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All gas and no air? Why addressing climate change is critical for maternal and infant health.
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PMID: 19913681 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - November 18, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Bick D Tags: Midwifery Source Type: journals
Case-loading midwifery in New Zealand: bridging the normal/abnormal divide 'with woman'Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: continuity and woman-centred care are fundamental features of the construction of midwifery in New Zealand. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: a focus on the midwifery concept of 'with woman' can bridge the divide between the polarising concepts 'normal' and 'abnormal' and enable a more fluid and dynamic reading of midwifery.
PMID: 19910090 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - November 10, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lee Davis D, Walker K Tags: Midwifery Source Type: journals
Young mothers who choose to breast feed: the importance of being part of a supportive breast-feeding community.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: themes raised highlight the importance of viewing breast feeding as the normal way to feed an infant and having others support the mother in this behaviour. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: increasing breast-feeding initiation and duration among this at-risk group is important for both infant and maternal health. Helping mothers to view breast feeding as the norm, creating an environment where breast feeding is accepted, providing professional and peer support, and encouraging the mother to continue breast feeding are important steps in raising breast-feeding rates among younger mothers.
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Source: Midwifery - November 4, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Brown A, Raynor P, Lee M Tags: Midwifery Source Type: journals
Exercise of essential competencies for midwifery care by nurses in São Paulo, Brazil.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: the model of care in the public health services of São Paulo (eastern zone) is based much more on hierarchical positions than on professional competencies or on the recommendations of the scientific community. As a result, health authorities need to review their midwifery policies to improve maternal-infant care by nurses and/or midwives in order to ensure the implementation of best midwifery practice. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: the results of this study support actions to improve the quality of care delivered to women and their families, while integrating nursing and midwifery care in São Paulo, Brazil...
Source: Midwifery - November 3, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Narchi NZ Tags: Midwifery Source Type: journals
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Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: journals
Society PageEmail this article to a colleague.
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Editorial BoardEmail this article to a colleague.
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Top 10 ArticlesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Index of American College of Nurse-Midwives Documents and PublicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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We are pleased to publish the following index of selected American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) documents and publications, which appears annually in the November/December issue of the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. Documents and publications that were retired during the past year are noted. The ACNM has many resources in addition to the documents and publications listed here. These resources can be obtained from the ACNM Web site (www.acnm.org) and/or from the ACNM national office (contact information is listed below). (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: From the American College of Nurse-Midwives Source Type: journals
Complementary Health for Women: A Comprehensive Treatment Guide for Major Diseases and Common ConditionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Consumer interest in utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is rapidly increasing. Although there is no generally accepted definition, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine branch of the National Institutes of Health defines CAM as “a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.” Complementary medicine is typically used in addition to traditional medicine, whereas alternative therapies often replace traditional medical practices. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Katherine O'Brien Tags: Media Reviews Source Type: journals
Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth: Making Informed DecisionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nicette Jukelevics, former chair of the International Childbirth Education Association's Cesarean Options Committee, has written a groundbreaking exposé of cesarean birth in the United States. Approximately 1 in 3 US women give birth by cesarean section, a rate that is 2 times higher than that recommended by the World Health Organization. Factors thought to be contributing to the rapidly rising US cesarean rate include the decrease in vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), an increase in primary cesarean births, the widespread use of labor interventions such as induction and epidural anesthesia, the availability of elective...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Janelle Wahlman Tags: Media Reviews Source Type: journals
Positions for Labor: Maternal Movement and Optimal Fetal PositioningEmail this article to a colleague.
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The purpose of the Positions for Labor video is to describe and demonstrate a variety of positions and maternal movements available for use during labor and birth. This video is appropriate for ages 13 to adult and targets expectant mothers and their support person(s). The DVD has an easy-to-use chapter format focusing on positions and maternal movements appropriate for both the first and second stages of labor. Medical terms are defined to familiarize the viewer with language that may be used during labor and birth, and 3-dimensional animation is used to illustrate the various positions that the fetus may assume. The summ...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Joan M. Visger Tags: Media Reviews Source Type: journals
The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor CompanionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Penny Simkin is a physical therapist long recognized as an expert on the subject of childbirth. Previous editions of The Birth Partner, first published in 1989, have served as a resource for laboring women and their partners for almost 20 years. In the third edition, Simkin continues to provide a wealth of knowledge to birth partners: fathers, doulas, and anyone who is supporting a woman through her last weeks of pregnancy, labor, birth, and the early postpartum period. As the subtitle, A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions, suggests, the most recent edition has been revised and up...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Susan S. Studebaker Tags: Media Reviews Source Type: journals
Folic Acid – What's It All About?Email this article to a colleague.
