Practice Obstetrics like a Feminist
What does feminist obstetric practice mean for you? @millihill
Mysterious cats and CTG monitoring
I once wrote a post about Dr Who and alternative universes, highlighting the way that people make meaning of their individual experiences. It is important for health professionals to reflect on the way we make meaning because it is easy to slip into what are known as cognitive biases. We can’t always avoid these, but it does help to have examples of these biases to increase the chance that we […]
Missing pieces in the Anti D puzzle – book review
What do we know and what don’t we know about Anti D? Book review.
Unintended consequences in maternity care
“Being K2ed”: an unintended consequence of central fetal monitoring.
Deciding whether the baby is too small or not: shifting standards
Have you ever wondered how growth charts are created?
Is your lactate meter leading you astray?
Fetal lactate testing in labour:. Are we making the same mistakes but hoping to get a different result?
Central fetal monitoring – time to deimplement?
Questions remain about the safety of central fetal monitoring systems.
Midwives must, obstetricians may: Learning new ways to read guidelines
When you put people back into clinical guidelines you can see previously invisible assumptions.
Three strikes and you are out!
Three strikes and you are out! How a guideline meant to make maternity care safer undermined good communication.
More evidence that intermittent auscultation is safe and effective
More evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of intrapartum monitoring with intermittent auscultation.
Birth Small Talk 