“One of the most influential biases in the acquisition of evidence is choice of the question, and the best evidence in answer to the wrong question is useless.” Menticoglou & Hall 2002 Making the rounds on the internet is a new study finding that lying down during...
The Lancet has devoted an issue to maternal health that includes a systematic review of maternity care practice guidelines entitled: “Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide.” It joins a...
If you've ever wondered whether positioning affects pelvic dimensions or whether this is an "old midwives" tale, wonder no more. A 2014 study found that it did. Investigators used obstetric magnetic-resonance imaging pelvimetry to measure pelvic dimensions in pregnant...
Many recommendations in "Intrapartum care: care of healthy women & their babies during childbirth," the latest version of National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, support what advocates for physiologic care have long been saying about...
The first in Henci’s new Take Charge of Your Birth Series, Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? delivers up-to-date access to the best medical research plus practical strategies for developing your plan and putting it into action. Also available in audiobook.
