Tag: midwife-led care

Midwifery care is shown to lead to better outcomes (again)

Research shows that midwifery care in pregnancy reduces the chance of small and low birthweight babies as well as of preterm birth.

Sara Wickham reviews a new book in which women share their stories of giving birth in midwife-led areas in Wales.

Mavis Kirkham writes about standardisation of maternity care.

This month has seen the publication of a study which is really important to women, midwives and everybody involved in maternity care, because it looks even more deeply at a really vital question: what it is that women value in…

Since I got back from our latest trip, I’ve been catching up with the research, blog posts and thinking that went on while we were away, and I found so many interesting things that I decided to write a summary…

“Midwifery is beset with problems at present and, as we seek to deal with each crisis, there is no time to look at the source of the problems. As I am a retired academic and no longer practicing, thanks to…

This week, an important paper has been published (currently in draft form) in Midwifery. Titled ‘Midwifery continuity of carer in an area of high socio-economic disadvantage in London: a retrospective analysis of Albany Midwifery Practice outcomes using routine data (1997–2009)’,…

I’m always happy to be able to share research showing that midwifery care works in another part of the world, and the latest study demonstrates that it works in remote Australia. Which is great because, as Lack et al (2016)…

Over the past year or three, I have shared numerous studies and respected reviews that have shown midwifery-led care to be effective all around the world in countries from Australia to Ireland. Midwifery care helps keep birth normal and it…

Every so often, the pile of papers waiting for my attention and for possible inclusion on my blog begins to topple over under the weight of the interesting stuff contained within. The fact is, there’s just so much interesting birth-related…