Women and Birth

Article	Citations
The next chapter of Women and Birth	158
2021 Reviewer Acknowledgement	97
Utilising the RISE Framework to implement birthing services for First Nations families	97
Editorial Board	87
Best practice care after perinatal loss and subsequent pregnancy care: A workshop for midwives	74
Midwives: Let’s talk about sex and reproductive health	71
The power of midwifery stories to assist change	62
Multi-professional and organisational perspectives of barriers and facilitators related to birthing pool use	58
Our Baby-Friendly Journey	57
When I can be my whole authentic self, I feel safe and know that I belong: A photovoice study exploring equity-oriented pregnancy care from the perspectives of Karen women of refugee background in Vic	49
Impact of baby-friendly hospital initiatives on breastfeeding outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Perinatal outcomes of socially disadvantaged women in Victoria, Australia: A population-based retrospective cohort study of 1,188,872 singleton births 1999-2016	46
Pathways, development needs, and clinical connections for midwifery faculty in low- and middle-income settings of the Asia Pacific region: A qualitative study.	42
Understanding preconception health in Australia through the lens of people of reproductive age: Implications for care providers	40
Consent during labour and birth as observed by midwifery students: A mixed methods study	36
Editorial Board	36
Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion	36
The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	36
Exploring the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study	35
Letter to the Editor for “A pre-post implementation study of a care bundle to reduce perineal trauma in unassisted births conducted by midwives”	35
Listening to First Nations women’s voices, hearing requests for continuity of carer, trusted knowledge and family involvement: A qualitative study in urban Darwin	32
"Unleashing Midwifery Leaders: The North West Maternity Services Transition Project"	31
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes: My Midwives compared to Australian National Data	30
Midwifery Student Peer Debriefing Tool: students supporting students through difficult experiences	30
Practical strategies to recreate safe and sacred birthing spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families	28

Exploring the impact of healthcare workers communication with women who have experienced stillbirth in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. A grounded theory study	27
Strengthening midwifery in response to global climate change to protect maternal and newborn health	27
The needs of women experiencing perinatal loss: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	27
Midwives’ perceptions of the support they provide to new graduates and the role of the health service in Australia: A survey of midwives	27
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	26
Enhanced Antenatal Care: Combining one-to-one and group Antenatal Care models to increase childbirth education and address childbirth fear	25
Examining the validity and reliability of the COMcareSS (Continuity of Midwifery Care Satisfaction Survey)	25
Exploring women’s experiences in a midwifery continuity of care model following a traumatic birth	25
Moving midwifery forward with 'midwifery thinking'	24
Bereaved parent involvement in co-designed stillbirth research: Experiences of Project Engage	24
Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes through continuity of midwifery care	24
A qualitative investigation into staff experiences of the OMGP (obstetric medicine-midwifery group practice) model of care	24
Experiences of maternity care in Australia and the national maternity Strategy: qualitative findings from a national survey	24
The Continuity of Care Experience in Australian midwifery education – Where are we heading now?	23
Economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial - An online bereavement support program for parents following perinatal death	23
Symptoms of onset of labour and early labour: A scoping review	23
Getting to the heart of it: poetry as research data and deep reflection	22
Pandemic-related prenatal maternal stress, model of maternity care and postpartum mental health: The Australian BITTOC study	22
Who do you think we are? Community perceptions of a midwife	22
Corrigendum to “Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia” [Women Birth 35 (2022) 87–95]	22
Taking Midwifery to the Top and Beyond: PNG Midwifery Rural Care Practicum Experience	21
Be the change you want to be	21
Epidurals during normal labour and birth — Midwives’ attitudes and experiences	20
Midwifery-led care in South Australia: Looking back to move forward	20
‘I might have cried in the changing room, but I still went to work’. Maternity staff balancing roles, responsibilities, and emotions of work and home during COVID-19: An appreciative inquiry	20
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	20
‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service	19
Vaginal birth after caesarean section before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Factors associated with successful vaginal birth	19
