Water immersion: Reacquainting with the art of midwifery to promote normal birth

Megan Cooper; Associate Professor Jane Warland; Helen McCutcheon

doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.08.133

Water immersion: Reacquainting with the art of midwifery to promote normal birth

Megan Cooper
, Associate Professor Jane Warland
, Helen McCutcheon

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Abstract

Introduction: Whilst the midwifery philosophy upholds labour and birth as a natural, physiological event, there is increasing concern that the risk averse nature of contemporary maternity care is overshadowing these important roots. As a consequence, labour and birth are commonly intersected by interventions that diverge from the salutogenic goals of a midwife and therefore, midwifery as an art that draws on intuition, observation, patience and the senses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39
Journal	Women and Birth
Volume	31
Issue number	S1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.08.133
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2018
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Water Immersion
Midwifery
Normal Birth

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Water immersion: Reacquainting with the art of midwifery to promote normal birth

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