Dr Rachel Reed
midwife • academic • writer • presenter
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Writing at home means I get to hang out with this happy little fellow - Flóki 😊 #writing #happycatUPDATED POST: https://midwifethinking.com/2017/02/03/understanding-and-assessing-labour-progress/ It is fairly easy to stop using 'stages of labour' language and something small we can all do to help shift birth back to women. #midwifethinking #rachelreed #midwife #midwifery #doula #birthdoula #studentmidwife #childbirtheducation #childbirthGoodbye until next year little uni office 😊 Long Service Leave starts 5pm today 🍾UPDATED POST: https://midwifethinking.com/2016/04/13/the-placenta-essential-resuscitation-equipment/ #midwifethinking #rachelreed #midwife #midwifery #doula #birthdoula #studentmidwife #childbirtheducator #childbirtheducation #childbirth #placenta #resuscitationEddie spying on me while I work 😆 #peacock #writingwithabirdThis retreat offers a unique opportunity to deeply explore the heart and soul of being 'with woman’ at birth and beyond. I am so grateful to be able to midwife this event and witness the transformation of participants as they journey through the processes. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/with-woman-retreat-reclaiming-birth-as-a-rite-of-passage-2019-tickets-58347053608 Laura Mathias’ reviewed the 2018 retreat in Australian Midwifery News: “This workshop was profound in so many ways. It gave me tools through which to explore my own womanhood, my stories, judgements and patterns. It reassured me that birth is sacred and that there are so many strong women working to hold this vision and intention for women to be able to birth how, when and where they choose without judgement or restriction. I felt profoundly held in a circle of women, in safety and love, which is how I want women to feel when they are in my care.” (Full review available here: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=251383120060963;res=IELHEA)
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Tag Archives: umbilical cord
The Placenta: essential resuscitation equipment
Updated: September 2019 The common practice of premature cord clamping has been challenged in recent years due to a greater understanding of how this intervention disrupts the physiology of placental transfusion (Mercer & Skovgaard 2002). Premature cord clamping results in … Continue reading
Posted in baby, birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged ARM, baby, birth, heart rate, intervention, nuchal cord, placenta, resuscitation, syntocinon, umbilical cord
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Nuchal Cords: the perfect scapegoat
Updated: February 2018 To get this blog going I decided to write about a slight obsession of mine: The fear of, and routine midwifery management of nuchal cords at birth (umbilical cord around the neck). I have written and presented … Continue reading
Posted in baby, birth, intervention, midwifery practice
Tagged baby, birth, nuchal cord, umbilical cord
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