Supporting women to give birth at home : a practical guide for midwives / edited by Mary Steen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steen, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Childbirth at home.

Midwifery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Supporting Women to Give Birth at Home describes and discusses the main challenges and issues that midwives and maternity services encounter when preparing for and attending a home birth. To ensure that a home birth is a real option for women, midwives need to be able to believe in a woman's ability to give birth at home and to promote this birth option, providing evidence-based information about benefits and risks. This practical guide will help midwives to have the necessary skills, resources and confidence to support homebirth. The book includes: - the present birth choices a woman has - the implications homebirth has upon midwifery practice - how midwives can prepare and support women and their families - the midwife's role and responsibilities - national and local policies, guidelines and available resources - pain management options With a range of recent home birth case studies brought together in the final chapter, this accessible text provides a valuable insight into those considering homebirth. Supporting Women to Give Birth at Home will be of interest to students studying issues around normal birth and will be an important resource for clinically based midwives, in particular community based midwives, home birth midwifery teams, independent midwives, and all who are interested in homebirth as a genuine choice"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. History of homebirth / Jane Harris

2. Choosing homebirth / Julia Magill-Cuerden

3. Guidelines to support homebirth / Bridgid McKeown and Verena Wallace

4. Supporting homebirth / Mary Steen and Kath Jones

5. Caring for women during a homebirth / Kim Gibbon and Mary Steen

6. Abnormal labour and emergencies / Mary Steen and Kim Gibbon

7. Homebirth pain management options / Mary Steen

8. Case studies / Mary Steen and Kath Jones.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780203324035

9781136595783

9781136595820

9781136595837

OCLC:

782918757

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.