Table Of Contents

Part 1: The midwife in context

1 Global midwifery—an international perspective

2 An introduction to midwifery history in the United Kingdom

3 The regulation of midwives

4 Clinical governance and the midwife

5 Learning, being, and developing as a midwife

6 Being a student midwife

7 Evidence-based practice and research for practice

8 Leadership and management in midwifery

9 An introduction to ethics for midwifery practice

10 Law and the midwife

11 Pharmacology and the midwife

Part 2: Childbirth in context

12 Sociocultural and spiritual context of childbearing

13 Psychological context of childbirth

14 Sex, gender, sexuality, and childbearing

15 National Health Service policy and midwifery

16 Maternity service provision

17 Legal frameworks for the care of the child

Part 3: Public health, health promotion in the context of childbirth

18 Epidemiology

19 Infection prevention and control in maternity care

20 Nutrition for a healthy pregnancy

21 Complementary therapies and natural remedies in pregnancy and birth

22 Public health, health promotion, and education

23 Preconception care

24 Education for parenthood

25 Physical preparation for childbirth and beyond

26 Vulnerable women and families

Part 4 The anatomy and physiology of fertility, conception and pregnancy

27 Anatomy of male and female reproduction

28 Female reproductive physiology — cyclical changes in the ovaries, uterus, and mammary gland, across the infertile cycle

29 Genetics and genomics

30 Fertility and its control

31 Infertility and assisted conception

32 From fertilisation to feto-placental development

33 The fetal skull

Part 5 Pregnancy

34 Maternal cardiovascular, respiratory, haemodynamic, uterine, and gastrointestinal-mammary adaptations to the fertile cycle

35 Antenatal care

36 Antenatal investigations

37 The choice and personalisation agenda

Part 6 Labour and birth

38 Neuroendocrinology of parenting: from nocturnal uterine activation to suckling-lactation and emotional connectivity between parents and infant

39 Care in the first stage of labour

40 Care in the second stage of labour

41 Supporting choices in reducing pain and fear during labour

42 Care in the third stage of labour

43 The pelvic floor

Part 7 Postnatal care and the care of the newborn baby

44 Women and family-centred postnatal care

45 Physiology, assessment, and care of the newborn

46 Thermoregulation

47 Infant feeding and relationship building

Part 8 Women and babies with complex needs

48 The preterm baby and the small baby

49 Respiratory and cardiac disorders in the neonate

50 Neonatal jaundice

51 Neonatal infection

52 Congenital anomalies and metabolic and endocrine disorders

53 Pregnancy loss and baby deaths

54 Nausea and vomiting

55 Bleeding in pregnancy

56 Hypertensive and medical disorders in pregnancy

57 Sexually transmitted infections

58 Abnormalities and anomalies of the genital tract

59 Multiple pregnancy and birth

60 Preterm labour and birth

61 Induction of labour and post-term pregnancy

62 Presentation and prolapse of the umbilical cord

63 Rhythmic variations of labour

64 Malpositions and malpresentations

65 Obstructed labour and uterine rupture

66 Obstetric interventions

67 Shoulder dystocia

68 Complications related to the third stage of labour

69 Maternal morbidity following childbirth

70 Mental health and well being in pregnancy and childbirth

71 Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby

72 Midwifery—practising in a complex world

Index



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