Sara Wickham looks at research showing that the use of water in labour can help increase the chance of physiological birth.
Want to promote normality? Try adding water!
Tag: research updates
Another riff on the latest home birth research…
It doesn’t matter how many insults are thrown at those who choose and support homebirth; research study after research study continues to show that this is a safe and reasonable option. This week, the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health…
New Cochrane review evidences that cuddles help reduce pain in neonates…
I have the very greatest respect for my esteemed colleagues who have authored the newest birth-related Cochrane review which shows that skin-to-skin care (the technical term for cuddling) can help reduce procedural pain in neonates (Johnston et al 2014). It’s…
Age, obesity and uterine contractility…
Sara Wickham looks at two important research papers and discusses issues relating to maternal age, obesity and uterine contractility.
Five things we learned in Winter 2013…
Just in case you missed some of these as we slowed down for the holidays, I am offering a quick trip through five papers from towards the end of 2013 whose contents, for one reason or another, might be worthy…
Induction, augmentation and autism…
A study published in Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey this week which analysed birth and educational records has shown that children born to mothers who were induced, augmented or both had increased odds of having autism (Gregory et al 2014). As…
The importance of BO…
Sara Wickham looks at research showing that the sense of smell may be more important at birth than we previously thought…
Women’s LMP dates are just as accurate as scans…
Sara Wickham looks at research showing that women’s last menstrual period dates are just as accurate as the date calculated by a ‘dating scan’.
Yay for the M@NGO Trial…
Hooray for the M@NGO Trial! …because it demonstrates that caseload midwifery care can lower caesarean section rates …because it demonstrates this in women of ALL risk (not just low risk) …and because we have never been in more need of…
Rethinking the obesity risk
Research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows that women with a high BMI who have previously had at least one baby are less likely to experience obstetric complications during labour and birth than has been…