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Folic acid is a B vitamin. The body uses folic acid to help make red blood cells and other new cells. The folic acid found naturally in food is sometimes called “folate.” People who do not get enough folic acid in their diet can get anemia—their blood does not carry oxygen well, and they feel tired and weak. Not having enough folic acid can also increase the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and stroke. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
Motherhood: The Early DaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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You prepare for the birth of your baby for many months during pregnancy, and then the first months at home after your baby is born can be a quiet, gentle time of getting to know this new person who has come to live in your home. But for most women it is not all quiet or sweet. And for some women it is a very hard time. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
CorrectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Share With Women patient education handout “Motherhood: The Early Days” published in the July/August 2009 issue (Vol. 54, No. 4, page 331) included erroneous advice regarding nipple cleaning and preparation. This information was deleted, and the corrected patient education handout is published on page e67 of this issue. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Corrections Source Type: journals
Birth Emergency Skills Training: A Manual for Out-of-Hospital MidwivesEmail this article to a colleague.
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While there are many good midwifery and obstetrics books in which obstetric emergencies are discussed, there are surprisingly few texts devoted exclusively to the recognition, evaluation, and treatment of complications of pregnancy, labor and birth, and the postpartum. With Birth Emergency Skills Training: A Manual for Out-of-Hospital Midwives, Bonnie U. Gruenberg, a certified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse practitioner, and emergency medical technician, has done a masterful job correcting this deficit. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Jennifer Drawbridge Tags: Media Review Source Type: journals
Topics in Antepartum Care, Part II (#2009/080)Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Special Continuing Education Issue Sponsored by JMWH Source Type: journals
El bloqueo epidural (epidural analgesia)Email this article to a colleague.
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Hay muchas maneras de manejar el dolor del parto. Usted puede decidir antes de su parto si desea o no usar medicinas para el dolor durante el parto. Este panfleto le dará información acerca del bloque epidural. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
Pruebas prenatales para detectar el sÍndrome de down (prenatal tests for down syndrome)Email this article to a colleague.
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El síndrome de Down es un defecto de nacimiento que se caracteriza por la presencia de retraso mental y, a menudo, problemas cardiacos. Los niños con síndrome de Down tienen cara redonda y ojos en forma de almendra rasgados hacia arriba. Se parecen más entre ellos que a los miembros de su familia. Aunque su capacidad de aprendizaje varía, todas las personas con síndrome de Down tienen cierto grado de retraso mental. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
NÁuseas y vÓmitos durante el embarazo (nausea and vomiting during pregnancy)Email this article to a colleague.
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Algunas mujeres tienen la suerte de no tener náuseas o vómitos durante el embarazo. Aproximadamente una de cada cuatro mujeres embarazadas tiene solo náuseas leves. Tres de cada diez mujeres embarazadas presentan náuseas lo suficientemente graves como para afectar su vida diaria. La mitad de todas las mujeres embarazadas sufren de náuseas y vómitos durante los primeros meses del embarazo. Las náuseas y los vómitos durante el embarazo tienden a ser peores durante las 8 y 10 semanas después del último periodo menstrual. Por lo general desaparecen a las 12 y 16 semanas después del último periodo. Se pueden llamar ...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
AlimentaciÓn saludable durante el embarazo (eating safely during pregnancy)Email this article to a colleague.
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Durante el embarazo, usted puede comer lo mismo que comía normalmente cuando no estaba embarazada. Sin embargo, en los primeros meses de su embarazo, los gérmenes (bacterias) y las sustancias tóxicas (toxinas) pueden hacerle daño a su bebé. Es por esto que usted necesita conocer los peligros de ciertos alimentos y aprender la de elegir y preparar sus comidas sin correr riesgos. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
Peligros del medio ambiente durante el embarazo (environmental hazards during pregnancy)Email this article to a colleague.
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Hay muchas sustancias químicas en el aire, las casas y los negocios que podrían afectar su salud o la de su bebé durante el embarazo. Este folleto le indica cómo evitar pesticidas, sustancias químicas peligrosas y plomo que podría ser dañinos para usted y su bebé. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
¿quÉ es una partera? (what is a midwife)Email this article to a colleague.
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Las enfermeras parteras certificadas (CNM, por su siglas en inglés) son enfermeras capacitadas en obstetricia que cuentan con licencia para ejercer. Las parteras certificadas (CM) son personal de atención médica con estudios en obstetricia que cuentan con licencia para ejercer. Tanto las enfermeras parteras certificadas como las parteras certificadas se han graduado de la universidad, han pasado un examen nacional y tienen una licencia estatal para ejercer de parteras. La mayoría de las parteras en los Estados Unidos son enfermeras parteras certificadas o parteras certificadas. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)Email this article to a colleague.
