These archives contain extracts from discussions held on the UK Midwives and Consumers email list, a discussion group for people interested in midwifery in the UK. Open to midwives, students, mothers, and anyone interested in improving maternity services in UK. Posts in these archives express the views of the individual authors, and not those of the Association of Radical Midwives.
Alternative and Complementary Therapies - for pregnancy, birth and babycare.
Anaemia in pregnancy, including:
Artificial Rupture of Membranes - breaking the waters
Caesarean Sections:
Cannulas in labour. Who should have them? Which size is best?
The Cervix: Implications of Cervical tears, Cervical sugery and CIN, and a shortened cervix.
Cervical Lips ('anterior lip' etc)
"Chinning" - a midwifery technique to help deliver the head quickly.
Diastasis Pubis Symphysis / Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction - pelvic joint pain in pregnancy.
Episiotomy - reasons for doing them, ways to avoid them, and is there any benefit from prophylactic episiotomy?
Gestational Diabetes - issues, reading list and internet resources
Grandmultiparity and midwife friends
Group B Streptococcus, and other infections
Home Birth:
Failure to Progress - what causes it? How common is cephalo-pelvic disproportion?
Fibroids - how do uterine fibroids affect pregnancy and birth?
Foetal Monitoring:
Induction of Labour, and post-dates pregnancy
Malpresentation: when the baby is in a difficult position, eg posterior, transverse, oblique, or with ear, shoulder or hand presenting.
Midwifery:
Pain Relief:
The Perineum and associated issues:
Placenta Praevia and Low-Lying Placenta
Post-dates pregnancy, and induction of labour
Prelabour Rupture of Membranes: when the waters break before labour starts.
Shoulders, birth of - Shoulder dystocia, and How long between delivery of the head and shoulders?
Sweeping the Membranes - a drug-free intervention which can help to induce labour.
The Third Stage of Labour, and Post-Partum Haemorrhage - Active versus Physiological Management, and How long to wait for the placenta?
Thrombocytopenia of Pregnancy - Low Platelet Levels
Twins:
Ultrasound scans - how useful - and safe - are they?
The Umbilical Cord - cutting, clamping, lotus birth, cord blood samples, and cord blood banking.
Varicose veins - and vulval varicosities - in pregnancy
Vitamin K supplementation for newborns - is it necessary?
Waterbirth - safety and procedures
LW updated April 12, 2007