A cautionary holiday tale, by Sara Wickham, about labour ward risk management and how it ruined the day of Rudolph the red-nosed quantity surveyor
A cautionary holiday tale
Tag: Thinking Outside the Box
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
The ungentle art of persuasion
Sara Wickham unpacks the way in which professionals are sometimes told to persuade childbearing women – even when they don’t want to.
Deconstructing prophylaxis
Is prevention better than cure? Sara Wickham looks at the idea of prophylaxis; doing things to try to prevent disease and danger.
The words we use…
Sara Wickham’s article in which she discusses some of the language used around birth. Offers questions, insights and suggestions for change.
Do midwives kiss babies?
Do midwives kiss babies? Sara Wickham tried to answer this question, which once brought someone from a search engine to her website.
The language of birth: crossing the Ts and promoting positivity
Sara Wickham looks at more examples of the language of birth. More on why ‘T’ for term is problematic, and the promotion of positivity.
Exploring the Exceptions
Sara Wickham on ‘exploring the exceptions’ … the times in midwifery and medical practice when general rules should be ignored or broken.
Is this going to change your management?
Is this going to change your management? Sara Wickham discusses a useful way of thinking and a principle for midwifery and medical practice.
Questioning induction of labour in older women
Dr Sara Wickham asks whether the evidence supports recommending early induction for older women.