Normal Birth 6: Trauma-Informed Intrapartum Care Roselyn Bunhu - Bank Midwife, Royal Berkshire Foundation Hospital Trust Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 24 Issue 2 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.55975/WPWO5297 Summary Within this article, the sixth in our...
Covid-19 Special Report: What About the Future? Holding on to Our Philosophy of Care Bunty Lai-Boyd – Specialist Midwife Practice Development Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Published in The Student Midwife Volume 3 Issue 3 July 2020 Summary In this article, Bunty explores why it is important to continue to advocate for our midwifery philosophy […]
Kati Edwards Series: The Bare Necessities Kati Edwards – Doula at Birth You In Love, mother and spoken word poet Published in The Student Midwife Volume 3 Issue 3 July 2020 Birthing the Coronials 2020 My poem for this edition ‘Birthing the Coronials 2020’ is set in these strange and unprecedented times. Challenging cultural attitudes endemic in maternity services […]
Hearing Women’s Voices: A student midwife’s reflection on calls to Ireland’s Liveline programme and what we can learn Eavan Brennan – First Year Student Midwife at University of Limerick, Ireland Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 9 October 2019 In the early part of April 2019, Liveline – an Irish national talk radio programme – […]
Vaginal Examinations: A Relational Grounding Mhairi McLellan – Third Year Student Midwife Robert Gordon University, Scotland Hannah Tizard – Midwife and Editor of The Student Midwife Journal Published in The Student Midwife Journal Volume 2 Issue 4 Vaginal examinations (VEs) are often challenging for student midwives who may be troubled by their intimacy and perplexed by frequent errors […]
Latent Phase of Labour in a Freestanding Midwifery Unit Kate Ashforth – Midwife at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Marie Naish – Midwife Lecturer at University of Southampton Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 8 September 2019 This descriptive service evaluation aimed to explore the latent phase of labour, as experienced by two women who birthed […]
Independent Midwifery: A Different Perspective Sarah Flower, Independent Midwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 6 June 2019 In this article, Sarah Flower shares some perspectives of independent midwifery work. She explores two case studies to identify ways women sometimes feel marginalised and judged when systems make relational and individualised care difficult. She […]
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 […]
Decision-making: Do existing models reflect the complex and multifaceted nature of woman-centred contemporary midwifery practice? Part 2 Kate Ashforth – Midwife at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Dr Ellen Kitson-Reynolds – Lead Midwife for Education, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2019 This is the […]
Guideline-centred Care Or Woman-centred Care? A Debate And Discussion Claire Feeley – Midwife Researcher and PhD Student at University of Central Lancashire Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 20 Issue 7 July/August 2017 Summary Midwifery practice, care giving and women’s subsequent experiences of birth are often implicitly or explicitly governed by the guidelines, which can […]
