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Tanya Burchell is a highly respected British nurse, midwife and educator, dedicated to promoting compassionate and respectful maternity care. She possesses extensive international experience, including living in Cyprus, India, Bangladesh and Cambodia, and this direct engagement with diverse cultures deeply influences her approach to healthcare, highlighting her commitment to understanding and integrating varied beliefs and attitudes into best practices. Tanya's vision is to foster maternity units globally, where passion, current practices, and compassion thrive, and staff genuinely love their work.

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Respectful Maternity Practices for Labour, Birth and the Postnatal Period is a must-read for obstetricians, doctors, midwives, nurses, and students seeking to enhance their knowledge and clinical practice. It's more than a textbook: it's a call to action, fostering compassion, and ensuring that every woman and baby receives the respectful, high-quality care they deserve. This book distinguishes itself by moving beyond a purely clinical, fact-delivery model. It combines robust, evidence-based information with a culturally aware and highly accessible writing style, making it not just an informative resource, but also an inspiring guide for all maternity caregivers. With a global perspective and deep respect for cultural diversity, this book explores how maternity care can-and must-uphold the autonomy, voices, and lived experiences of all those giving birth. Through real-world examples and actionable strategies, the book challenges harmful norms and equips caregivers with the tools to cultivate safety and trust in every birth setting.

• Spans the full spectrum of care environments, from intimate home settings to hospitals nestled in the jungle, to large, resource-rich medical facilities
• Dr. Shawn Walker, a leading expert in the field, contributes a vital section on physiological breech birth
• Vivid photographs are used throughout, to enhance understanding and provide clear visual guidance for safe practice

• An invaluable, free online section provides editable resources for use in practice Rooted in dignity, empathy, and human rights, this essential guide offers a thoughtful and practical framework for ensuring that every woman, baby, and family receives respectful, compassionate care throughout labour, birth, and the postnatal period.

  Inhalt

  Dedication Preface/Introduction

  About the Companion Website

  SECTION 1: CAREGIVERS AND FUTURE-CAREGIVERS

  1. Our Responsibilities and Desires in Maternity Care

  2. Hopes and Dreams for Maternity Care

  3. Handover

  4. Mentoring Future-Caregivers

  SECTION 2: THE LABOUR ROOM ENVIRONMENT

  5. The Labour Room Environment

  6. The Labour Room Environment - Our Impact

  SECTION 3: CARE DURING LABOUR AND BIRTH

  7. The Labour Room Welcome

  8. Eating and Drinking in Labour

  9. Mobility in Labour

  10. Monitoring in Labour with Our Heads, Hearts and Hands

  11. Caring for Women Experiencing Painful Contractions

  12. When A Woman Feels the Urge to Push

  13. Care During the Birth

  14. Waterbirth

  15. Breech - An Unusual Normal by Tanya Burchell and Shawn Walker

  16. Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section - The New Normal

  17. Meconium

  18. Initial Care and Assessment of the MotherBaby Unit

  19. Initial Care of Low-Birth-Weight Babies

  20. Birth of the Placenta

  21. Repairing Perineal Trauma

  SECTION 4: COMPLEX NEEDS IN LABOUR

  22. Prelabour Rupture of Membranes

  23. Preterm Labour and Birth

  24. Labour Dystocia

  25. Inducing Labour

  26. Medical Challenges: Hypertension, Obstetric Cholestasis, Diabetes Mellitus, Sickle Cell and Thalassemia

  27. Birth by Forceps or Vacuum

  28. Caesarean Section

  29. Tokophobia

  SECTION 5: POSTNATAL CARE

  30. Compassionate Care for the Postnatal MotherBaby Unit

  31. Breastfeeding

  32. Hypoglycaemia, Hypothermia and Hypoxia

  33. Neonatal Jaundice

  SECTION 6: PROMPT CARE IN A CRITICAL, OBSTETRIC EVENT

  34. Maternal Sepsis

  35. When a Baby Becomes Stuck

  36. Cord Presentation and Prolapse

  37. Postpartum Haemorrhage

  38. Severe Pre-Eclampsia, Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome

  39. Adult and Newborn Life Support

  SECTION 7: WHEN A MOTHER OR BABY DIES

  40. When a Mother or Baby Dies