In many countries, caesarean section is routinely used if the woman previously gave birth by caesarean section. Doctors and midwives in countries with a high rate of vaginal births after caesarean sections have for the first ...
Sep 29, 2015
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Mandatory training for midwives in facilitating water births could help banish a stigma that is attached to the birthing practice, according to a Perth midwife.
Dec 2, 2015
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Unlike other states, Michigan laws severely restrict the reproductive health services that midwives and advanced practice registered nurses can provide.
Apr 28, 2022
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While most women plan to be involved in decisions about their care during childbirth, in practice most decisions are led by midwives, a new study reveals.
Dec 19, 2022
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Newly published research by Dr. Laura Abbott, specialist midwife and senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, has highlighted significant risks to the safety and wellbeing of pregnant mothers and their babies in ...
Nov 16, 2018
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Every morning at Watsonville Community Hospital in Northern California, the labor and delivery team divvies up its patients—low-risk ones go to the midwives and high-risk ones to the physicians. Then, throughout the day, ...
Jan 22, 2019
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A new study shows many midwives receive little or no training on how to communicate to expectant parents the importance of maternal and childhood vaccines despite being the most trusted source of information on vaccines in ...
Jun 5, 2019
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It is well known that nurses and midwives work schedules are often irregular and involve shifts, now new research from the University of Otago, Christchurch in association with the University of Queensland has also shown ...
Mar 15, 2012
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Midwives devote their careers to delivering healthy newborns into the arms of their parents. But what happens when things go wrong and the long-awaited baby is not born alive?
Feb 25, 2016
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New UBC research shows that midwives in British Columbia are providing safe primary care for pregnancies of all medical risk levels, contrary to a popular belief that midwives mostly manage low-risk pregnancies.
Feb 27, 2023
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