Women and Birth

Article	Citations
The next chapter of Women and Birth	109
Utilising the RISE Framework to implement birthing services for First Nations families	101
2021 Reviewer Acknowledgement	91
Editorial Board	81
Best practice care after perinatal loss and subsequent pregnancy care: A workshop for midwives	72
Midwives: Let’s talk about sex and reproductive health	68
The power of midwifery stories to assist change	59
Multi-professional and organisational perspectives of barriers and facilitators related to birthing pool use	58
Our Baby-Friendly Journey	49
Perinatal outcomes of socially disadvantaged women in Victoria, Australia: A population-based retrospective cohort study of 1,188,872 singleton births 1999-2016	47
Pathways, development needs, and clinical connections for midwifery faculty in low- and middle-income settings of the Asia Pacific region: A qualitative study.	47
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	47
Understanding preconception health in Australia through the lens of people of reproductive age: Implications for care providers	45
Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion	39
Editorial Board	37
Listening to First Nations women’s voices, hearing requests for continuity of carer, trusted knowledge and family involvement: A qualitative study in urban Darwin	36
Midwifery Student Peer Debriefing Tool: students supporting students through difficult experiences	36
Letter to the Editor for “A pre-post implementation study of a care bundle to reduce perineal trauma in unassisted births conducted by midwives”	36
"Unleashing Midwifery Leaders: The North West Maternity Services Transition Project"	36
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes: My Midwives compared to Australian National Data	35
Practical strategies to recreate safe and sacred birthing spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families	34
Midwives’ perceptions of the support they provide to new graduates and the role of the health service in Australia: A survey of midwives	33
Exploring the impact of healthcare workers communication with women who have experienced stillbirth in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. A grounded theory study	31
Consent during labour and birth as observed by midwifery students: A mixed methods study	29
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	29

Burnout, job satisfaction, and intention to leave among midwives in Western Switzerland: The role of caseload and hospital-based practice models	29
The needs of women experiencing perinatal loss: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	28
Impact of baby-friendly hospital initiatives on breastfeeding outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	27
The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	27
Exploring the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study	26
Strengthening midwifery in response to global climate change to protect maternal and newborn health	26
Examining the validity and reliability of the COMcareSS (Continuity of Midwifery Care Satisfaction Survey)	25
A secondary school VET education pathway to increase the Midwifery workforce	25
Exploring women’s experiences in a midwifery continuity of care model following a traumatic birth	25
Co-design of Maternity Discussion Starter Cards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families.	25
Bereaved parent involvement in co-designed stillbirth research: Experiences of Project Engage	24
Experiences of maternity care in Australia and the national maternity Strategy: qualitative findings from a national survey	24
A qualitative investigation into staff experiences of the OMGP (obstetric medicine-midwifery group practice) model of care	24
Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes through continuity of midwifery care	24
Moving midwifery forward with 'midwifery thinking'	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	22
Exploring the relationship between midwives’ work environment, women's safety culture, and intent to stay	22
Midwifery-led care in South Australia: Looking back to move forward	22
Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education: Design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students’ collaboration skills in perinatal mental health	21
Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and experience of work: a cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	21
Who do you think we are? Community perceptions of a midwife	20
Corrigendum to “Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia” [Women Birth 35 (2022) 87–95]	20
Pandemic-related prenatal maternal stress, model of maternity care and postpartum mental health: The Australian BITTOC study	20
Getting to the heart of it: poetry as research data and deep reflection	19
Taking Midwifery to the Top and Beyond: PNG Midwifery Rural Care Practicum Experience	19
Be the change you want to be	19
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	19
‘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	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	18
‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service	18
Maternal experiences of cervical ripening by Outpatient-balloon vs Inpatient-prostaglandin gel	18
Part-time positions in Caseload Midwifery Group Practice: Impact on satisfaction and quality of care	18
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	18
Rates of breastfeeding and associated factors for First Nations infants in Victoria, Australia	18
Trends and characteristics of women undergoing induction of labour in a tertiary hospital setting: A cross-sectional study	18
Symptoms of onset of labour and early labour: A scoping review	18
