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Continuous cyclic pushing: a non-invasive approach to optimising descent in vaginal breech births
Continuous cyclic pushing is a non-invasive tool for expediating breech births with minimal hands-on intervention, or for confirming in a timely manner that further intervention is required to achieve a safe outcome.
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Student midwife summer research opportunity
We are pleased to announce an opportunity for 2nd year undergraduate students to apply for a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship. A successful applicant will be paid the London Living Wage for 35 hours per week, for seven weeks, beginning 11 July 2020. The project synopsis is: Recent research suggests specialist services may improve maternal…
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The role of the on-call obstetric team in OptiBreech care during births
In the OptiBreech Care pathway, women with a breech-presenting baby at the end of pregnancy receive care primarily from a midwife with enhanced training and proficiency (a Breech Specialist Midwife). This begins in a dedicated clinic, where they are offered three options from the start: vaginal breech birth, supported by the specialist midwife or another…
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Specialist midwives and clinics – inviting your views
Help us get it right, Wednesday 19th January 2022, 12:00-13:00. Are we accurately reflecting your views on breech specialist midwives and clinics?
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Breech-COS international study launches
Round 1 of the international multi-stakeholder Delphi study, Development of a Core Outcome Set for Effectiveness Studies of Breech Birth at Term (Breech-COS) is now open. We invite the involvement of anyone from the following stakeholder groups, who has experience of care for women having vaginal breech births: obstetrician midwife service users (you or your…
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