Dr Rachel Reed
midwife • academic • writer • presenter
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- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
- VBAC: making a mountain out of a molehill
- Shoulder Dystocia: the real story
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
- The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
- The Effective Labour Contraction
- Judging Birth
Tag Archives: shoulder dystocia
Big Babies: the risk of care provider fear
Big babies are normal in well resourced countries. Over 10% of babies born in the UK and Australia weigh 4kg (8lb 13oz) or more. Healthy well nourished women grow healthy well nourished babies. Genetic factors also influence the size of … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, midwifery practice, pregnancy, uncategorized
Tagged baby, caesarean, fear, induction, shoulder dystocia, ultrasound
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Shoulder Dystocia: the real story
Updated: August 2019 There is a lot of unwarranted fear about ‘big babies’ getting stuck. The media reflects the usual story – that women are creating a problem that doctors have to fix. The incidence of shoulder dystocia does increase … Continue reading
Posted in birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, complication, intervention, positions, risk, shoulder dystocia
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