The Midwife's Labour and Birth Handbook

Vicky Chapman is a registered nurse and midwife.?As a midwife Vicky has worked in a variety of hospital settings and as a caseload midwife. She has a particular interest in normal birth, as well as an interest the politics of childbirth and their impact on women's birth experiences. Vicky has recently returned to midwifery practice in Surrey, having had a break in order to be at home with her four children, the last three of which were born at home, including twins.
Cathy Charles is a midwife and ventouse practitioner, practising in acute and community settings in Wiltshire and Somerset. She has lectured and written on the subject of practising as a midwife ventouse practitioner in a stand-alone birthing centre. Like Vicky, Cathy has an interest in waterbirth and home births. She also gained experience in investigating adverse events as a clinical audit/risk management co-ordinator and has been a supervisor of midwives. She teaches aquanatal classes.

Preface

Contributors

1 Labour and normal birth – Cathy Charles

2 Vaginal examinations and artificial rupture of the membranes – Vicky Chapman

3 Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour – Bryony Read

4 Perineal trauma and suturing – Vicky Chapman

5 Examination of the newborn baby at birth – Caroline Rutter

6 Home birth – Janet Gwillim and Cathy Charles

7 Water for labour and birth – Cathy Charles

8 Malpositions and malpresentations in labour – Vicky Chapman

9 Slow progress in labour – Vicky Chapman

10 Assisted birth: ventouse and forceps – Cathy Charles

11 Caesarean section – Cathy Charles

12 Vaginal birth after caesarean section – Vicky Chapman

13 Preterm birth – Charlise Adams

14 Breech birth – Lesley Shuttler

15 Twins and higher-order births – Jo Coggins

16 Haemorrhage – Sheila Miskelly

17 Emergencies in labour and birth – Sheila Miskelly

18 Neonatal and maternal resuscitation – Nick Castle

19 Induction of labour – Mary-Lou Elliott

20 Pre-eclampsia – Annette Briley

21 Stillbirth and neonatal death – Barbara Kavanagh and Cathy Charles

22 Risk management, litigation and complaints – Cathy Charles

23 Intrapartum blood tests – Vicky Chapman and Julie Davis

24 Medicines and the midwife – Vicky Chapman

Index

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