The Tea & Toast team are delighted to bring you May's episode, which looks at childbirth and time, especially around the latent phase of labour, inspired by an extract from Trudy Stevens' chapter 'Time and Midwifery Practice' in Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time.

Episode 2 - About Time and Birth

Resources

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Beake, S., Chang, Y.S., Cheyne, H., Spiby, H., Sandall, J. and Bick, D., (2017). Experiences of early labour management from perspectives of women, labour companions and health professionals: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. Midwifery.

Buckley, S. (2015) Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care. Available from: https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/maternity/hormonal-physiology-of-childbearing.pdf

Hundley V A, Wray S, Cheyne H, Janssen P, Gross M, Spiby H (2017) Defining the latent phase of labour: is it important? Evidence Based Midwifery 15(3) 89-94

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2014) Intrapartum care for health women and babies. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg190/chapter/recommendations#definitions-of-the-latent-and-established-first-stages-of-labour

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Spiby, H & team, ATELSA 2008 'Improving care at the primary/secondary interface: a trial of community-based support in early labour (ELSA). Report for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D (NCCSDO)'

Stevens, T. (2009) Time and Midwifery Practice in McCourt, C. (ed.) Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time. New York: Berghahn

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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) Intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. Available from: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/intrapartum-care/en/

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Zhang J, Landy HJ, Branch DW, Burkman R, Haberman S, Gregory KD, et al. Contemporary patterns of spontaneous labor with normal neonatal outcomes. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010;116(6):1281‐7.