Stronger connections for better outcomes: Exploring the views and experiences of midwives working in a culturally tailored caseload midwifery model for women having a First Nations baby in Australia	18
Shifting States of Mind Associated with Primiparous Women’s Experiences of Labour Pain	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
LiveChat: the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s web-based service providing information and support	16
Frangipani Women’s Group – weaving Country, connection, learning & support together for First Australian mothers in remote NE Arnhem land	16
Trying to conceive: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of couples’ experiences of pregnancy after stillbirth	16
Evidence-based Complementary and Integrative Health innovative postgraduate course: Together we learn	16
A qualitative exploration of women’s and their partners’ experiences of birth trauma in Australia, utilising critical feminist theory	16
Moving Midwifery Education Forward: Using generative AI to facilitate critical analysis	16
Changing up the approach to co-design: evaluation of people’s experience in developing a mentoring in midwifery program in NSW Health	16
Exploring the parents’ antenatal preparation for infant admission to the neonatal unit: a cross-sectional study	16
Model of care matters: An integrative review	16

Psychological benefits and harms of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS): Women’s perspectives	16
The relationality of maternity care: A diffractive analysis of maternity care experiences	15
The full potential of midwives will only be realised when midwifery has professional autonomy	15
Midwives' experiences providing postnatal sexual health information to women in the postnatal period	15
Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period	15
Traumatic birth and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: International expert consensus recommendations for practice, policy, and research	15
Weighing up the risks — Vaccine decision-making in pregnancy and parenting	15
Maternity Connect: An evaluation of a professional upskilling education program for rural midwives and nurses	15
Challenges of rural women living with obstetric fistula: A phenomenological study	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
Midwifery leaders’ experience of engaging with Appreciative Inquiry to co-create a mentoring program: A qualitative study	15
Should I have an Induction of Labour?	15
Health care providers' perspectives on the mistreatment towards women during maternity care: Do perceptions of the working environment and empathy level matter?	15
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	15
Factors contributing to women’s experiences of birth trauma in Australia	15
Antenatal cardiotocography in dutch primary midwife-led care: Maternal and perinatal outcomes and serious adverse events. A prospective observational cohort study	15
Intrusive Thoughts in Perinatal Care: Bridging Nurse and Midwife Knowledge Gaps	14
Leaving lasting footprints: Digital Innovations for Transforming Midwifery Pedagogy in Nigeria	14
Sharing number dhäwu (story): quantitative data for First Nations Birthing on Country leadership	14
Homebirth - Is it safer for women and babies and is there a model that can reduce midwife burn out?	14
Editorial Board	13
The Meaningful Magic of Mentoring: Evaluation Findings from NSW Health Mentoring in Midwifery Program	13
Failure to progress or just normal? The hidden knowledge of physiological plateaus in childbirth	13
Omega-3 to Reduce the Incidence of Preterm Birth – from bench to bedside	13
Contemporary Maternity Research Priorities for the Nation’s Biggest Health Service: Results of a Delphi Study	13
The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study	13
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]	13
What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review	13
Nurturing human potential from the beginning of life. A case report of prenatal bonding	13
What women want for the next birth: a content analysis on the wishes for future pregnancy in a national Australia survey (BESt)	13
Is the partogram still relevant? Findings of a randomised trial comparing two partogram designs for monitoring active labour progress in low risk women	13
Senior Midwives' experiences and perspectives regarding student midwives and perinatal loss care	13
A national survey of Australian midwives’ birth choices and outcomes	13
A “better service” promoting “better experiences”: Midwives' experiences working in a caseload service for women of refugee backgrounds	13
Abstract Title Page	13
A Vision for Women	13
Transforming Dreams to Reality: Reflections on Navigating the Maternity System in attempting to Implement a Publicly Funded Homebirth Model	13
Hypoglycaemia thresholds in well neonates: what is the evidence?	13
Exploring outcomes for women and neonates having skin-to-skin contact during caesarean birth: A quasi-experimental design and qualitative study	12
A multidisciplinary evaluation, exploration, and advancement of the concept of a traumatic birth experience	12
A jump into the deep end - Women's strategies on the way to VBAC in Poland	12
The continuity relationship makes caring for women with anxiety and depression easier, but it is also a heavy responsibility	12
The power of storytelling: Empowering new parents to overcome fear of childbirth - A randomised controlled trial	12
Maternity care of migrant women from refugee backgrounds – ensuring cultural safety and relevance	12
“Ask for my ideas first”: Experiences of antenatal care and shared decision-making for women with high body mass index	12
The impacts of the notification process on privately practising midwives: emerging findings from a qualitative study	12
A Decision Aid for midwifery continuity of care: Development and pilot acceptability testing	11
