Anita Johnson
Anita Johnson
In this article, Anita Johnson carried out an interview with Cathy Charles, a midwife and aquanatal teacher in Wiltshire, to explore the benefits of aquanatal exercise in pregnancy and the postnatal period; this is particularly pertinent at...
Hypnosis and hypnobirthing for labour - a critical selective narrative review [0.03%]
催眠和产程分娩催眠的批判性选择叙述性综述
Alys Einion
Alys Einion
The provision of woman-centred care is at the heart of midwifery practice, and there appear to be increasing numbers of women choosing alternative forms of support for their childbearing journey. Women are often fearful of the experience of...
Sara Randall
Sara Randall
Cranial osteopathy is the gentles form on osteopathy and is particularly suitable for babies where it is used to address a range of problems. It relies on gentle touch and manipulation for both working diagnosis and appropriate management o...
I am a mother to four-year-old twin girls. Life since their birth has not been easy and postnatal depression has blighted our relationship. So, too, has it affected the relationship I have with friends, family, my husband, myself. My reason...
Jancis Shepherd
Jancis Shepherd
Becoming a midwife is the 16th series of 'Midwifery basics' targeted at practicing midwives and midwifery students. The aim of these articles is to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of professionalism on women's experienc...
Mothers in immigration detention: the most vulnerable and the hardest to reach [0.03%]
移民监禁所中的母亲：最脆弱却也最难接触的一群人
Phoebe Pallotti,Morag Forbes
Phoebe Pallotti
Phoebe Pallotti and Morag Forbes are two experienced midwives who volunteered for a charity that works for the health rights of people in immigration detentions. They both have other experience of this client group and they both hold diplom...
Matters of the mind [0.03%]
思绪的事儿
Anna Byrom
Anna Byrom
Kerry Pollard
Kerry Pollard
December 7th 2016 saw the launch of the third annual MBRRACE-UK Saving lives, improving mothers' care report; a report which provides us with a picture of maternal deaths in the UK between 2012-14 and information on the lessons learned from...
Physiological breech birth. Evaluation of a training programme for birth professionals [0.03%]
生理臀位分娩。对助产专业人员的培训项目的评估
Shawn Walker,Claire Reading,Olivia Silverwood-Cope et al.
Shawn Walker et al.
This article evaluates the results of physiological breech birth (PBB) study days provided by breech Birth Network (BBN). An expanded version of this article, with further details including the statistics and additional information about th...
Lifting the fog [0.03%]
拨开迷雾
Helen Lowrie
Helen Lowrie
It is well established that maternal smoking can result in serious health consequences. Smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women can effectively reduce the rate of maternal smoking and consequently prevent perinatal morbidity. Alt...