Primary postpartum haemorrhage adversely impacts breastfeeding initiation in Victoria, Australia	19
Trends and characteristics of women undergoing induction of labour in a tertiary hospital setting: A cross-sectional study	19
Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education: Design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students’ collaboration skills in perinatal mental health	19
Part-time positions in Caseload Midwifery Group Practice: Impact on satisfaction and quality of care	19
Shifting States of Mind Associated with Primiparous Women’s Experiences of Labour Pain	18
Frangipani Women’s Group – weaving Country, connection, learning & support together for First Australian mothers in remote NE Arnhem land	18
Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and experience of work: a cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	18
Exploring the parents’ antenatal preparation for infant admission to the neonatal unit: a cross-sectional study	18
Challenges of rural women living with obstetric fistula: A phenomenological study	18
Exploring the relationship between midwives’ work environment, women's safety culture, and intent to stay	18
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	18
Moving Midwifery Education Forward: Using generative AI to facilitate critical analysis	18
Trying to conceive: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of couples’ experiences of pregnancy after stillbirth	17
Health care providers' perspectives on the mistreatment towards women during maternity care: Do perceptions of the working environment and empathy level matter?	17
Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period	17
A qualitative exploration of women’s and their partners’ experiences of birth trauma in Australia, utilising critical feminist theory	17
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	17
Antenatal cardiotocography in dutch primary midwife-led care: Maternal and perinatal outcomes and serious adverse events. A prospective observational cohort study	17
Model of care matters: An integrative review	17
LiveChat: the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s web-based service providing information and support	17
Taking the reins: A grounded theory study of women's experiences of negotiating water immersion for labour and birth after a previous caesarean section	17
Changing up the approach to co-design: evaluation of people’s experience in developing a mentoring in midwifery program in NSW Health	16

Weighing up the risks — Vaccine decision-making in pregnancy and parenting	16
Psychological benefits and harms of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS): Women’s perspectives	16
Should I have an Induction of Labour?	16
Factors contributing to women’s experiences of birth trauma in Australia	16
Evidence-based Complementary and Integrative Health innovative postgraduate course: Together we learn	16
Midwives' experiences providing postnatal sexual health information to women in the postnatal period	16
The relationality of maternity care: A diffractive analysis of maternity care experiences	16
Is the partogram still relevant? Findings of a randomised trial comparing two partogram designs for monitoring active labour progress in low risk women	15
Traumatic birth and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: International expert consensus recommendations for practice, policy, and research	15
What women want for the next birth: a content analysis on the wishes for future pregnancy in a national Australia survey (BESt)	15
Nurturing human potential from the beginning of life. A case report of prenatal bonding	15
A Vision for Women	15
Failure to progress or just normal? The hidden knowledge of physiological plateaus in childbirth	15
Either ‘a blessing in disguise’, or ‘I couldn’t get help,’: Australian and Aotearoa NZ women’s experiences of early infant feeding during COVID-19	15
Omega-3 to Reduce the Incidence of Preterm Birth – from bench to bedside	15
Contemporary Maternity Research Priorities for the Nation’s Biggest Health Service: Results of a Delphi Study	15
Maternity Connect: An evaluation of a professional upskilling education program for rural midwives and nurses	15
Transforming Dreams to Reality: Reflections on Navigating the Maternity System in attempting to Implement a Publicly Funded Homebirth Model	15
Abstract Title Page	15
The full potential of midwives will only be realised when midwifery has professional autonomy	15
The Meaningful Magic of Mentoring: Evaluation Findings from NSW Health Mentoring in Midwifery Program	14
Editorial Board	14
Senior Midwives' experiences and perspectives regarding student midwives and perinatal loss care	14
A national survey of Australian midwives’ birth choices and outcomes	14
Hypoglycaemia thresholds in well neonates: what is the evidence?	14
Corrigendum to: “Breastfeeding rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: A systematic review and narrative analysis” [Women Birth, 35 (2022) e624–e638]	14
Perceptions of quality of care in Midwife-led Birth Centres (MLBCs) in Uganda: Why do women choose MLBCs over other options?	13
