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<p>About the Authors xiii</p> <p>Preface xiv</p> <p>Acknowledgements xvi</p> <p><b>Section 1 The language of midwifery 1</b></p> <p><b>Section 2 Quick reference topics 27</b></p> <p>Abdominal palpation 27</p> <p>Active management of labour 28</p> <p>Administration of drugs 29</p> <p>Admission in labour 32</p> <p>Adoption 33</p> <p>Amniocentesis 36</p> <p>Amniotic Fluid Embolus (AFE) 37</p> <p>Anaemia 39</p> <p>Antenatal screening 40</p> <p>Antepartum haemorrhage 42</p> <p>Arterial blood pressure recording 45</p> <p>Artificial feeds – bottle feeding 46</p> <p>Artificial rupture of membranes (ARM) 47</p> <p>Aseptic technique 48</p> <p>Augmentation/acceleration of labour 49</p> <p>Basic life support (BLS) – adult 52</p> <p>Birth asphyxia 53</p> <p>Bladder care in labour 55</p> <p>Blood glucose monitoring (neonatal) 55</p> <p>Blood pressure measuring 55</p> <p>Bowel care in labour 56</p> <p>Breast expression of milk 57</p> <p>Breastfeeding 58</p> <p>Breastfeeding Initiative (BFI) 63</p> <p>Breech 63</p> <p>Brow presentation 69</p> <p>Caesarean section 69</p> <p>Cardiotocography (CTG) 73</p> <p>Carpal tunnel syndrome 77</p> <p>Catheterisation 77</p> <p>Cephalo-pelvic disproportion (CPD) 78<br /> <i>Changing Childbirth 80</i></p> <p>Child protection 81</p> <p>The Children Act, 1989 81</p> <p>Cholestasis 82</p> <p>Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) 83</p> <p>Clapa 84</p> <p>Clasp trial 84</p> <p>Cleft lip and palate 85</p> <p>Clinical governance 86</p> <p>Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) 86</p> <p>Community Health Councils (CHCs) 86</p> <p>Complementary therapies 86</p> <p>Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) 89</p> <p>Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) 89</p> <p>Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI) 90</p> <p>Congenital dislocation of hips 90</p> <p>CONI (care of next infant) 91</p> <p>Contraception advice 91</p> <p>Convulsions 95</p> <p>Cord prolapse/presentation 95</p> <p>Cramp 96</p> <p>Crying baby 98</p> <p>Cultural aspects related to childbirth 99</p> <p>Cup feeding 104</p> <p>Cystic fibrosis 104</p> <p>Cystitis 105</p> <p>Deep vein thrombosis 106</p> <p>Delivery technique 107</p> <p>Diabetes mellitus 117</p> <p>Disseminated intravascular coagulation (coagulopathy) (DIC) 125</p> <p>Down’s syndrome 126</p> <p>Drug-addicted mother and neonate 128</p> <p>Eclampsia 128</p> <p>Embolism 129</p> <p>Epigastric pain 132</p> <p>Epilepsy 132</p> <p>Epilepsy and pregnancy 134</p> <p>Episiotomy 134</p> <p>Erb’s palsy (paralysis) 136</p> <p>Exchange transfusion 136</p> <p>Face presentation 139</p> <p>Fainting 140</p> <p>Fetal distress 140</p> <p>Fitting 143</p> <p>Forceps delivery 143</p> <p>Frequency of micturition 143</p> <p>Fundal height estimation (antenatal) 144</p> <p>Fundal height estimation (postnatal) 145</p> <p>Haemoglobinopathies 145</p> <p>Haemorrhagic disease (Vitamin-K-deficient bleeding – VKDB) 152</p> <p>Haemorrhoids 154</p> <p>Headaches 155</p> <p>Heartburn 155</p> <p>Heel prick – peripheral blood sampling 156</p> <p>High vaginal swab (HVS)/speculum examination 159</p> <p>History taking 160</p> <p>HOOP (Hands On Or Poised) Study 161</p> <p>Hyperemesis gravidarum 162</p> <p>Hypoglycaemia – neonatal 162</p> <p>Hypothermia – neonatal 163</p> <p>Hypothyroidism 164</p> <p>Identification of newborn at birth 164</p> <p>Incontinence 165</p> <p>Induction of labour – alternative and ‘natural’ 166</p> <p>Induction of labour – medical: uncomplicated pregnancy 166</p> <p>Induction of labour – IUD 169</p> <p>Infection – maternal 169</p> <p>Infection – neonatal 