Dr Rachel Reed
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- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- Cord Blood Collection: confessions of a vampire-midwife
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- Shoulder Dystocia: the real story
- The Effective Labour Contraction
- The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
- Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
Tag Archives: hypnobirthing
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
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