To-Get-There, Together: Creative Approaches to Mentoring Conversations	11
Top ten tips: What it takes to thrive and survive together as Midwives and Midwifery Educators in 2022	11
It Is time for Change; Women’s Views on the impact of living with obstetric fistula in Northern-Central Nigeria. An interpretive descriptive study	11
Parturescence: A theorisation of women’s transformation through childbirth	11
Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives	11
A qualitative document analysis of policies influencing preeclampsia management by midwives in Ghana	11
Women and Birth - Writing for publication workshop	11
Insights gained from the first three years of a newly established publicly funded homebirth program	11
Perceptions of quality of care in Midwife-led Birth Centres (MLBCs) in Uganda: Why do women choose MLBCs over other options?	11
Editorial Board	11
Breech presentation management: A critical review of leading clinical practice guidelines	11
My Mater Midwife: A Collaborative Private MGP Model	11
Keeping Rural Maternity Services a top priority: a case review of transitioning to a midwifery-led model of care	11
Navigating midwifery solidarity: A feminist participatory action research framework	11
Skills and knowledge of midwives at free-standing birth centres and home birth: A meta-ethnography	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	10
‘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’	10
The effectiveness of care bundles for preventing or reducing perineal trauma during childbirth: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Being with computer: Midwives’ perspectives of the impact of the electronic maternity record on their practice providing woman-centred care	10
The physiology of a midwife: moving midwifery forward through getting back to basics	10
Practice and knowledge of umbilical cord clamping of terms infants among midwives and obstetricians in Jordan: A national study	10
Mandarin Caseload Midwifery Program-Using Non-English Language Concordance and continuity of midwifery care	10
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	10
Insights and innovations in midwifery education, the past, present and future	10
Accountability, Advocacy and Autonomy: the top intentions for midwifery student learning in the Continuity of Care Experience	10
RESET-M: Supporting midwives to return to clinical practice	10
Making good care essential: The impact of increased obstetric interventions and decreased services during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
An ethnographic study of the interaction between philosophy of childbirth and place of birth	10
Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review	9
“Do you want another baby after this?”: How midwives discuss contraception with pregnant and postpartum women	9
Water off a duck's back! Or is it?	9
Engagement in health services among expectant and new fathers: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional study	9
Brave Foundation Supporting Expecting and Parenting Teens	9

MAMA Sustainable private midwifery practice	9
Equipping midwives, nurses and social workers for interprofessional practice to support infants and families experiencing adversity	9
Model Of Care Matters: An integrative review	9
Editorial: Midwifery leadership	9
Effects of an online education intervention on nursing students’ perceptions towards respectful maternity care	9
Committing to the Change: Rolling out Midwifery Group Practice in Regional South Australia	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	8
“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	8
Editorial Board	8
Midwives’ and nurses’ experiences of providing postnatal care in partnership: A cross-sectional study	8
Engaging Pregnant Women: Navigating Conversations about the Maternal RSV Vaccine	8
Effectiveness of interventions on occupational stress, health and well-being, performance, and job satisfaction for midwives: A systematic mixed methods review	8
“In an ideal world”: A qualitative exploration of shared decision-making and weight stigma in antenatal care	8
The impact of perinatal healthcare changes on birth trauma during COVID-19	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
Midwives’ experiences of using the Mindfetalness method when talking with pregnant women about fetal movements	8
Editorial Board	8
‘We are going into battle without appropriate armour’: A qualitative study of Indonesian midwives’ experiences in providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Remote midwifery - what does it entail?	8
Midwifery workplace culture in Sydney, Australia	8
Pushing spontaneously during labour: Moving the midwifery profession forward in the Chinese context	8
Optimising maternity care for a subsequent pregnancy after a psychologically traumatic birth: A scoping review	8
Being the change: how midwifery philosophy can redefine ethical practice to transform maternity care	8
A qualitative study on community-based doulas’ roles in providing culturally-responsive care to migrant women in Australia	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
Together We Walk	8
Learning through relationships: The transformative learning experience of midwifery continuity of care for students: A qualitative study	8
The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study	8
Learning from women: Improving experiences of respectful maternity care during unplanned caesarean birth for women with diverse ethnicity and racial backgrounds	8
Editorial – 2025 Women and Birth Special Issue on midwifery education	8
Moving Midwifery Group Practice Forward	7
Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities	7
Midwifery students’ experiences of patient safety incidents in Europe	7
