Sara Wickham ponders the names that midwives have around the world, along with their meanings.
What’s in a name?
Tag: articles
The risk-managed birth ball
The risk-managed birth ball; Sara Wickham’s article in which she considers just how far things are going towards a culture of risk management…
Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms
A guest post by Professor Emerita Mavis Kirkham: Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms. And why individualisation matters.
Revisiting the world wide wonder
Re-sharing a 2002 article by Sara Wickham about the way in which medical information is spread and shared on the internet.
The birth of a midwife?
Sara Wickham writes about children at birth through the story of ‘Eleanor’, a three year-old who came to her sister’s home birth.
Pinard Wisdom
How do you use a pinard? Sara Wickham and other experienced midwives offer tips, tricks and suggestions for those wanting to develop this skill.
The wisdom of storks
Sara Wickham looks at what storks can teach us about the need for science AND stories when it comes to birth wisdom.
Untangling tocophobia
‘What is it called,’ a woman asked, ‘when you’re fearful of medicalisation?’ Sara Wickham attempts to provide an answer to this.
The perils of cyberchondria
Sara Wickham writes about the perils of cyberchondria, or the consequences of using the internet as a source of health-care advice.
A potpourri of festive pondering on women, birth and midwifery
Sara Wickham celebrates the beginning of the 2017 holiday season by offering a potpourri of festive pondering on women, birth and midwifery