Challenging the norm: Exploring the evidence for physiological plateaus during birth
Abstract
Recently, I have begun to question pretty much everything that I have been taught about healthy childbirth. This has mostly been due to the realisation that what is regarded as 'normal' or 'healthy' during labour and birth is not welldefined and is constantly in flux. For example, throughout past decades researchers across the globe have revisited time and again the exact point at which labour 'starts', how long labour 'takes' and what is considered 'good practice' when supporting women and families during this process. This constant revision of previous knowledge illustrates how we, as a profession, are continuing to learn by challenging existing beliefs, gathering new evidence and proposing novel theories of the world and the life it contains.
Document Type
Other
Date of Publication
2021
School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Copyright
subscription content
Publisher
Australian College of Midwives
Comments
Weckend, M. (2021). Challenging the norm: Exploring the evidence for physiological plateaus during birth. Australian Midwifery News, 17(1), 30-31. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.205553271356780