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The flu is an infection in your nose, throat, and lungs that is caused by a virus. There are different kinds of flu, like the one that people get every winter, which you can get a flu shot to prevent. There are other types of flu that primarily infect animals, like bird flu and now swine flu. The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu also causes flu in pigs. You cannot get this flu from eating pork, bacon, sausages, or any other pork products. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
Taking Good Care of Yourself While You are PregnantEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant soon, you will want to pay special attention to your health. Keep this handout on your refrigerator to help you take care of yourself. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Tags: Share With Women Source Type: journals
Reporting of Nausea and Vomiting in Pregancy Appears to Vary by Race/EthnicityEmail this article to a colleague.
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The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) during first and second trimesters of pregnancy by race and ethnicity. In addition, researchers sought to identify determinants of NVP with a special emphasis on race/ethnicity. Previous studies on NVP with respect to race/ethnicity have reported conflicting findings in part because of a failure to account for the multitude of variables and confounders that could influence NVP. Other studies have attributed differences to socioeconomic factors. Furthermore, the authors claim that previous studies did not explicit...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sharon Bond Tags: Journal Reviews Source Type: journals
Acupressure Relieves Symptoms of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy for some, But not all, WomenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite the fact that nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) is common and that a variety of drug treatments are available to control NVP symptoms, many pregnant women wish to minimize their use of any drugs during pregnancy. Several studies examining the use of complementary, nonpharmacologic therapies—such as reflexology, hypnosis, acupuncture, and acupressure—have been published showing favorable or mixed results. A commercially available acupressure wrist band was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2004 for the relief of nausea and vomiting related to morning sickness, chemotherapy, and motion sickn...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sharon Bond Tags: Journal Reviews Source Type: journals
Large Study Finds Metoclopramide can be Safely Used for Nausea and Vomiting in Early PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The care of pregnant women who suffer from nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy (NVP) is a common concern for clinicians. Although NVP is typically regarded as “mild” and “self-limiting,” it is estimated that between 70% and 80% of pregnant women experience NVP. For some women, extreme NVP results in a diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition associated with poor maternal–infant outcomes, including esophageal rupture, pneumothorax, preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and mortality. The precise etiology of NVP remains unknown, and the condition has been attributed to gastrointestinal tract dysfunctio...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sharon Bond Tags: Journal Reviews Source Type: journals
GratitudeEmail this article to a colleague.
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I had met you a couple of times before, Warned that you were awash with fears and anxieties, (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Jessica Murtagh Tags: Personal Reflections Source Type: journals
Midwifery Management of the Woman With an Eating Disorder in the Antepartum PeriodEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 21-year-old gravida 1, para 0 at 11 weeks and 4/7 days by last normal menstrual period presented to our clinic for prenatal care. She has never had a serious illness, surgery, or hospitalization. Her family history was positive for chronic depression and substance abuse. Her psychological history was positive for bulimia nervosa, which she reported first developing at 18 years of age. Although she had been working with a therapist for the past couple of years, she reported binge eating 1 to 2 times a week and compensatory behaviors, including excessive exercise, laxative use, fasting, and self-induced vomiting. She denie...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Cory Cantrell, Tarra Kelley, Tanya McDermott Tags: Clinical Rounds Source Type: journals
A Curious Case of Anti-D Antibody TiterEmail this article to a colleague.
