Sara Wickham’s 2005 article in which she riffs about nutritional advice, pregnancy cravings and whether there is a case for optimism…
Nutrition and the wisdom of craving
Category: Articles
The trusty toilet
Sara Wickham discusses midwives’ experience of using toilets as birth stools, and looks at their effectiveness at facilitating normal birth.
When I am an old midwife…
Research: the hidden stories
Sara Wickham considers the hidden stories behind research, and shows how what goes on behind the scenes can influence a study’s results.
Body wisdom: detecting birth by smell (part 2)
Sara Wickham discusses the experience of midwives who can smell when birth is imminent (part 2).
Body wisdom: detecting birth by smell (part 1)
Risk: the game of life
Sara Wickham considers women who decline to accept the “high-risk” label applied by risk-focused caregivers and make the decisions that are right for them.
The value of leaving the umbilical cord intact
A summary of the advantages of leaving the umbilical cord intact for longer after birth.
The language of the complicated
Sara Wickham discusses how our languages focuses more on complication and risk than normality, and considers how this might affect women.
Vitamin K: the stories behind the evidence
Sara Wickham shares ‘vitamin K stories’; the tales and context behind the evidence and knowledge that we have in relation to vitamin K for newborn babies.