Why it’s not ok to say “I don’t do vaginal breech birth”
Commit to having the most comprehensive skill set you can, to provide the best care you can, or get out of the birth room.
Who do you want to be?
Be the person you want to be proud of in the future. #InstitutionalEthnography #DorothyESmith @bellhooks
Essential books for research candidates
Two books every research candidate should have on their shelf.
CoVid19 and the CTG
Making blanket recommendations to use CTG monitoring for women who test positive for CoVid19 is not good science.
Power and the Cardiotocograph
I’ve just uploaded the final version of my PhD thesis. I thought I would share the opening of it with you.
If fetal movement monitoring on its own doesn’t work, will adding a blood test to it improve outcomes?
It is heartening to see that care is being taken to ensure that rigorous research is being done before introducing a new test into practice.
Let’s just pop you on a trace. A reflection on language.
Is it OK to manipulate the information we share with birthing women about fetal monitoring so they do what we want?
What stops clinicians from using intermittent auscultation?
Research published this week by Chuey, De Vries, Dal Cin, and Low (2020) explored facilitators and barriers to the use of intermittent auscultation (IA) rather than intrapartum CTG monitoring. The authors pointed out that: Despite evidence-based guidelines from professional associations recommending IA, and warning against the use of continuous monitoring, healthy individuals in labour are rarely monitored intermittently. The harms of routine EFM use are well established, yet it continues […]
The admission CTG: does it improve outcomes?
Today’s post summarises the evidence about the use of admission CTGs.
Fetal movement monitoring and stillbirth prevention: What’s new in research?
Does teaching women to focus on the movements of the fetus prevent stillbirth, or does it create a new set of problems?
Birth Small Talk 