Table of Contents

Introduction Focus On: Normal Birth Normal birth. Is there a future for normal birth? What is normal childbirth? Pregnancy Introduction Individualised Due Dates Are we failing women? Is folic acid the best thing. Hyperemesis gravidarum Obstetric cholestasis Obstetric cholestasis Pregnancy tests Massage in Pregnancy Questions for reflection Focus On: Domestic Violence Domestic violence in pregnancy Identifying a cry for help Addressing domestic violence. Women's responses. Being With Women Introduction Client centred midwifery Ways and means of giving information Midwifery in China Giving midwifery care. Muslim birth practices Questions for reflection Labour and Birth Introduction Maternal Mental Illness Birth plans The hormonal dance of labour Electronic fetal monitoring Eating and drinking in labour Water labour and birth The hour of birth The third stage maze Questions for reflection Focus On: Elements of Risk When birth goes wrong Home birth - a paediatrician's story Media representation of woman's health Coccydynia: a woman's tail The Postnatal Experience Introduction Postnatal nestling Postnatal care . month after birth Is breast always best? Sock it to me Skin to skin contact Pelvic Floor Exercises. Questions for reflection Focus On: Parenting Putting parents at the heart Our children's safety Motherhood. Nine women, nine months, nine lives Stories and Reflection Introduction Storytelling For midwifery care Transition. Having a baby . marathon Midwifery and research Carly is sixteen Hospital Infection Grandma's Gynecology 1 Grandma's Gynecology 2 Grandma's Gynecology 3 Power to the woman A word about language