This comprehensive resource equips midwives and healthcare professionals with essential knowledge on the safe and effective use of complementary therapies during pregnancy and childbirth. It addresses scientific, legal, ethical, and health considerations, ensuring practitioners are well-informed and confident in their application of these therapies.
Focusing on empowerment, this guide offers insights into navigating pregnancy with confidence and assertiveness. It details what to expect during this transformative time and provides tools for embracing the journey into parenthood. Through practical advice and supportive strategies, it aims to equip expectant parents with the knowledge and mindset needed for a fulfilling pregnancy experience.
A ready reference guide for midwives, GPs, doulas and other healthcare professionals involved in conventional maternity care to enable them to advise and inform women on different natural remedies. With the emphasis on safety, a thorough list of contraindicated remedies is also included.
Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary is an indispensable resource relied on by midwives around the world. Now in its 14th edition, this handy dictionary has been fully updated to define terminology relevant to contemporary midwifery and related obstetrics. The dictionary provides clear, simple definitions that can be easily understood by midwives of all levels, from first-year students to practising midwives, maternity support workers and birth professionals. It includes illustrations and appendices to explain key concepts further. This must-have little book will be your essential companion through your career, from the time you take your exams to your practice in an obstetric unit, community setting, home birth or an isolated location in a developing country. User friendly text to support understanding Pocket-sized format for ease of use Helpful appendices address primary post-partum hemorrhage, maternal basic life support, neonatal resuscitation, management of shoulder dystocia, and cord prolapse Useful abbreviations list Research methods and psychosocial terms updated
This guide explores the subject of postdates pregnancy and analyses the induction of labour and many women's desire to avoid having labour induced. Balancing the discussion of midwifery care and the obstetric management of women who are overdue, it covers a range of complementary therapies and natural remedies and includes a debate on their safety.