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This report examines the clinical course of an RhD-negative woman who developed a high anti-D antibody titer during her pregnancy while carrying an RhD-positive female fetus yet had a negative antibody screen at the time she gave birth. Although she delivered a healthy newborn unaffected by hemolytic disease, subsequent pregnancies will be treated as though she is RhD alloimmunized. The discussion below includes possible causes for the abrupt rise in this woman's anti-D antibody titer, a review of the complex Rh system and cellular anamnestic response, and current fetal surveillance for hemolytic disease of the fetus and n...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Jennifer G. Hensley, Katherine P. Coughlin, Laura L. Klein Tags: Clinical Rounds Source Type: journals
Using the Rapid HIV Test to Rescreen Women in the Third Trimester of PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy in HIV-infected women has dramatically reduced the rate of mother to child HIV transmission in the United States. National guidelines strongly recommend universal HIV testing of all pregnant women with repeat screening in the third-trimester in high-risk populations. To determine patient attitudes towards third-trimester rescreening, a convenience sample was recruited during routine prenatal visits at an urban clinic and participants were surveyed to determine attitudes about HIV third-trimester retesting, acceptability of the rapid HIV testing, condom use, and knowledge of partner's...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Shannon M. Criniti, Erika Aaron, Amy B. Levine Tags: Brief Report Source Type: journals
Assessment and Management of Bleeding in the First Trimester of PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article reviews early pregnancy development, etiologies of vaginal bleeding in the first trimester, strategies for evaluation, and recognition and management of the main diagnostic considerations. Case study examples illustrating the complexity of the assessment and management of vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy are presented. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: B.J. Snell Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Social and Clinical Risk Assessment Among Pregnant Haitian Women in South FloridaEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article describes the cultural experiences of pregnant Haitian women living in South Florida and their implications for clinical risk assessment. Contemporary clinical risk evaluation during pregnancy includes an assessment of external and social sources of risk, such as domestic violence, homelessness, and socioeconomic status. The accumulating data about the birth outcomes among Haitian women living in the United States underscores their biomedical risk status. However, it is important for clinicians to also have a more nuanced understanding of the influence of contemporary Haitian culture on risk during pregnancy t...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lauren Fordyce Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Contemporary Childbirth Education ModelsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Since the 1960s, childbirth education advocates have attempted to persuade pregnant women that educational preparation for labor and birth is an essential component of the transition to motherhood. Initially, pregnant women who were seeking unmedicated births as a refuge from the inhumane childbirth treatments of the mid-20th century embraced this view. However, with the changing childbirth climate, including a growing preference for medicated birth, scheduled inductions, and cesarean sections, attendance has diminished and childbirth education finds itself at a crossroads. Commonly used childbirth education models/organiz...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Deborah S. Walker, Joan M. Visger, Debra Rossie Tags: Features Source Type: journals
A Critical Appraisal of Guidelines for Antenatal Care: Components of Care and Priorities in Prenatal EducationEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are a variety of published prenatal care (PNC) guidelines that claim a scientific basis for the information included. Four sets of PNC guidelines published between 2005 and 2009 were examined and critiqued. The recommendations for assessment procedures, laboratory testing, and education/counseling topics were analyzed within and between these guidelines. The PNC components were synthesized to provide an organized, comprehensive appendix that can guide providers of antepartum care. The appendix may be used to locate which guidelines addressed which topics to assist practitioners to identify evidence sources. The sugge...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lisa Hanson, Leona VandeVusse, Joyce Roberts, Amanda Forristal Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Diverse Women's Beliefs About Weight Gain in PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This research was conducted to describe ethnically diverse new mothers' perceptions of gestational weight gain. Forty-nine low-income women of diverse racial and ethnic origins who birthed an infant within the past year completed a semistructured interview in a pediatric clinic waiting room. The interviews were designed to elicit views on gestational weight gain, including expectations and perceived consequences. Data were analyzed using content analysis techniques. Women believed that others like themselves were concerned about pregnancy weight gain. Many focused on the effects of insufficient pregnancy weight gain on the...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Susan W. Groth, Margaret H. Kearney Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Pregnancy Complicated by Obesity: Midwifery ManagementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Obesity-related comorbidities such as gestational diabetes and hypertension have the potential to affect at least 25% of women in the United States. Midwives have been caring for and collaboratively managing these conditions in nonobese women for decades. Prenatal weight gain advice should be based on pregravid body mass index and aim for the lower end of the 1990 Institute of Medicine prenatal weight gain ranges. Obese women may require extra ultrasound and blood glucose testing during pregnancy. Pregnancy complicated by obesity may limit the place and style of birth. Midwives can integrate management techniques into the ...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Cecilia Jevitt Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Evidence-Based Approaches to Managing Nausea and Vomiting in Early PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article reviews the epidemiology of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, use of the PUQE index, and the evidence for specific nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment regimens. A protocol for clinical management is presented. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Tekoa L. King, Patricia Aikins Murphy Tags: Features Source Type: journals
Prenatal Education: Enduring and EssentialEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patient education has long been considered a cornerstone of prenatal care. Indeed, the World Health Organization identifies guidance and education as key components of prenatal care. Traditionally, prenatal education has occurred as a one-on-one interaction between a clinician and individual woman or at a formal childbirth education class. More recently, a group model of prenatal care, CenteringPregnancy, has been developed. Regardless of the setting or format, health education, including preparation for birth, has an enduring presence in prenatal care. (Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health)
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Frances E. Likis Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals
Exploring the barriers of quitting smoking during pregnancy: A systematic review of qualitative studies.Email this article to a colleague.
