Labour midwifery skills

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Anatomy; Pelvic floor; Pelvis (gynaecoid); Placenta and membranes; Diameters of the fetal skull; Apgar Scores; Birth Environment - Promoting Normality; Caesarean Section (LSCS); Preparation; Catheterisation; Procedure; Alert; Follow-up care after insertion of catheter; Removal; Follow-up care after removal; Cord Bloods; CTG Interpretation; Diabetic Women in Labour; After birth; Emergencies; Shoulder dystocia; Post-partum haemorrhage; Neonatal resuscitation; Breech; Cord prolapse; Bladder filling; Emergency Birth; Epidurals; Advantages of an epiduralDisadvantages of an epidural; Procedure; Care of a woman with an epidural in situ; Episiotomy; Procedure; Examination of the Placenta; Fetal Blood Sampling; Equipment; Procedure; Home Birth Preparation; Initial Baby Check; Instrumental Birth; Preparation; Mechanism of Normal Labour (LOA); Monitoring Maternal and Fetal Well-Being in Labour; Obesity and Labour; Pain Relief; Non-pharmacological; Pharmacological; Perineal Repair; Positions for Labour and Birth; Resuscitation Equipment; Signs of Transition; Stages and Phases of Labour; Third Stage Management; Physiological/expectantActive; Vaginal Examination; Documenting a vaginal examination; Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (Trial of Scar); Waterbirth; General Abbreviations; References.

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