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
- Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
- The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- The Effective Labour Contraction
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
Tag Archives: judgement
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