Respectful maternity care in the Top End of the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study	7
Communication in Maternity Care: Navigating with The Birth Map	7
Working with Indigenous Nations to co-Design Stillbirth awareness for prevention resources (WINDS) project	7
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	7
Effect of alternatively designed hospital birthing rooms on the rate of vaginal births: Multicentre randomised controlled trial Be-Up	7
A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach	7
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units	7
Re-defining Antenatal Care - development and implementation of IMAP in a Large Tertiary Referral Maternity Service	7
The Ngarrama Story: insights across the first 10 years of a midwifery service for First Nations women and families	7
The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review	7
Supporting midwifery student experience: a NSW Health collaborative approach, to move us forward	7
A global overview of midwives’ working conditions: A rapid review of literature on positive practice environment	7
Perspectives and experiences of induction of labour: An Australian cross-sectional study	7
Early labour experience questionnaire: Translation and cultural adaptation into German	7
Hospital to Home Program - providing support to rural and remote families who have experienced the loss of a baby or infant	7
Midwives’ perceptions of the performance- and transition into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study	7
Abstract Title Page	7
Learning to 'sip tea intelligently'. Midwifery students understanding of emotional intelligence	7
Protecting the Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum: Putting Physiology in Practice	7
A beautiful bush space on Country: The Placenta Garden Project	7
A cross-sectional survey of the mental health of midwives in Ontario, Canada: Burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and associated factors	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
Factors associated with spontaneous vaginal birth in nulliparous women: A descriptive systematic review	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
Birth Outcomes of women booked to WA’s first Endorsed Midwifery Birth Centre	6
Nothing about us without us: a case-study in Non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal co-design	6
Djäkamirr (First Nations doulas) experiences walking side-by-side together with Yolŋu pregnant women	6
Comparison of labour and birth outcomes between nulliparous women who used epidural analgesia in labour and those who did not: A prospective cohort study	6
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	6
Midwives at the centre of preterm birth prevention	6
Building positive respectful midwifery relationships: An analysis of women’s experiences of continuity of midwifery care in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
How do midwives learn about, understand, and integrate Cultural Safety into their care of First Nations women and families? A qualitative exploration	6
Supporting Timor-Leste Midwives: An Evaluative Study	6
Editorial Board	6
Group Clinical Supervision - its tops!	6
Women’s experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and the need for skilled birth attendance in North-central Nigeria: An Interpretive Description	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
Exploring disability identification within public maternity services in Australia	6
Breastfeeding rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: A systematic review and narrative analysis	6
Using the CFIR to evaluate the integration of a perinatal education resource in the clinical setting	6
Integrative review of women during pregnancy making informed choices	6
Bullying in the Australian and New Zealand Midwifery Workforce: A Scoping Review	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
A snapshot of Australian midwifery: A workforce survey	5
Breastfeeding and pre-pregnancy bariatric surgery: A scoping review	5
Maternal satisfaction with outpatient balloon catheter versus inpatient prostaglandin induction of labour: A randomised controlled trial in Aotearoa New Zealand	5
Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth in Victoria: maternal and neonatal outcomes	5
The impact of a perineal care bundle on women’s birth experiences in Queensland, Australia: A qualitative thematic analysis	5
What is 'Physiological Birth'? A Scoping Review of the Perspectives of Women, Stakeholders and Care Providers	5
A comparison of two versus four sterile water injections for the relief of back pain in labour: A multicentre randomised equivalence trial	5
Stronger Bubba Born - Healthy Yarning Guide	5
Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of women regarding the implementation of midwife-led care in India: A mixed methods study	5
Supporting the successful transition of new graduate midwives into MGP models: together through a mentor-mentee skills workshop	5
Health care provider’s perceptions of factors that influence infant mortality in Papua Indonesia: A qualitative study	5
Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice	5
Perceived social support and prenatal wellbeing; The mediating effects of loneliness and repetitive negative thinking on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Culturally respectful maternity care: working together	5
Djäkamirr: Exploring principles used in piloting the training of First Nations doulas in a remote multilingual Northern Australian community setting	5
Health-care related barriers and enablers for weight management among pregnant women with overweight and obesity: a rapid review	5
Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes through continuity of midwifery care: A cross-sectional study	5