What do women want when it comes to the induction decision? Dr Sara Wickham investigates research which shows that it’s more complex than we might think.
Postnatal heparin: what’s the evidence?
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.
Microbiome seeding – what’s the evidence?
Dr Sara Wickham discusses microbiome seeding, also known as vaginal seeding, and why we need more evidence on this.
Is home birth safe?
Our home birth information hub – the latest research on the safety of home birth and links to many of Dr Sara Wickham’s articles and blog posts on this.
Group B Strep resources
This post offers links to all of the group B strep resources on Sara Wickham’s website, including articles, blog posts and a few external resources.
Evidence for the purple line…
Sara Wickham outlines the evidence for the purple line, a physical sign that can indicate progress in labour.
Women’s experiences of cervical ripening
What do women think about cervical ripening? Sara Wickham looks at a research study which set out to find out?
Vitamin K Resources
Articles and resources relating to vitamin K for newborn babies. By Sara Wickham, a midwife, researcher and author who has written extensively on this.
Eight things I’d like to share with midwifery students who care…
Sara Wickham offers some words of support and advice for the midwifery student – aspiring, new or experienced – to take on their journey.
What is a stretch and sweep?
Many women are offered a ‘stretch and sweep’ in late pregnancy. But what is this, why and how is it done, does it work and can you say no?
Upright positions in labour – the benefits
Sara Wickham offers practice suggestions of ways of promoting active birth by moving away from the delivery bed as a place on which to give birth.