Skills and knowledge of midwives at free-standing birth centres and home birth: A meta-ethnography	13
The continuity relationship makes caring for women with anxiety and depression easier, but it is also a heavy responsibility	13
Exploring outcomes for women and neonates having skin-to-skin contact during caesarean birth: A quasi-experimental design and qualitative study	13
The impacts of the notification process on privately practising midwives: emerging findings from a qualitative study	13
Breech presentation management: A critical review of leading clinical practice guidelines	13
The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study	13
Maternity care of migrant women from refugee backgrounds – ensuring cultural safety and relevance	13
Navigating midwifery solidarity: A feminist participatory action research framework	13
“Ask for my ideas first”: Experiences of antenatal care and shared decision-making for women with high body mass index	13
A “better service” promoting “better experiences”: Midwives' experiences working in a caseload service for women of refugee backgrounds	12
Editorial Board	12
It Is time for Change; Women’s Views on the impact of living with obstetric fistula in Northern-Central Nigeria. An interpretive descriptive study	12
A qualitative document analysis of policies influencing preeclampsia management by midwives in Ghana	12
Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives	12
What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review	12
A Decision Aid for midwifery continuity of care: Development and pilot acceptability testing	12
Top ten tips: What it takes to thrive and survive together as Midwives and Midwifery Educators in 2022	12
To-Get-There, Together: Creative Approaches to Mentoring Conversations	12
A jump into the deep end - Women's strategies on the way to VBAC in Poland	12
Parturescence: A theorisation of women’s transformation through childbirth	12
A multidisciplinary evaluation, exploration, and advancement of the concept of a traumatic birth experience	12
My Mater Midwife: A Collaborative Private MGP Model	12
Women and Birth - Writing for publication workshop	12
Mandarin Caseload Midwifery Program-Using Non-English Language Concordance and continuity of midwifery care	11
The physiology of a midwife: moving midwifery forward through getting back to basics	11
Insights and innovations in midwifery education, the past, present and future	11
Being with computer: Midwives’ perspectives of the impact of the electronic maternity record on their practice providing woman-centred care	11
Insights gained from the first three years of a newly established publicly funded homebirth program	11
“I hope to feel part of something bigger than my immediate world…”; the values and attitudes that motivate participation in a virtual international midwifery student experience	11
Accountability, Advocacy and Autonomy: the top intentions for midwifery student learning in the Continuity of Care Experience	11
Evaluating the roles of workload and practice climate in workforce retention across the midwifery career lifespan: A latent profile analysis of early-, mid-, and late-career US midwives	11
Keeping Rural Maternity Services a top priority: a case review of transitioning to a midwifery-led model of care	11
RESET-M: Supporting midwives to return to clinical practice	11
‘But it’s not in their book’: An interview study exploring the contextual factors influencing senior midwives’ facilitation of students' clinical experiences of perinatal loss’	11
Editorial: Midwifery leadership	11
Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review	10
Effects of an online education intervention on nursing students’ perceptions towards respectful maternity care	10
Brave Foundation Supporting Expecting and Parenting Teens	10
Practice and knowledge of umbilical cord clamping of terms infants among midwives and obstetricians in Jordan: A national study	10
Engagement in health services among expectant and new fathers: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional study	10
Committing to the Change: Rolling out Midwifery Group Practice in Regional South Australia	10
An ethnographic study of the interaction between philosophy of childbirth and place of birth	10
Making good care essential: The impact of increased obstetric interventions and decreased services during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
“Do you want another baby after this?”: How midwives discuss contraception with pregnant and postpartum women	10
Equipping midwives, nurses and social workers for interprofessional practice to support infants and families experiencing adversity	10
Learning through relationships: The transformative learning experience of midwifery continuity of care for students: A qualitative study	9
Model Of Care Matters: An integrative review	9
Pushing spontaneously during labour: Moving the midwifery profession forward in the Chinese context	9
Water off a duck's back! Or is it?	9
“We were left to our own devices”: Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care to Ukrainian women in Poland after the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine	9
