Because I’m an information junkie and an occasional insomniac with a background in university-level science, I often am pouring over birth-related research. I also am constantly referencing the guidelines from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Perinatal Services BC. I believe birthing women should have access to this information so they are able to make informed choices. I also strongly encourage my doula students to keep up to date with research. I have articles stashed and filed away on my computer, but here I am aiming to compile links to the research for you to easily access! I will be constantly updating this page as go through what I have. Feel free to post below in the comments section if there is a particular study or category you think I should add to the list.
*This page is a work in progress and has just been started! Thanks for your patience as I compile an online list of research!*
You can also explore my online library of research and guidelines (also a work in progress).
Care providers and birth outcomes
Cardiotogography (CTG) / Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
Epidurals:
Healthcare research and practice: influences and issues outside evidence-based best practices
- Undue industry influences that distort healthcare research, strategy, expenditure and practice
- Fee-for-service and its impact on medical recommendations (article)
Home Birth Safety
- Satisfaction with planned birth place
- Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with… (Janssen et al)
- Outcomes associated with planned home birth and planned hospital birth (Hutton et al)
- Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives (Johnson)
- Comparing the odds of postpartum haemorrhage in planned home birth against planned hospital birth
- Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births (de Jonge et al)
Induction: for early / prolonged membrane release
Induction: the membrane sweep / stripping the membranes / stretch-and-sweep
- Membrane sweeping and prelabor rupture of membranes, (analysis)
- Cochrane Summaries: Membrane Sweeping for IOL
Third Stage Management (Birth of the Placenta)
Ultrasounds
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