Risk assessment is an integral part of midwifery and medical practice and yet also something we need to think about more. A few years ago, I spent some time reflecting on the issues raised by revised guidelines on venous thromboembolism…
Warning: this blog post may contain tigers. As someone who lives with a serious food allergy, I have noticed some interesting changes in the information given on product labels over time. Over the years, I have thoroughly enjoyed the proliferation…
I have long been interested in the links between knitting and birth. I have a childhood memory of a midwife once casting off my knitting for me when my mum was busy. A simple act of kindness which cemented my…
Dr Sara Wickham shares the top ten technologies that have improved the lives of women and midwives, voted for by midwifery and medical colleages.
Sara Wickham discusses art, craft, birth and knitting, revisiting a topic she first wrote about twenty years ago whose content is still as relevant today.
Sara Wickham unpacks the birthkit essentials carried by midwifery colleagues and shares some great tips of things you might want to have at a birth.
Does the use of modern screening technology come with downsides? Sara Wickham argues that it does, both in life and birth.
Sara Wickham tells a holiday story of research pixies who learn why some types of research are (inappropriately) valued more than others.
Sara Wickham presents the results of a conversation amongst women who are also midwives on the topic of poo in labour.
There are a few myths about the idea that women need to be fully dilated to give birth, and that this means the same thing for every woman.