Failure to progress or just normal? A constructivist grounded theory of physiological plateaus during childbirth

CONCLUSION: This study challenges the widespread bio-medical conceptualisation of plateauing labour as failure to progress, encourages a renegotiation of what can be considered healthy and normal during childbirth, and provides a stimulus to acknowledge the significance of childbirth philosophy for maternity care practice.PMID:37867094 | DOI:10.1016/j.wombi.2023.10.003

Source: Women Birth - October 22, 2023 Category: Midwifery Authors: Marina Weckend Kylie McCullough Christine Duffield Sara Bayes Clare Davison Source Type: research