The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study	9
A qualitative study on community-based doulas’ roles in providing culturally-responsive care to migrant women in Australia	9
Editorial – 2025 Women and Birth Special Issue on midwifery education	9

Editorial Board	9
Midwives’ and nurses’ experiences of providing postnatal care in partnership: A cross-sectional study	9
Engaging Pregnant Women: Navigating Conversations about the Maternal RSV Vaccine	9
Effectiveness of interventions on occupational stress, health and well-being, performance, and job satisfaction for midwives: A systematic mixed methods review	9
Midwives’ experiences of using the Mindfetalness method when talking with pregnant women about fetal movements	9
Together We Walk	9
Learning from women: Improving experiences of respectful maternity care during unplanned caesarean birth for women with diverse ethnicity and racial backgrounds	9
Editorial Board	9
Developing an evidence-based international definition of woman-centred care to inform practice	9
Induction of labour improvement initiative: impact on birth outcomes and satisfaction among women and clinicians	9
Remote midwifery - what does it entail?	9
Midwifery workplace culture in Sydney, Australia	9
‘We are going into battle without appropriate armour’: A qualitative study of Indonesian midwives’ experiences in providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
“In an ideal world”: A qualitative exploration of shared decision-making and weight stigma in antenatal care	8
Re-defining Antenatal Care - development and implementation of IMAP in a Large Tertiary Referral Maternity Service	8
Experience of hope: An exploratory research with bereaved mothers following perinatal death	8
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units	8
The Ngarrama Story: insights across the first 10 years of a midwifery service for First Nations women and families	8
Protecting the Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum: Putting Physiology in Practice	8
Being the change: how midwifery philosophy can redefine ethical practice to transform maternity care	8
The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review	8
Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities	8
VBAC or elective CS? An exploration of decision-making process employed by women on their mode of birth following a previous lower segment caesarean section	8
Moving Midwifery Group Practice Forward	8
The impact of perinatal healthcare changes on birth trauma during COVID-19	8
Optimising maternity care for a subsequent pregnancy after a psychologically traumatic birth: A scoping review	8
Abstract Title Page	8
‘Doing’ is never enough, if ‘being’ is neglected. Exploring midwives’ perspectives on the influence of an emotional intelligence education programme, a qualitative study	8
Effect of alternatively designed hospital birthing rooms on the rate of vaginal births: Multicentre randomised controlled trial Be-Up	8
Midwives’ perceptions of the performance- and transition into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study	8
Respectful maternity care in the Top End of the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study	8
Factors associated with spontaneous vaginal birth in nulliparous women: A descriptive systematic review	7
Supporting midwifery student experience: a NSW Health collaborative approach, to move us forward	7
A cross-sectional survey of the mental health of midwives in Ontario, Canada: Burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and associated factors	7
Women’s experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and the need for skilled birth attendance in North-central Nigeria: An Interpretive Description	7
Bullying in the Australian and New Zealand Midwifery Workforce: A Scoping Review	7
Comparison of labour and birth outcomes between nulliparous women who used epidural analgesia in labour and those who did not: A prospective cohort study	7
Analysis of the social acceptability of a humanized childbirth intervention in Senegal: A qualitative study	7
Clinical outcomes and financial estimates for women attending the largest private midwifery service in Australia compared to national data: a retrospective cohort study	7
Hospital to Home Program - providing support to rural and remote families who have experienced the loss of a baby or infant	7
Perspectives and experiences of induction of labour: An Australian cross-sectional study	7
Communication in Maternity Care: Navigating with The Birth Map	7
The future of Childbirth Education in maternity care; Raising the bar and changing the consumer experience of antenatal education when preparing for parenthood during a global pandemic	7
Exploring disability identification within public maternity services in Australia	7
Editorial Board	7
“You’re a ‘high-risk’ customer”: A qualitative study of women’s experiences of receiving information from health professionals regarding health problems or complications in pregnancy	7
Early labour experience questionnaire: Translation and cultural adaptation into German	7
