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• Midwifery Care and Normal Birth - Recent Policy statement by Canadian Association of Midwives Recent Policy statement by Canadian Association of Midwives
• Specialist preparation pre-pregnancy produces no measurable outcome benefits A BJOG study reports that specialist pre-pregnancy preparation for women and their partners, emphasising practical training in breathing, relaxation and massage techniques, and aimed at promoting 'natural' childbirth, produced no measureable outcome benefits over the standard classes offered at antenatal clinics in Sweden.
• Giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife Giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife - results from a Dutch study found low-risk women giving birth at home to be no more at risk than a hospital delivery.
• Pregnant women denied epidurals 'to boost traditional births' Pregnant women denied epidurals 'to boost traditional births'By Julie Moult
• Mothers face crackdown on epidural births Women are fighting plans to promote 'normal' delivery Mothers face crackdown on epidural births Women are fighting plans to promote 'normal' delivery
• Hospitals try to stop women having 'abnormal' epidurals Hospitals are trying to stop pregnant women from having epidural painkillers during childbirth by classing them as "abnormal"
• Better statistics for better health for pregnant women and their babies From the executive summary: "Promoting healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth is a goal of all European health care systems. Despite significant improvements in recent decades, mothers and their babies are still at risk during the perinatal period, which covers pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum.
• Pregnant Women Say Natural Childbirth Worth Some Risks Women in a new study were more willing than their doctors to face risks to have a vaginal birth, indicating that natural childbirth is important to many expectant mothers
• Natural childbirth: whose birth plan is it anyway? Others, however, are furious their wishes were ignored. 'I talk to women who have been left screaming in agony because they were either not offered or were refused pain relief,' Treadwell says.
• Save the independent midwife They are among the most skilful birth practitioners, yet they may become extinct I am a mother of three who managed, after a protracted fight with the NHS, to have a wonderful, inspiring, uplifting birth with a private independent midwife at home.

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