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Book review

Sorted: The Active Woman's Guide To Health The intention of this book is to provide the reader with useful information about health and exercise, motivation and answers to the frequently thought...

Prenatal surgery

The first report of a prenatal intervention was made in 1963, when a life-saving intrauterine blood transfusion was undertaken on a fetus with severe haemolytic disease at 32 weeks gestation (Liley,...

Joshua's story

I met James Titcombe at the Patient Safety Learning launch event back in September 2017 and he kindly gave me a copy of Joshua's Story I had annual leave booked in late October and, for once, I had...

Appealing a Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘striking off’ order

The prime function of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is to protect the public, and in the light of recent scandals about maternity care, such as the Morecambe Bay investigation (Kirkup,...

Collaboration on fear of childbirth

Last year, at a conference held in Trinity College Dublin, I attended a presentation by a Swedish midwifery researcher, Professor Ingegerd Hildingsson She presented her research findings on fear of...

Tattoos, piercings and pregnancy

According to Laux et al (2016: 395), ‘many individuals receive their first tattoo at age 16–20 years […] with up to 36% of people younger than 40 years having at least one tattoo’ Midwives often care...

Vicarious birth trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder: Preparing and protecting student midwives

The focus of the theoretical aspect of the first year of the pre-registration midwifery programme is on low risk and physiological birth; however, the clinical area is dynamic and unpredictable in...

A values-based curriculum to support aesthetic ‘ways of knowing’ in an undergraduate midwifery programme

The public enquiry into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Francis, 2013) found that poor leadership, and a focus on targets rather than people, led to health professionals...

Mindfulness for men with pregnant partners: An integrative literature review (Part two)

Pregnancy is an important time of change, growth and stress, not only for the woman, but also for her partner, children and family (Duncan and Bardacke, 2010) The transition into parenthood can be...

Outpatient induction of labour with prostaglandins: Safety, effectiveness and women's views

Induction of labour is a procedure that is offered to women when it is considered that giving birth is of greater benefit to the mother or baby than remaining pregnant (Thomas et al, 2014) Labour may...

Using the Solihull Approach in breastfeeding support groups: Maternal perceptions

Breastfeeding is a public health priority in the UK (Public Health England, 2016) While the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using peer support to increase both initiation and duration of...

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