Early Pregnancy Loss Perspectives 1: Ectopic Pregnancy Dr Anna Byrom (she/her) – Midwifery Educator, CEO All4Maternity Social @acbmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 8-12 https://doi.org/10.55975/URJW5831 Summary This article is the first in an occasional series focusing on early pregnancy loss reviewing the underpinning aetiology, personal impact, evidence and […]
Reflective Narrative of a Practice Development Midwife
Reflective Narrative of a Practice Development Midwife Claire Stringer (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University Social @ClaireEliz1986 Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 35-38 https://doi.org/10.55975/QJZH9456 Summary This article looks at my former role as a Practice Development Midwife and offers a reflective narrative of lessons learned. The most […]
How It Works 6: Understanding and Promoting Physiological Labour and Birth
How It Works 6: Understanding and Promoting Physiological Labour And Birth Sarah E Milnes (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, University of Leicester Social @sarahemilnes Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 13-17 https://doi.org/10.55975/FSKE3613 Summary From conception to the early postnatal period a mother and baby undergo a very specific and sequential […]
Birth Planning When a Baby has Died
Birth Planning When a Baby has Died Angie Bowles – Private Midwife Social @thespecialmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Page 19 https://doi.org/10.55975/KFPK6531 As a private midwife, alongside ‘normal’ full continuity care, I provide specialist care for those facing loss and in pregnancy after loss. Parents often report that the […]
Effectiveness of the Bradley Method on Labour Outcome in Primigravida Women
Effectiveness of The Bradley Method on Labour Outcome in Primigravida Women Joyce Robert Mathivanan , Nursing Student Dr Seeta Devi, Associate Professor Symbiosis College of Nursing, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Maharashtra, India Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 39-42 https://doi.org/10.55975/VYKW2895 Summary During pregnancy, women and birthing people build an […]
Miscarriage Support Tool: Equity of Care
Miscarriage Support Tool: Equity of Care Rebecca Sweetman – Senior Digital Health Project Manager, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Professor Siobhan Quenby – Professor of Obstetrics, University of Warwick and Consultant Obstetrician, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Social @s-quenby Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 20-23 https://doi.org/10.55975/YZGZ9415 Summary Large […]
Asking in Pregnancy About Previous Trauma
Asking in Pregnancy About Previous Trauma Joanne Cull – National Institute for Health Research Wellbeing of Women Doctoral Fellow, University of Central Lancashire Social @CullJoanne Professor Gill Thomson – University of Central Lancashire Social @gill_thomson Professor Soo Downe – University of Central Lancashire Distinguished Professor Michelle Fine – City University of New York Dr Anastasia […]
Teaching Perinatal Loss Through Lived Experience
Teaching Perinatal Loss Through Lived Experience Dr Alys Einion (she/her) – Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee, and Editor-in-Chief, The Practising Midwife Social @alysthemidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 29-31 https://doi.org/10.55975/GBTB1030 Summary Supporting students and qualified staff to provide care during perinatal bereavement is a challenge. In UK culture, […]
Simulation-Enhanced Skills in Perinatal Bereavement Care
Simulation-Enhanced Skills in Perinatal Bereavement Care Dr Anne Leyland (she/her) – Midwifery Lecturer, University of Salford Social @ksleyland Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 3 May 2024, Pages 32-34 https://doi.org/10.55975/GXHP3048 Summary The unexpected death of a baby through stillbirth is a tragic and traumatic event for parents and caregivers. For midwifery students, the […]
Culture, Language and Community in Midwifery
Culture, Language and Community in Midwifery Enass Akkouch – Midwife, Auburn Hospital, New South Wales Social @enassakkouch Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 02 Issue 04 April 2024, Pages 31-34 https://doi.org/10.55975/ECVD5360 Summary I write to discuss my perspective of midwifery from the lens of multiculturalism and coming from a culturally and linguistically diverse background […]