How are you, Dad? In the Labour Ward Dr Jane Hanley - Founder of PMH Training, training professionals in Perinatal Mental Health Mark Williams - Paternal Mental Health Campaigner Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 9 October 2020...
Changing Practice in Shoulder Dystocia: A Midwife’s Journey
Changing Practice in Shoulder Dystocia: A Midwife’s Journey Lesley Ansell - Midwife working in Central Auckland Judith McAra-Couper - Lead Midwifery Department, AUT Peter Larmer - Head of School, Clinical Sciences, AUT Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23...
Calm, Comfort and Connection Massage for Family Wellbeing
Calm, Comfort and Connection Massage for Family Wellbeing Claire Nutt - Perinatal Mental Health & Wellbeing Midwife, North Bristol Trust Massage Therapist and Trainer Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 4 April 2020 My role, both as a midwife and...
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 […]
Storytelling, Midwifery Knowledge and Physiological Birth
Storytelling, Midwifery Knowledge and Physiological Birth Jo Gould – Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Brighton @Jo_Midwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 11 December 2019 Midwifery has a long oral tradition, where knowledge has been generated via the sharing of stories and experience from practice, rather than via scientific research. Any midwife […]
Identifying Complex Social Needs in Pregnancy
Identifying Complex Social Needs in Pregnancy Katy Crabbe – Midwife at Royal United Hospitals Bath Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 10 November 2019 The national maternity review: Better births (NHS England 2016) identified that every woman, pregnancy, baby and family is different. It is therefore vital that quality services are personalised and meet the […]
The Holy Grail: Autonomous Practice and Woman-centred Care
The Holy Grail: Autonomous Practice and Woman-centred Care Catja Ko – Third year Midwifery Student at King’s College London Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 5 May 2019 Studying midwifery is intense, and as a student midwife I find it quite challenging to constantly absorb theory, guidelines and protocols while learning new skills. It is hard to […]
The Value of Urinalysis – Reviewing Evidence and Practice
The Value of Urinalysis – Reviewing Evidence and Practice Anna Byrom – Senior lecturer UCLan and Editor TPM and Owner All4Maternity Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 3 March 2019 Background Urinalysis, previously known as uroscopy until the 17th century, began 6,000 years ago and was used as the primary diagnostic tool (Armstrong 2007). […]
On Reflection: A Midwife’s Experience of Domestic Abuse
On Reflection: A Midwife’s Experience of Domestic Abuse Jennifer Cole – Midwife at Worcester Royal Hospital Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 3 March 2019 When I started my midwifery education, in September 2013, I had a very clear idea of the type of midwife I wanted to become; of the way I would care […]
Exploring midwives’ experience of bereavement care
Exploring midwives’ experience of bereavement care Michelle Tant- Midwife at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and Breastfeeding Counsellor for NCT in Brighton and Hove Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 21 Issue 11 December 2018 Supporting parents as they experience the devastating loss of their baby, be it before, during or shortly after birth presents a […]