Deciding what to measure and why it matters
Measuring outcomes in fetal monitoring research: there’s more to it than at first glance.
Reflections
My thoughts and ideas
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room
Research findings linking poor outcomes with abnormal CTG patterns reinforce the message that CTG monitoring isn’t effective. Why aren’t we talking about it?
Language matters
I write about the importance of language from time to time. Here’s a collection of all these thoughts in the one place.
A poem: A midwife thinking
I played with a number of analytical techniques when conducting my data analysis. One interesting approach I experimented with was the use of what are known as I poems. (I became aware of them when reading a chapter by Reid, 2017). To construct an I poem you select phrases in the data that start with “I”, collect them together and explore what they say about what people are doing. While […]
Are doctors still improving childbirth?
Is more medical care always better? Reflections on the law of diminishing returns. @susan_bewley @eternal1098 #toomuchtoosoon
What is perinatal asphyxia? An analysis of how we construct meaning.
What do we mean when we say perinatal asphyxia?
“Fetal Distress”: An Epic Tale
Is it time to rethink the concept of “fetal distress”?
Birth Small Talk 