Normal birth 3: Resolving Labour Dystocia Using the Principles of Biomechanics Molly O’Brien – Self-employed registered midwife Published in The Practising Midwife – Volume 23 Issue 10 November 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/NXTH1660 Summary This article focuses on the biomechanical aspect of birth, its absence from current midwifery training and how a better understanding of biomechanical processes during birth can […]
Home as a Place of Birth Option Following Confirmation of Intrauterine Fetal Death
Home as a Place of Birth Option Following Confirmation of Intrauterine Fetal Death Samuel Todd – Registered midwife, Birmingham City University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 10 November 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/NNHT4081 Summary This article looks at the importance of addressing the psychological issues as well as the physical condition of women who have experienced the […]
Delayed Cord Clamping Should be Recommended as Part of Immediate Resuscitation for Asphyxiated Neonates
Delayed Cord Clamping Should be Recommended as Part of Immediate Resuscitation for Asphyxiated Neonates Ijeoma Nebo – Third-year student midwife, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 10 November 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/GRKX1864 Summary The debate around delayed cord clamping (DCC) on non-vigorous infants, such as asphyxiated infants, remains a contentious and difficult area in […]
Normal Birth 2: Oxytocin and the Normal Physiology of Labour and Birth
Normal Birth 2: Oxytocin and the Normal Physiology of Labour and Birth Sophie Finnerty – Senior Lecturer (midwifery), School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Worcester Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 9 October 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/SALX4331 Summary In this second of a 10-part series, we explore how hormones during labour are continuous and […]
‘In Order to Refresh Memories’: Hand washing re-visited
‘In Order to Refresh Memories’: Hand washing re-visited Nicky Leap – Adjunct Professor of Midwifery University of Technology, Sydney Australia With Covid-19 highlighting the imperative for everyone to engage in rigorous hand washing, I find myself returning to instructions for hand washing written by midwifery legend Alice Gregory1 almost a hundred years ago. Alice Gregory […]
Magnesium Sulphate for Neuroprotection when Preterm Birth is Anticipated
Magnesium Sulphate for Neuroprotection when Preterm Birth is Anticipated Annette Ballard – Labour Ward Sister Rosie Cambridge – PReCePT Lead Midwife, Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 3 March 2020 Summary Preterm births are rising, and neonatal care provisions are advancing with research and technology. Intravenous Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4), given to the mother when […]
Humanisation of Childbirth: 6. Midwifery technology – midwifery practice for the humanisation of birth
Humanisation of Childbirth: 6. Midwifery technology –midwifery practice for the humanisation of birth Dr Elizabeth Newnham – Lecturer in Midwifery at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 2 February 2020 In this sixth article of the 19th Midwifery basics series on humanising birth, Elizabeth Newnham talks more about the […]
‘Giving Birth Like a Cow’
Giving Birth Like a Cow – a reflection on a visit to Bulgaria Sheena Byrom Midwife OBE Consultant & Director, All4Maternity The Zebra Midwives I’ve just returned from Sofia, Bulgaria where I was invited to speak at a medical and midwifery symposium. Midwives Yoana Stanecha and Ilona Neshkova asked me to speak about midwives and […]
Humanisation of Childbirth 4. The Paradox of the Institution
Humanisation of Childbirth 4. The Paradox of the Institution Dr Elizabeth Newnham – Lecturer in Midwifery at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 11 December 2019 In this fourth article of the 19th Midwifery Basics series, Dr Elizabeth Newnham describes more of the research from the ethnographic study that is […]
Case Study Supporting Continuity of Care Models for Breech Presentation at or at Near Term
Case Study Supporting Continuity of Care Models for Breech Presentation at or at Near Term Training Coordinator, Breech Birth Network, CIC; Lead Midwife for Birth Centre, Continuity and Breech Birth Service at St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust @MidwifeSpillane Dr Shawn Walker Director of Breech Birth Network, CIC; Lecturer at Kings College London University; Breech Specialist […]