Does antenatal anti-D help the current baby? Sara Wickham demystifies the science and answers this question in simple terms.
Does antenatal Anti-D help the current baby?
Author: Sara Wickham
Dr Sara Wickham is an author, speaker, and researcher specialising in pregnancy, birth, and maternity care. Her work focuses on evidence-based, woman-centred information and informed decision-making, drawing on more than 30 years of midwifery knowledge and experience.
The trouble with birth and maternity guidelines…
Sara Wickham discusses research showing that only 9-12% of RCOG Green-Top guidelines are based on best quality evidence.
Academic Tips
Our latest information hub gathers together classic articles and blog posts written for and about midwives and midwifery practice by Dr Sara Wickham.
Seven reasons to question restrictions on birth pools for women with a higher BMI
Many women with a higher BMI are told about restrictions on birth pools, and that they cannot use a birth pool during labour or birth. But is this restriction really about safety? Is it evidence-based? Or is it rooted in…
Induction for gestational diabetes: what’s the evidence?
Is there any evidence of benefit for induction for gestational diabetes? That’s a question I hear a lot. Women who have been told that they have gestational diabetes are often also offered early induction of labour. But is there any…
The benefits of midwifery care
Another study has shown that receiving pregnancy care from a midwife can reduce the chance of having problems, says Sara Wickham.
Why your estimated due date might need a rethink
In the olden days, before smartphones and apps, I had quite the collection of cardboard pregnancy calculators. Around the time that I started researching estimated due dates, induction of labour, and the evidence relating to this (which was in about…
The madness of modern measurement
The madness of modern measurement. True stories of situations in maternity care where machine ‘knowledge’ overrides human knowledge, even though it’s wrong.
A revelation that every birth worker needs to know about gravity and placental transfusion
Do we really need to hold newborn babies at the level of the placenta so that gravity can assist transfusion? No, according to new research.
Birth trauma research
Sara Wickham looks at birth trauma research which highlights the experiences of women and shows how important it is that we look at this area more closely.