Coddington, Rebecca Scarf, Vanessa Fox, Deborah
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Continuous electronic fetal monitoring devices can restrict women's freedom of movement and choice of positioning during labour and birth. Despite the use of continuous electronic fetal monitoring for the past 50 years, little attention has been paid to women's experiences of wearing different fetal monitoring devices in labour. To explore women's ...
Lee, Nigel Kearney, Lauren Shipton, Emma Hawley, Glenda Winters-Chang, Peta Kilgour, Catherine Brady, Susannah Peacock, Ann Anderson, Loretta Humphrey, Tracy
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
While consent is an integral part of respectful maternity care, how this is obtained during labour and birth presents conflicting understandings between midwives' and women's experiences. Midwifery students are well placed to observe interactions between women and midwives during the consent process. The purpose of this study was to explore the obs...
Mahler, Julia Stahl, Katja
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Evidence on early labour care suggests that women's needs are not adequately met. Women's perceptions of early labour management impact on their overall birth experience. Valid measurement tools are needed for evaluation and improvement of early labour care. Translation and cultural adaptation of the Early Labour Experience Questionnaire for use in...
Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne Mueller, Antonia N
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Early labour care often insufficiently addresses the individual needs of pregnant women leading to great dissatisfaction. In-depth knowledge about symptoms of onset of labour and early labour is necessary to develop women-centred interventions. To provide an overview on the current evidence about pregnant women's symptoms of onset of labour and ear...
Fritzson, Magdalena Nordin, Anna Børøsund, Elin Johansson, Margareta Varsi, Cecilie Ängeby, Karin
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Use of mobile applications (apps) are increasing during pregnancy but few of these are evidence-based or evaluated in research. To examine the feasibility, including perceived usefulness and usability, and the preliminary effects of an app based on the Confident birth method. A mixed-method approach, including 48 women, was used to evaluate accepta...
Flood, Margaret M Pollock, Wendy E McDonald, Susan J Cullinane, Fiona Davey, Mary-Ann
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Breastfeeding has many important benefits for both mother and baby but sustained breastfeeding is sub-optimal. Identifying women who need increased support to establish breastfeeding has the potential to improve this. Analysis of the relationship between primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and primary severe PPH and breastfeeding may prove informa...
Stone, Nancy Iris Downe, Soo
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Women who present at hospital labour wards in early labour must often meet measurable diagnostic criteria before admission. Early labour is a phase of neurohormonal, emotional, and physical changes that are often not measurable. When admission to birthplace is based on results of diagnostic procedures, women's embodied knowledge may be disregarded....
Oxlad, Melissa J Franke, Elisabeth F Due, Clemence Jaensch, Lauren H
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Evidence-informed, best-practice recommendations concerning bereavement photography following stillbirth have yet to be proposed. Previous research has highlighted the general importance of memory-making following pregnancy loss; however, scarce studies have specifically examined bereavement photography experiences. To examine parents', healthcare ...
Neal, Sarah Nove, Andrea Bar-Zeev, Sarah Pairman, Sally Ryan, Erin Ten Hoope-Bender, Petra Homer, Caroline Se
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
The development of competent professional midwives is a pre-requisite for improving access to skilled attendance at birth and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Despite an understanding of the skills and competencies needed to provide high- quality care to women during pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period, there is a marked lack of con...
Bulndi, Lydia Babatunde Bayes, Sara Adama, Esther Ireson, Deborah
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Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
An obstetric fistula also known as vesico vaginal fistula (VVF), or recto-vaginal fistula (RVF) is an abnormal opening between the urogenital tract and intestinal tract caused by prolonged obstructed labour; when the head of the baby presses on the soft tissues in the pelvis leading to loss of blood flow to the women's bladder, vagina, and rectum. ...