Working with Indigenous Nations to co-Design Stillbirth awareness for prevention resources (WINDS) project	7
A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach	7
Breastfeeding rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: A systematic review and narrative analysis	7
Group Clinical Supervision - its tops!	7
A global overview of midwives’ working conditions: A rapid review of literature on positive practice environment	7
How do midwives learn about, understand, and integrate Cultural Safety into their care of First Nations women and families? A qualitative exploration	7
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	7
Coronavirus testing in women attending antenatal care	6
Students' perceptions of case-based learning in midwifery education	6
A mobile application for early labour support -feasibility pilot study	6
Midwives at the centre of preterm birth prevention	6
A mixed-methods stress audit with midwives in the United Kingdom	6
Perinatal women’s views and experiences of discussing suicide in maternity care settings: A qualitative study	6
Midwifery care of non-vaccinating families — Insights from the Byron Shire	6
Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes through continuity of midwifery care: A cross-sectional study	6
South Asian women’s views on and experiences of maternity care services in Hong Kong: A qualitative study	6
Supporting the successful transition of new graduate midwives into MGP models: together through a mentor-mentee skills workshop	6
Occupational stressors, and personal and work characteristics, and their association with burnout in midwives: findings from a cross-sectional study in Victoria, Australia	6
Midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to leave their current position in developing regions of Ethiopia	6
Midwifery and Obstetric Emergency Telehealth Service across Country WA aims to improve patient access, outcomes and staff retention	6
Clinical midwifery placement: Undergraduate student's experiences with novice and expert preceptors	6
Building positive respectful midwifery relationships: An analysis of women’s experiences of continuity of midwifery care in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Wanting to be ‘with woman’, not with machine: Midwives’ experiences of caring for women being continuously monitored in labour	6
Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of women regarding the implementation of midwife-led care in India: A mixed methods study	6
Connecting Mums - Innovating the pregnancy and postnatal journey through the implementation of a live digital engagement platform	6
The Role of Part-Time Practice Arrangements in the Sustainability of Midwifery Continuity of Care Models in Australia: An Integrative Review	6
The improvement and retention of skills in shoulder dystocia management with the use of high-fidelity simulation: The SAFE (SimulAtion high-FidElity) study	6
Improving women’s experiences of perineal suturing: A pragmatic qualitative analysis of what is helpful and harmful	6
“If I’m not getting oxygen, neither is my baby”: A qualitative study of Australian women’s experiences of asthma management in pregnancy	6
Reducing midwife burnout at organisational level — Midwives need time, space and a positive work-place culture	6
Women with perinatal mental health concerns have improved outcomes with Midwifery Continuity of Care but a change in practice is required to support the midwives	6
Skin to skin and breastfeeding in theatre: A Clinical Audit	6
Impact of working in continuity of care models on Australian midwives: A scoping review	6
Djäkamirr: Exploring principles used in piloting the training of First Nations doulas in a remote multilingual Northern Australian community setting	6
Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth in Victoria: maternal and neonatal outcomes	6
What is 'Physiological Birth'? A Scoping Review of the Perspectives of Women, Stakeholders and Care Providers	6
Women’s experiences of outpatient induction of labour with double balloon catheter or prostaglandin pessary: A qualitative study	6
Perineal repair performed by midwives in Australia: A cross-sectional survey study of education and practice	5
Where do low risk women live relative to maternity services across Victoria? Expanding access to public homebirth models across Victoria	5
Midwifery Group Practice – an essential change in practice for rural women	5
Midwives’ evaluation of working in a rural midwifery model of care: Satisfying and sustainable	5
Women’s experiences of maternity care in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A follow-up systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis	5
Editorial Board	5
How the intentions of maternity care providers influence normal physiological birth	5
Why can intimacy be so difficult after perinatal loss?	5
The role and scope of contemporary midwifery practice in Australia: A scoping review of the literature	5
The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women	5
“It’s like a bus, going downhill, without a driver”: A qualitative study of how postpartum haemorrhage is experienced by women, their birth partners, and healthcare professionals	5