Midwifery Resources

withwoman birth and midwifery articles

a farm birth ~ Lorna's reflections on attending a birth at The Farm.

allowed ~ shouldn't be allowed ~ The silliest reasons for denying home birth.

antenatal classes and spirituality ~ An oxymoron or an opportunity for transcendency?

antenatal anti-d ~ Do women need to have anti-D routinely during pregnancy? Is it safe?

anti-D / rhogam ~ Is anti-D necessary? What do midwives think? What should women know?

art and birth ~ putting the 'art' into the art and science of midwifery!

being with woman ~ An on-going debate about some of the issues.

challenging births 1 ~ a debate on practice: long labour in a birth centre

challenging births 2 ~ a debate on practice: meconium at a home birth

challenging births 3 ~ a debate on practice: post-term pregnancy

ecological midwifery ~ Can we work on leaving a better environment for our children?

home birth ~ Looking at some of the advantages of home birth and risks of hospital.

interview with ina may gaskin ~ Ina May talks about her experience and current passions.

is prevention always the best cure? ~ Should we always try to prevent perineal tears?

lotus birth ~ A whole new (or old) way to look at the placenta and what it represents.

normal birth... ~ What is normal birth? Some thoughts on our language.

...or organic birth ~ More on the language and definitions of normality in birth.

perineal pampering ~ Do we really need to guard the perineum? And from whom?!

reclaiming the art in birth ~ The arts of craft, play and touch in birth and midwifery.

spirituality and birth ~ The spiritual nature of birth: ideas from women's experiences

tell me a story ~ The value of stories and storytelling

the pie of midwifery knowledge ~ research, knowledge and ways of baking pies...

the third stage ~ Do women really lose more blood during a natural third stage?

vitamin k ~ Do healthy babies need vitamin K? An alternative perspective.

walking into the dragon's mouth alone ~ Lorna's reflection on her first visit to The Farm

watsu ~ Lorna explores a gentle, water-based way of "being with".

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Compilations of original articles and reprints from The Practising Midwife and Midwifery, with a few thoughts and reflections from the editor...


thinking outside the box (Sara's column in The Practising Midwife)
unpacking sweeping policies "give them an inch and they take a mile..."		the birth of water embolism and the theory of lunar placental translocation...
the flukes of hazard is western medicine safer than bungee jumping?		the language of the complicated should we highlight the happily-lying placenta?!
supervision and attendance control or compassion?		is the APGAR a flexible friend? and does it serve a purpose in normal birth?
the wisdom of storks could there be any truth in the tales?!		twenty birthkit essentials crucial supplies for the labour ward cupboard?
nutrition and the wisdom of craving liver, pica, chocolate and post-it notes again!		the trusty toilet thinking outside the bog!
deconstructing prophylaxis part 1 do we want tufty-style maternity care?		deconstructing prophylaxis part 2 from the culture of risk to bungee jumping
cerridwyn and the pixies a seasonal fairytale with a serious point...		what's on the label? should pig semen be labelled as such?!
hepatitis b vaccination ~ whose right? should midwives have the same choices as women?		research ~ the hidden stories should there be a gossip column for the research world?
giant break in screening or great big stressor? the group b streptococcus screening debate		risk ~ the game of life sara proudly eats words in honour of a few bold women!
choice, control and the parenting police are child protection services targeting the right women?		the professionalisation of the sacral rub do we need a certificate for everything?!
spin-based practice co-sleeping research and the media's spin		a crying shame a machine to tell you why your baby is crying!
body wisdom ~ smelling birth student midwives with an unusual talent		a compromise for change debating birth centres
what's true, pussycat? a proposal for the maternity cat assistant		what's in a name? the meaning of "midwife" around the world
the new pathology of shortness should we give our children drugs to make them average?		alternidurals the language of pain and its relief
objectivity and post-it notes can we really be objective about research?		the big pregnancy brain mush myth do we want to prove that pregnant women are rational?
the risk managed birth ball rolling around on the labour ward...		national breech rescue breech birth, buses and the canadian term breech trial.
to feel or not to feel What's the evidence base of feeling for cord at birth?		are we nearly there yet? The New Zealand model and the future of British midwifery.
the rhombus of michaelis Sara and Jean Sutton on birth anatomy.		pinard wisdom - part 1 Tips from midwives on how to use your pinard.
pinard wisdom - part 2 More tips from midwives.		epidural fever? A clinical mystery - or an epidemic problem?
the world wide wonder VBAC research - and the speed of its communication.		birth of a midwife? The story of a child at her sister's home birth.
number crunching Some thoughts on our obsession with data and statistics.		the words we use More on the language of birth and midwifery.


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