A qualitative study of partnership between woman and midwife within midwife-led care clinic

A metasynthesis of midwife-led care.

The purpose of this metasynthesis is to describe and interpret qualitative research relating to midwife-led care to see if it sheds light on why low-risk women experience fewer birth interventions within this model of care. Eleven articles were included in the review. Three themes emerged: (a) relationally mediated benefits for women that resulted in increased agency and empathic care; (b) the ...

Midwife-led maternity care in Ireland – a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND Midwife-led maternity care is shown to be safe for women with low-risk during pregnancy. In Ireland, two midwife-led units (MLUs) were introduced in 2004 when a randomised controlled trial (the MidU study) was performed to compare MLU care with consultant-led care (CLU). Following study completion the two MLUs have remained as a maternity care option in Ireland. The aim of this study...

Different settings of place of midwife-led birth: evaluation of a midwife-led birth centre

OBJECTIVES The claimed advantages of home deliveries, including fewer medical interventions, are potentially counter balanced by the small additional risk on perinatal adverse outcome compared to hospital deliveries in low risk women. Homelike birth centres have been proposed a new setting for low risk women combining the advantages of home and hospital, resulting in lower intervention rates wi...

Midwife-centered versus woman-centered care: a developmental phase?

Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women.

BACKGROUND Midwives are primary providers of care for childbearing women around the world. However, there is a lack of synthesised information to establish whether there are differences in morbidity and mortality, effectiveness and psychosocial outcomes between midwife-led and other models of care. OBJECTIVES To compare midwife-led models of care with other models of care for childbearing wom...