Dr Rachel Reed
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Top Posts
- No woman's land - a student midwife's call (guest post)
- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- Guest post: when birth is trauma
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
- Cord Blood Collection: confessions of a vampire-midwife
- Shoulder Dystocia: the real story
Tag Archives: cervical lip
The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
Here is a scenario I keep hearing over and over: A woman is labouring away and all is good. She begins to push with contractions, and her midwife encourages her to follow her body. After a little while the midwife … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, cervical lip, cervix, occipito-posterior, OP, pushing
432 Comments
Pushing: leave it to the experts
A birthing woman is the expert regarding when and how she pushes. Providing directions implies she needs our guidance and we are the experts. Of course each woman and birth situation is different and in some circumstances guidance may be … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, cervical lip, cervix, hypnobirthing, pushing
116 Comments