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Smoking during pregnancy is widely known to increase health risks to the foetus, and understanding the quitting process during pregnancy is essential in order to realise national government targets. Qualitative studies have been used in order to gain a greater understanding of the quitting process and the objective of this systematic review was to examine and evaluate qualitative studies that have investigated the psychological and social factors around women attempting to quit smoking during pregnancy. Electronic databases and journals were searched with seven articles included in this review. The findings demonstrate...
Source: Women Birth - October 28, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Ingall G, Cropley M Tags: Women Birth Source Type: journals
Factors affecting the success of moxibustion in the management of a breech presentation as a preliminary treatment to external cephalic version.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: moxibustion creates a better chance of vaginal birth for expectant mothers. Of the women who were successful in turning their babies using moxibustion, 88% went on to have a normal birth and 12% had a caesarean section. Moxibustion treatment also significantly increases version from a breech presentation to a cephalic presentation where there are fewer side effects reported, if the woman is multiparous and has support during the administration of moxibustion treatment. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: moxibustion treatment should be offered to all women with a breech presentation because it is non-invasive and can b...
Source: Midwifery - October 21, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Manyande A, Grabowska C Tags: Midwifery Source Type: journals
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As a midwife, educator and counsellor I was immediately drawn to this powerful premise that frames this book. Supporting Postnatal Women into Motherhood is well structured, comprehensive and highly practical. Essentially it is a book about setting up, managing and facilitating a discussion group for new mothers. This book is definitely not another ‘every-neighbourhood-should-have one, mother's morning tea/play group meeting’: the author offers much more. Lynn Bertram brings together 14 years of professional experience in counselling, teaching and group work with mothers and although the title includes the sub-title of ...
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Bronwyn Agnew Tags: Book Review Source Type: journals
Women's views of postnatal care in the context of the increasing pressure on postnatal beds in AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Summary: Background: Despite limited evidence evaluating early postnatal discharge, length of hospital stay has declined dramatically in Australia since the 1980s. The recent rising birth rate in Victoria, Australia has increased pressure on hospital beds, and many services have responded by discharging women earlier than planned, often with little preparation during pregnancy. We aimed to explore the views of women and their partners regarding a number of theoretical postnatal care ‘packages’ that could provide an alternative approach to early postnatal care.Methods: Eight focus groups and four interviews were held in...
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Helen L. McLachlan, Lisa Gold, Della A. Forster, Jane Yelland, Joanne Rayner, Sharon Rayner Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Reducing length of stay for women who present as outpatients to delivery suite: A clinical practice improvement projectEmail this article to a colleague.
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Summary: Problem: Access block is an increasing problem in delivery suites due to the rising birth rates. As well as more labouring women, more women are presenting to delivery suite with pregnancy concerns (at 18 weeks gestation and over). Waiting times for women with pregnancy concerns were prolonged because, prior to the implementation of the present project, these women were required to be assessed by a midwife and then a medical officer.Aim: The aim of this project was to safely and effectively reduce the length of stay of pregnant women presenting with pregnancy concerns who were managed as outpatients in the deliver...
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Jennifer Haxton, Kathleen Fahy Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Encountering the culture of midwifery practice on the postnatal ward during Action Research: An impediment to changeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: It appears that the provision of hospital postnatal care has been influenced by an underlying culture in midwifery practice, which in turn, has impeded the change required to enhance postnatal care. (Source: Women and Birth)
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Lois McKellar, Jan Pincombe, Ann Henderson Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Critical approach to medical advice is best for mothers: Midwives play key roleEmail this article to a colleague.
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I was invited to write this editorial after speaking about my decision to birth my baby vaginally despite her breech position. While my choice ran contrary to dominant medical opinion, it was right for me and my baby. Not only was she born healthy, but I was well, satisfied that I had given my baby the best possible start to life. I was empowered by my involvement in the planning. Here is my story which demonstrates that in order to ensure the best birthing outcome women need to take a critical view of medical advice. I believe it is the role of the midwife to encourage and support women in taking responsibility for their ...
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Rebecca Thurlow Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: journals
Caesarean section: The ultimate by-product of the One Two Punch TheoryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Recently our team has been writing up the analysis of data collected from a small number of Australian women who requested a caesarean section in their first pregnancy in the absence of a medical indication. In an attempt to offer some explanations for what we were seeing in the data our literature search reacquainted us with the early nineties work of Robbie Davis-Floyd. A well-known and published anthropologist, Davis-Floyd has a passion for understanding contemporary rituals around childbirth. It was in her paper, “The technocratic body: American childbirth as a cultural expression” that first introduced me to the c...
Source: Women and Birth - October 16, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Jennifer Fenwick Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals
