ease birth pains The childbearing experience has always been unpredictable and potentially dangerous. In response, humans have sought ways to create a sense of control...
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Understanding and assessing labour progress
I have previously written about how the current framework for understanding and assessing labour progress is inaccurate, not supported by evidence, and fails to incorporate women’s experience of birth....
View ArticleThe Perineal ‘Bundle’ and Midwifery
I’ve tried to avoid tackling this issue for months now but it won’t go away. It seems that the ‘bundle’ is one of the main topics of concern amongst midwives and students at the moment. So here goes –...
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No woman’s land – a student midwife’s call (guest post)
Art work: “I am here for you” – Amanda Greavette http://amandagreavette.com I received the following from an Australian midwifery student who has agreed for me to publish the post anonymously. Whilst...
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Birthing the Placenta: women’s decisions and experiences
We have just published new research findings. You can access the full journal article free here: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth There has been a lot of research exploring the outcomes related to...
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Big Babies: the risk of care provider fear
Isla Miller (and cheeks) Big babies are normal in well resourced countries. Over 10% of babies born in the UK and Australia weigh 4kg (8lb 13oz) or more. Healthy well nourished women grow healthy well...
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