172</p> <p>Initial newborn examination 175</p> <p>Insomnia 177</p> <p>Instrumental delivery – Forceps delivery 178</p> <p>Instrumental delivery – Ventouse delivery 179</p> <p>Intrauterine death (IUD) 181</p> <p>Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) 185</p> <p>Intravenous cannulation/infusion (IVI) 186</p> <p>Jaundice 188</p> <p>Jittery (twitching) baby 191</p> <p>Ketonuria 192</p> <p>Local Supervising Authority (LSA) 193</p> <p>MAGPIE trial 193</p> <p>Malpresentation – fetus 194</p> <p>Maternity action 194</p> <p>Maternity benefits 194</p> <p>Maternity services liaison committees 195</p> <p>Meconium liquor 196</p> <p>Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) 197</p> <p>Mendelson’s syndrome 198</p> <p>Mid-stream specimen urine (MSSU) 199</p> <p>Multiple pregnancy/births 200</p> <p>National Childbirth Trust (NCT) 202</p> <p>Nausea and vomiting 203</p> <p>Neonatal screening 205</p> <p>Neural tube defect (NTD) 205</p> <p>Obesity in pregnancy 207</p> <p>Occipito-posterior (OP) position 208</p> <p>Oligohydramnios 211</p> <p>Ophthalmia neonatorum 213</p> <p>ORACLE trial 214</p> <p>Parent education 214</p> <p>Partogram completion 216</p> <p>Perineal repair 216</p> <p>Perineal/surrounding area trauma 218</p> <p>Phenylketonuria (PKU) 222</p> <p>Phototherapy 225</p> <p>Placental examination 226</p> <p>Polyhydramnios 232</p> <p>Postnatal care/examination – baby 234</p> <p>Postnatal care – mother 236</p> <p>Postnatal depression 238</p> <p>Postnatal exercises 240</p> <p>Post-partum haemorrhage – primary 241</p> <p>Post-partum haemorrhage – secondary 243</p> <p>Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and pre-eclampsia 245</p> <p>Pre-labour or premature rupture of membranes (prom) 251</p> <p>Preterm baby 254</p> <p>Preterm labour 259</p> <p>Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) 261</p> <p>Prolonged labour – first stage 262</p> <p>Prolonged labour – second stage 263</p> <p>Pruritus 264</p> <p>Pudendal nerve block 266</p> <p>Pulse taking 267</p> <p>Relaxation techniques 267</p> <p>Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (Surfacant deficiency syndrome [SDS]) 269</p> <p>Resuscitation of newborn 271</p> <p>Retained placenta 271</p> <p>Retinopathy of the newborn 275</p> <p>Safe Motherhood Initiative 277</p> <p>Sexually transmitted infection (STI) 277</p> <p>Sheehan’s syndrome 277</p> <p>Shoulder dystocia 278</p> <p>Sickle cell disease 281</p> <p>Small-for-gestational-age baby (SGA) 281</p> <p>Smoking and pregnancy 284</p> <p>Stillbirth 288</p> <p>Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) 288</p> <p>Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) 289</p> <p>Substance-abusing mother and baby 289</p> <p>Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 293</p> <p>Symphysis pubis pain/sacro-iliac pain 295</p> <p>Talipes equinovarus 296</p> <p>Teenage pregnancy 298</p> <p>Temperature-taking 299</p> <p>Tentorial tear 301</p> <p>Term breech trial 303</p> <p>Thalassaemia 303</p> <p>Thrombosis and Thromboembolism 303</p> <p>Thrombophlebitis 303</p> <p>Transverse/oblique lie 304</p> <p>Twins 305</p> <p>Urinary tract infection – UTI 305</p> <p>Uterine inversion 306</p> <p>Uterine rupture 307</p> <p>Vaginal examination (VE) 312</p> <p>Varicose veins 314</p> <p>Venepuncture 316</p> <p>Ventouse delivery 317</p> <p>Vomiting 317</p> <p>Winterton report (1992) 317</p>

<b>Stella McKay-Moffat</b> is Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Women’s Health, Edge Hill University, UK. <p><b>Pam Lee</b> is Associate Lecturer in Midwifery and Women’s Health, Edge Hill University, UK.</p>

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