Cathy Hamilton

Principal Midwifery Lecturer/Supervisor of Midwives University of Hertfordshire

Using the Valsalva technique during the second stage of labour

The Valsalva technique of directed pushing during the second stage of labour is a childbirth intervention that has long been common practice in Western culture (Petersen and Besuner, 1997; O'Connell...

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