Exploring Caesarean Birth 7: High BMIs and Caesarean Birth Leonie Rastas (she/her) - Midwife, Educator, Author, Founding Director Caesarcare Social @Irastas Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 02 Issue 04 April 2024, Pages 17-24...
Book Review: C-Section Recovery Manual. Your Body Your Recovery by Janine McKnight-Cowan and Leonie Rastas
C-Section Recovery Manual. Your Body Your Recovery by Janine McKnight-Cowan and Leonie Rastas 2022, Ocean Reeve Publishing, pbk, 288pp, AUD$39.35 (Amazon), ISBN 978-1922461957 Published in The Practising Midwife Australia January 2023 Volume 1 issue 3 This book aims...
Maternal Assisted Caesareans
Maternal Assisted Caesareans Dr Natalie Elphinstone (she/her) – Obstetrician, Genesis Obstetrics and Gynaecology Instagram @drnatalieelphinstone Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 02 Issue 01 September 2023, Pages 08-11 https://doi.org/10.55975/EMSP4141 Summary Limited hospitals around Australia are offering maternal-assisted caesareans (MAC) as an option for women birthing in the operating theatre. Dr Natalie Elphinstone explains the […]
Exploring Caesarean Birth 5: Psychosocial Issues Associated with Caesarean Birth
Human Rights In Childbearing 7. The Role of (Mid)Wife: The Challenges of Positive Birth Experience During Vbac
Human Rights In Childbearing 7. The Role Of (Mid)Wife: The Challenges Of Positive Birth Experience During Vbac Sára Irlanda – Student Midwife, Robert Gordon University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice Dr Mo Tabib – Midwifery Lecturer, Robert Gordon University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice Dr Benjamin M Clubbs Coldron – Postdoctoral […]
Reflection of a Theatre Environment: A Letter to New Parents
Reflection of a Theatre Environment: A Letter to New Parents Pamela Evans – Student midwife, Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton Summary Following an elective caesarean section I was involved with, the father – a photographer – shared a photograph taken when his daughter Annie was born. It caused me to reflect on how my feelings […]
Baby’s First Hug: Establishing Skin-To-Skin Contact as a Routine Practice During Caesarean Birth Using Participatory Action Research
Baby’s First Hug: Establishing Skin-To-Skin Contact as a Routine Practice During Caesarean Birth Using Participatory Action Research Alex Campbell – Advanced Midwife Practitioner at Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland Twitter: @AlexMidwife26 Rhona O’Connell – School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Twitter: @UCCMidwifery Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 24 Issue 8 […]
Should women’s right to maternal request caesarean section be promoted?
Should women’s right to maternal request caesarean section be promoted? Lesley Page - CBE Birthrights recently published a report on responses by individual hospitals in the UK to women’s requests for caesarean section. The new Lancet Series has raised once again one...
Achieving Skin to Skin Contact in Theatre for Healthy Newborns
Achieving Skin to Skin Contact in Theatre for Healthy Newborns Suyai Steinhauer – Home Birth Midwife in a practice serving an Amish community in the USA Jenny Clarke – Core Midwife at the Fylde Coast Birth Centre in Blackpool Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 18 Issue 6 June 2015 Summary The evidence base is […]
Fathers’ Presence at Caesarean Section with General Anaesthetic: Evidence and Debate
Fathers’ Presence at Caesarean Section with General Anaesthetic: Evidence and Debate Kevin Hugill – Senior Lecturer in the School of Health at University of Central Lancashire Ian Kemp – Consultant Midwife in Public Health at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Carol Kingdon – Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health at University of Central […]