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Pondering the post-birth tea break
I am getting more and more feedback letting me know that my ‘revisiting’ activities are useful because the act of writing posts that link to specific articles and topics is helping people find articles...
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Anti-D resources 1: getting started
This is the first in a series of linked posts that I hope will serve as signposts to resources for those who wish to learn more about anti-D. I want to offer links to documents and resources that...
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Normal postnatal bowel function and the poo taboo
Some of the best research papers are those that explore the topics so obvious or everyday that they are sometimes overlooked, or that are so difficult to discuss that researchers tend to veer away...
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How are you sleeping?
In your practice, do you routinely ask women how they’re sleeping? And if you do, what do you do with that information? Do you use sleep-related questions as a way of triggering and exploring all...
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Pelvic checks at the 6-week check
Sometimes, the combination of my travelling and reading of the midwifery and obstetric literature highlights areas where there is variation in what is seen as standard or usual practice in different...
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The words we use…
We’re doing some website spring cleaning and finding it fascinating to re-read some of the articles that were first published ten or fifteen years ago … we thought you might be interested to see a few...
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The importance of illumination – the case of covert retention
I want to discuss the issue of covert retention of urine after birth. It’s one of those things that we learn or hear about, and accept, until we dig a bit deeper. At which point we find that it’s not...
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Postnatal heparin: what’s the evidence?
What’s the evidence for giving postnatal heparin? For a few years now, some women have been offered a drug called low molecular weight heparin during and/or after pregnancy. This is a preventative or...
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