Dr Rachel Reed
midwife, lecturer and birth nerd-
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Recent Posts
- Responsibilities in the mother-midwife relationship
- Supporting women’s instinctive pushing behaviour during birth
- Vaginal examinations: a symptom of a cervical-centric birth culture
- The Human Microbiome: considerations for pregnancy, birth and early mothering
- The Future of Midwifery and Homebirth in Australia?
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- In Defence of the Amniotic Sac
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- Guest post: when birth is trauma
- Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
- The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Asynclitism: a well aligned baby or a tilted head?
Category Archives: birth
An actively managed placental birth might be the best option for most women
Updated: March 2015 The birth of the placenta is my least favourite part of the birth process. I know I have ‘issues’ and I’m working on them. Hopefully writing this blog post will be therapeutic as well as informative. I am … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention
Tagged intervention, oxytocin, pitocin, placenta, syntocinon
268 Comments
Asynclitism: a well aligned baby or a tilted head?
Edited/Updated: September 2015 Asynclitism is when the baby’s head is moving through the pelvis ‘tipped’ to one side. This is usually diagnosed by a vaginal examination in labour. However, asynclitism is rarely caused by the baby having his/her head tilted … Continue reading
Posted in birth, midwifery practice
Tagged asynclitism, birth, intervention, labour pattern
107 Comments
The Assessment of Progress
This article was written for AIMS Journal (2011, vol. 23, no. 2) and expands on my previous post about my New Years resolution – which by the way I have kept. AIMS have kindly allowed me to reproduce the article … Continue reading
Posted in birth, midwifery practice
Tagged ARM, augmentation, birth, contractions, labour pattern, oxytocin, pushing, syntocinon
94 Comments
Induction: a step by step guide
Updated and edited: March 2015 This post has been inspired by conversations I’ve had with women about their experiences of induction. Induction of labour is increasingly common, yet women often seem to be very mis-informed about what it involves, or what … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention
Tagged amniotic fluid, birth, induction, information giving, intervention, oxytocin, syntocinon
165 Comments
Guest post: when birth is trauma
This is a guest post by Elizabeth Ford who is based in the UK so is writing from a UK perspective. Elizabeth explored birth trauma for her PhD and generously agreed to write a post for MidwifeThinking. There are lots of … Continue reading
Posted in birth, guest post, intervention, law
Tagged birth, guest post, information giving, intervention, trauma
66 Comments
Judging Birth
This post is a little different to my usual posts (I apologise to those wanting some physiology and links to research). Instead, I have written about something that keeps cropping up in my conversations with mothers and birth workers. I … Continue reading
VBAC: making a mountain out of a molehill
Edited and updated: June 2016 VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) is big. A google search for ‘vbac’ results in ‘about 795,000’ results. Reviews, guidelines, policies and statements are being produced by every organisation with an interest in birth. Support groups and networks … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, caesarean, uterine rupture, vbac
327 Comments
