Dr Sara Wickham suggests things that can be done before clamping the umbilical cord, thus ensuring that babies get their full complement of blood.
Ten things you can do before clamping the umbilical cord…
Category: Original articles
Five things parents should know if they decide to decline vitamin K for their baby
What information should we offer when parents decide to decline vitamin K? Sara Wickham offers an overview and an infographic.
Eight things I’d like to share with midwifery students who care…
Sara Wickham offers some words of support and advice for the student midwife – aspiring, new or experienced – to take on their journey.
Three things I wish every woman knew about pregnancy and birth knowledge
Sara Wickham shares her thoughts on birth knowledge, women’s wisdom and what she wishes she could tell everyone about these topics…
Eight ways of promoting active birth through bedlessness…
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.
How to train your obstetrician – part 2
Sara Wickham continues her article on helping technocratic colleagues to see the value of a woman-centred approach to pregnancy and birth.
How to train your obstetrician – part 1
Sara Wickham looks at the difference between the technocratic and holistic approaches, and how we can help colleagues to be more woman-centred.
The most interesting placenta I’ve seen all year…
What do you think about Chlorhexidine?
Sara Wickham looks at the issues relating to chlorhexidine and GBS, considering some of the risks of this but also the context in which women turn to it.
