The madness of modern measurement. True stories of situations in maternity care where machine ‘knowledge’ overrides human knowledge, even though it’s wrong.
The madness of modern measurement
Tag: Thinking Outside the Box
To feel, or not to feel?
Sara Wickham discusses the practice of feeling for the nuchal cord at birth. How do women feel about this? Should this ever be routine?
Midwives matter more than monitors
Midwives matter more than monitors. Sara Wickham discusses research on fetal monitoring which shows that midwives make more of a difference.
The importance of everyday birth wisdom
The importance of everyday birth wisdom. The commonsense things that midwives do, and why it can be hard to access and share such knowledge.
Let there be mood lighting…
Tips and tools for setting the right kind of lighting for labour and birth, both at home and in hospital, from Sara Wickham.
The ALTE mysteries
Sara Wickham shares concerns about papers implying that ALTEs are associated with or a consequence of skin-to-skin cuddling or breastfeeding
Whatever happened to the precautionary principle?
Ethically, medical intervention has to prove itself against nature. Not the other way around. Sara Wickham on induction and the precautionary principle.
How are you sleeping?
In your midwifery practice, do you routinely ask women how they’re sleeping? And if you do, what do you do with that information?
Being clear about continuity
Sara Wickham looks at continuity of care, and the difference between continuity of care and continuity of carer.
Alien environments and the hormone of love
What do we know about alien environments and the hormone of love? Sara Wickham looks at spaceflight, oxytocin and the environment of birth.