Heavy-handed persuasion tactics and the aggressive language of some medically-focused papers are inappropriate and harmful, says Sara Wickham
Vitamin K, persuasion tactics, and tips
Tag: decision-making
How to save 40,000 women a year from having unnecessary Anti-D / RhoGAM
How many women receive unnecessary anti-D? Sara Wickham looks at some of the issues concerning antenatal anti-D and fetal blood testing.
Plus Size Pregnancy Resources
This post is a collection of links to articles and plus size pregnancy resources on this website. I’m a researcher, and author of the book Plus Size Pregnancy: what the evidence really says about higher BMI and birth. And I…
Six things you need to know if you’re plus size and pregnant
Are you plus size and pregnant? You deserve to have respectful care, good information, and choices for your birth. Professionals and birth workers should support you in finding and evaluating your options so you can decide what’s right for you.…
Seven things every parent needs to know about vitamin K
Dr Sara Wickham, author of Vitamin K and the Newborn, shares information about vitamin K. Seven things every parent needs to know before making a decision.
Is it any wonder? Enough of the body shaming…
Enough of the body shaming, says Sara Wickham. Is it any wonder that many women don’t know how to trust their bodies or decisions?
The importance of consent: rant, rinse, repeat…
Sara Wickham looks at the concept of risk assessment in pregnancy and childbirth and asks why women aren’t being asked to consent to this.
Seven useful words for the birth room…
Sara Wickham offers some useful words for the birth room; a handy phrase which helps prevent women from being coerced…
Shared decision making
The term ‘shared decision making’ implies that the practitioner gets a say in what the person decides, and that’s not quite right…
Deciding to decline, or deciding to wait and see?
Sara Wickham considers issues around the language we use to discuss birth decisions, and highlights nuances in what people are actually asking for.