Stop Press! Continuous fetal monitoring in labour doesn't change outcomes for the baby! So stop it!

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You need to know this information!

Continuous monitoring doesn't change outcomes for the baby!

It does raise the rate of major abdominal surgery for the woman though. It also affects the infant's microbiome via surgical birth.

Stop tying women down in labour.

Intrapartum cardiotocograph monitoring and perinatal outcomes for wome... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187151921930825X

Here's a riveting blog post about the fascinating back story to the paper, written by the author of the paper.

Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives - free online course

FREE online course: Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives.

Griffith University is again providing its highly acclaimed online MOOC

The life-saving, life-enhancing, powerful course was developed by the fabulous Professor Jenny Gamble, Professor of Midwifery and wonderful Associate Professor Mary Sidebotham from Griffith University, Australia in partnership with the brilliant soul-sister midwife, Leanne Schwartz, Director of Deepening the Journey, retreats for midwives and birthkeepers.

Learn how quality relationships between mothers, midwives and other health professionals transform maternity care and save lives.

This next course starts 27 January 2020. It runs for 3 weeks and the volume of learning takes about takes about 3 hours a week.

Research unequivocally shows that providing a woman with the same midwife before, during and after birth, results in less preterm birth, fetal death and other complications.

This course explains why we need relationship-based care in maternity services. You’ll discover how to create successful relationships, and how this produces better outcomes for the mother, baby and midwife.

You’ll learn about organisational healthcare models, and what you and your local community can do to contribute to the transformation of maternity care globally

Professor Jenny Gamble writes: 

If you think that what happens during pregnancy and birth matters. If you're interested in relationship-based maternity care, or if you just want to have the evidence readily accessible: please sign up and join our global movement!

The course is free. If you want a certificate for your records, then you can pay to upgrade your enrolment.

It's a fabulous learning opportunity - with this course, you will get the science behind the facts!

Here's the link Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives