More research shows the value of midwife-led care; women feel “more proud of themselves” and were more positive about their overall birth experience.
Women who have caseload midwifery “feel more proud of themselves”…
Tag: women’s experiences
Midwifery care: what do women want?
A team of Dutch researchers have published an analysis of data gathered from nearly 3500 women about how midwifery care could be improved.
Don’t deny our experiences!
Sara Wickham writes about the importance of acknowleding someone’s lived experience. And it’s even more important not to deny it.
Women’s experiences of cervical ripening
What do women think about cervical ripening? Sara Wickham looks at a research study which set out to find out?
Maybe ‘baby brain’ isn’t such a bad thing?
Maybe ‘baby brain’ isn’t such a bad thing? Dr Sara Wickham looks behind the headlines and suggests that ‘mumnesia’ might be normal and OK.
What is Mindfetalness?
Sara Wickham explaines the term ‘Mindfetalness’; Ingrid Rådestad’s term describing how women can apply focus and awareness to the well-being of their baby.
Yay for the Barkantine!
Women who booked their care at the Barkantine Birth Centre had better outcomes and rated their care more highly than women who booked at the hospital.
The big pregnancy brain mush myth
Researchers at a recent British Psychological Society conference claim to have refuted the ‘myth’ that women’s mental capacities diminish during pregnancy (HMG Worldwide Ltd 2003). Their small study investigated whether there was any justification in the idea that pregnant women…