Workshop: Evidence based care for normal labour and birth

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Discover and explore the evidence and importance of normal, natural labour and birth:

• History and context of the "progress mindset"
• new understanding of the birth hormones
• variations as physiology, not pathology
• skills for labour support
• "working with pain" model
• evidence from anthropology, archeology, common sense, physiology and research
• physiology and psychology of each stage of labour
• posture and movement
• vaginal birth and effects on the pelvic floor
• rehabilitating the physiology of 3rd stage
• empowering care

This course is a must, if you want:

• Up-to-the-minute evidence covering most aspects of normal labour and birth
• To re-establish the importance of normal birth physiology within the increasingly medicalised birthing culture
• Strengthen your commitment to woman-centred, holistic, autonomous midwifery care
• Proven strategies to assist change in your workplace
• An opportunity to share with other midwives and to reflect on your own birthing practice.

Over 2,000 midwives in the UK, Ireland and Australia have raved about:

"Has redefined normal midwifery for me"

"Superb quality of material and presentation"

"Challenges conventional practice on several fronts"

"Excellent for getting you up to date"

Registration

Workshop numbers are strictly limited (allocated as registrations are received). To ensure your place, return your registration form early with payment. Phone registration will only be taken if credit card details are given.

About your workshop leader

Denis Walsh is a midwifery researcher, an independent lecturer and practising midwife, back home in Australia for a year from his base in the UK. He is a regular author of the Birthwrite Column in the British Journal of Midwifery and has just completed a PhD on the Birth Centre Model