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Link to blog page in bio and full blog post: https://midwifethinking.com/2016/01/13/perineal-protectors/I'm taking an intermission break. I'll be back in May. 😊 💜Another snippet from last month's Collective lesson on big babies: A Cochrane review (Boulvain & Thornton 2023) found that "a policy of labour induction reduced the average birthweight of babies by 178g". That is less than the weight of an iPhone Max Pro."Turning the tide of birth culture will require us to heal our individual and collective wounds and take the risk of exercising our power."❗️Nuance Note: I am referring to physiological birth❗️Antenatal preparation should focus on nurturing a woman's self-trust rather than encouraging her to blindly 'trust birth'.Top Posts
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Tag Archives: midwifery
Birthing the Placenta: women’s decisions and experiences
We have just published new research findings. You can access the full journal article free here: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth There has been a lot of research exploring the outcomes related to interventions during the birth of the placenta. I … Continue reading
Posted in birth, midwifery practice, publications
Tagged Australia, birth, midwifery, placenta, research
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No Woman’s Land: a student midwife’s call (guest post)
I received the following from an Australian midwifery student who has agreed for me to publish the post anonymously. Whilst it can be confronting, it is so important to listen to midwifery students with open ears and hearts. They see … Continue reading
Posted in guest post, midwifery practice, opinion and thoughts
Tagged guest post, midwifery
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Perineal ‘Bundles’ and Midwifery
Updated: August 2023 I’ve tried to avoid tackling this issue for months now but it won’t go away. It seems that the ‘bundle’ is one of the main topics of concern amongst midwives and students at the moment. So here … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, law, midwifery practice
Tagged Australia, law, midwifery, midwifery practices, perineum
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Childbirth Trauma: research findings
A big THANK YOU to all the women and men who shared their experiences of traumatic childbirth for Christian Inglis’ Honours study. There was so much data that Christian chose to focus on paternal mental health for his thesis and publication. Later … Continue reading
The Future of Midwifery and Homebirth in Australia?
Updated: August 2023 This post was first published in 2014 during a time of big changes to Australian midwifery. I come back to update the content from time to time. Adding changes rather than editing the initial text. So, this … Continue reading
Posted in midwifery practice, opinion and thoughts
Tagged AHPRA, Australia, homebirth, law, midwifery
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Midwifery Practice During Birth: rites of passage and rites of protection
Finally I have completed my Phd! It took me six years – the last two mostly writing… and writing… and rewriting. Entire chapters did not make the final ‘cut’. There is so much more I wanted to say (and did) … Continue reading
Posted in birth, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, cultural norms, medical paradigm, midwifery, midwifery practices, phd, research
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ACM Homebirth Position Statement & Guidance: My response
The Australian College of Midwives have issued an Interim Homebirth Position Statement and Interim Guidance for Privately Practising Midwives along with a request for comments. Here is the response I have sent… As a privately practising midwife who attends homebirths … Continue reading
Posted in law, midwifery practice, opinion and thoughts
Tagged ACM, ethics, homebirth, midwifery
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