This insightful book and accompanying video resource present a collection of perspectives relating to different issues around birthing and midwifery.Through the voices of birthing women/people/mothers/parents/partners, midwives, students, health professionals and family members, you will build empathy and understanding, reflect, and learn to apply innovative approaches in your own practice. The book covers a range of topics, such as midwifery continuity of care, place of birth, multiple pregnancy, complex pregnancies, congenital birth abnormalities, supporting culturally and linguistically diverse women, anxiety and depression, and working with women with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Stories in midwifery provides teaching and learning strategies ideal for students and practising midwives alike. Readers will develop the skills, attitudes and mindfulness necessary for working in partnership with women, childbearing people and their families across a variety of settings.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside Front Cover - p. iii 5. Half Title - p. iii 6. Title Page - p. iii 7. Copyright - p. iii 8. Contents - p. iii 9. About the authors - p. iii 10. Acknowledgements - p. iii 11. About this resource - p. iii 12. Inclusive language statement - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: Continuity of midwifery care - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: Homebirth - p. iii 15. Chapter 3: Vaginal breech birth - p. iii 16. Chapter 4: Having a baby over 40 years of age - p. iii 17. Chapter 5: Grand multiparity - p. iii 18. Chapter 6: Rural and remote midwifery - p. iii 19. Chapter 7: Caesarean section - p. iii 20. Chapter 8: Same-sex parenting - p. iii 21. Chapter 9: Young mothers - p. iii 22. Chapter 10: Indigenous mothers and midwives - p. iii 23. Chapter 11: Fathers - p. iii 24. Chapter 12: Multiple pregnancy - p. iii 25. Chapter 13: Perinatal mental health - p. iii 26. Chapter 14: Complex pregnancies - p. iii 27. Chapter 15: Grief and loss - p. iii 28. Chapter 16: Assisted reproductive technologies - p. iii 29. Chapter 17: Vaginal birth after caesarean section - p. iii 30. Chapter 18: Water immersion for labour and birth - p. iii 31. Chapter 19: Privately practising midwives - p. iii 32. Chapter 20: Birthing a baby with a congenital anomaly—anencephaly - p. iii 33. Chapter 21: Cultural and linguistic diversity - p. iii 34. Chapter 22: Working with a woman with physical and/or intellectual disabilities - p. iii 35. Transcripts - p. iii
This insightful book and accompanying video resource present a collection of perspectives relating to different issues around birthing and midwifery.Through the voices of birthing women/people/mothers/parents/partners, midwives, students, health professionals and family members, you will build empathy and understanding, reflect, and learn to apply innovative approaches in your own practice. The book covers a range of topics, such as midwifery continuity of care, place of birth, multiple pregnancy, complex pregnancies, congenital birth abnormalities, supporting culturally and linguistically diverse women, anxiety and depression, and working with women with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Stories in midwifery provides teaching and learning strategies ideal for students and practising midwives alike. Readers will develop the skills, attitudes and mindfulness necessary for working in partnership with women, childbearing people and their families across a variety of settings.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside Front Cover - p. iii 5. Half Title - p. iii 6. Title Page - p. iii 7. Copyright - p. iii 8. Contents - p. iii 9. About the authors - p. iii 10. Acknowledgements - p. iii 11. About this resource - p. iii 12. Inclusive language statement - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: Continuity of midwifery care - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: Homebirth - p. iii 15. Chapter 3: Vaginal breech birth - p. iii 16. Chapter 4: Having a baby over 40 years of age - p. iii 17. Chapter 5: Grand multiparity - p. iii 18. Chapter 6: Rural and remote midwifery - p. iii 19. Chapter 7: Caesarean section - p. iii 20. Chapter 8: Same-sex parenting - p. iii 21. Chapter 9: Young mothers - p. iii 22. Chapter 10: Indigenous mothers and midwives - p. iii 23. Chapter 11: Fathers - p. iii 24. Chapter 12: Multiple pregnancy - p. iii 25. Chapter 13: Perinatal mental health - p. iii 26. Chapter 14: Complex pregnancies - p. iii 27. Chapter 15: Grief and loss - p. iii 28. Chapter 16: Assisted reproductive technologies - p. iii 29. Chapter 17: Vaginal birth after caesarean section - p. iii 30. Chapter 18: Water immersion for labour and birth - p. iii 31. Chapter 19: Privately practising midwives - p. iii 32. Chapter 20: Birthing a baby with a congenital anomaly—anencephaly - p. iii 33. Chapter 21: Cultural and linguistic diversity - p. iii 34. Chapter 22: Working with a woman with physical and/or intellectual disabilities - p. iii 35. Transcripts - p. iii
