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Birth Rights, Interventions & Navigating The System
Useful resources and links to research to help support what you already know about
understanding how the maternity system currently functions and your autonomy within it..
Websites:
www.birthrights.org.uk - RIghts
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www.nice.org.uk - NHS Guidance
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​Articles:
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How language can obscure choice - Dr sara Wickham
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When is consent not consent? - Dr Sara Wickham
The trouble with birth and Maternity guidlines - Dr Sara Wickham
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The madness of modern measurement - Dr Sara Wickham
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Fixed point due dates and wider windows - Dr Sara Wickham​
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​​Paracetamol in Pregnancy & Birth - Dr Sara Wickham​
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​​​Why Your estimated Due Date Might need a rethink - Dr Sara Wickham​
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​​Is Home Birth Safe? - Dr Sara Wickham​​​​​
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Optimal cord Clamping - What's the Evidence? - Dr Sara Wickham
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Birth in The Media, What's the Problem? - Dr Sara Wickham
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3 things I wish I knew about pregnancy and birth knowledge - Dr Sara Wickham
Vitamin K resources - Dr Sara Wickham
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Vitamin K, persuasion tactics and tips
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9 things you might not know about Anti D
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What's right for you? Resources for birth decisions - Dr Sara Wickham
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The Importance of Consent - Dr Sara Wickham
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"Shared" decision Making- Dr Sara Wickham
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The Cochrane review on approaches to the birth of the placenta - Dr Sara Wickham
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Deciding to decline, or deciding to wait and see - Dr Sara Wickham
5 things you should know if you choose to decline Vitamin K - Dr Sara Wickham
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Interventions:
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Can i say no to Vaginal Examinations? - Dr Sara Wickham
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What is a stretch and sweep? - Dr Sara Wickham
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Questions to ask if you're offered induction - Dr Sara Wickham
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Are there good reasons to Induce Labour? - Dr Sara Wickham
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Induction increases Cesarean - Dr Sara Wickham
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Induction of labour at, or before 42 weeks, evidence - Dr Sara Wickham
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Let's be clear: Labour Onset is either Spontaneous or Induced! - Dr Sara Wickham
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Induction of Labour, What do women think? - Dr Sara Wickham
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Women's experiences of cervical ripening - Dr Sara Wickham
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Women's experience of augmentation of labour - Dr Sara Wickham
​The Arrive Trial - Dr Sara Wickham
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Which first time mums are most at risk of Cesareans? - Dr Sara Wickham
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​The Big Baby trial - Dr Sara Wickham
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How to cancel a labour induction - Dr Sara Wickham
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Routine Induction for healthy women is not supported by evidence - Dr Sara Wickham
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Explaining the Induction postcode lottery - Dr Sara Wickham
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Fetal monitoring research resources
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Books:​
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Informed is best: How to spot fake news about your pregnancy, birth and baby - Prof Amy Brown
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The AIMS Guide to Your Rights in Pregnancy and Birth (The AIMS Guides) - Emma Ashworth
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Inducing Labour - Dr Sara Wickham
​​​What's Right For Me?: Making decisions in pregnancy and childbirth - Dr Sara Wickham
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Birthing Your Placenta - Dr Sara Wickham
Vitamin K and The newborn - Dr Sara Wickham
Anti D Explained - Dr Sara Wickham
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Podcast Episodes:
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Induction of Labour: Part 1 - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Induction of Labour: Part 2 - The Great Birth Rebellion​
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The 5 big induction studies - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Increase your chance of vaginal birth in hospital - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Why do they put their fingers n your vagina - The Great Birth Rebellion
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What to do when you are "Over due" - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Declining Medical Recommendations - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Big Babies, Small Babies - The Great Birth Rebellion
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The risks of Induction: Part 1 - The Great Birth Rebellion
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The risks of Induction: Part 2 - The Great Birth Rebellion
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The medicalisation spectrum - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Is CTG use in pregnancy ever beneficial? - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Is CTG ever beneficial? - The Great Birth Rebellion
CTG use in labour and birth - The Great Birth Rebellion
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Vaginal Examinations - The Midwives Cauldron
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Listening to babies during labour - The Midwives Cauldron
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Assessing labour progress: An interview with Dr Clare Davison - The Midwives Cauldron
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How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop - The Midwives Cauldron
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Through the lens of an obstetrician - The Midwives Cauldron
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Anti D - The Midwives Cauldron
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Induction of labour from the baby's perspective - The Midwives Cauldron
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​The herstory of modern birth practices - The Midwives Cauldron
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Vaginal Examinations: With Emma Ashworth - Birth Ed
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Birth Rights: With Emma Ashworth - Better Birth
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Your Right to Record: With Emma Ashworth - Better Birth​​
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