Women and Birth

Article	Citations
The next chapter of Women and Birth	102
Utilising the RISE Framework to implement birthing services for First Nations families	100
2021 Reviewer Acknowledgement	90
Editorial Board	77
Best practice care after perinatal loss and subsequent pregnancy care: A workshop for midwives	72
Midwives: Let’s talk about sex and reproductive health	65
The power of midwifery stories to assist change	58
Multi-professional and organisational perspectives of barriers and facilitators related to birthing pool use	57
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
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
Pathways, development needs, and clinical connections for midwifery faculty in low- and middle-income settings of the Asia Pacific region: A qualitative study.	45
Understanding preconception health in Australia through the lens of people of reproductive age: Implications for care providers	42
Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion	37
Editorial Board	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
Exploring the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study	36
Exploring the impact of healthcare workers communication with women who have experienced stillbirth in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. A grounded theory study	36
Listening to First Nations women’s voices, hearing requests for continuity of carer, trusted knowledge and family involvement: A qualitative study in urban Darwin	35
"Unleashing Midwifery Leaders: The North West Maternity Services Transition Project"	33
Midwifery Student Peer Debriefing Tool: students supporting students through difficult experiences	32
Practical strategies to recreate safe and sacred birthing spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families	31
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes: My Midwives compared to Australian National Data	31
Strengthening midwifery in response to global climate change to protect maternal and newborn health	28
Midwives’ perceptions of the support they provide to new graduates and the role of the health service in Australia: A survey of midwives	28

The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	28
The needs of women experiencing perinatal loss: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	27
Consent during labour and birth as observed by midwifery students: A mixed methods study	26
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	26
Exploring women’s experiences in a midwifery continuity of care model following a traumatic birth	25
Impact of baby-friendly hospital initiatives on breastfeeding outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Moving midwifery forward with 'midwifery thinking'	24
Examining the validity and reliability of the COMcareSS (Continuity of Midwifery Care Satisfaction 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
Bereaved parent involvement in co-designed stillbirth research: Experiences of Project Engage	24
The Continuity of Care Experience in Australian midwifery education – Where are we heading now?	23
Midwifery-led care in South Australia: Looking back to move forward	23
Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education: Design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students’ collaboration skills in perinatal mental health	23
Experiences of maternity care in Australia and the national maternity Strategy: qualitative findings from a national survey	23
Economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial - An online bereavement support program for parents following perinatal death	22
Pandemic-related prenatal maternal stress, model of maternity care and postpartum mental health: The Australian BITTOC study	21
Symptoms of onset of labour and early labour: A scoping review	21
Corrigendum to “Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia” [Women Birth 35 (2022) 87–95]	21
Exploring the relationship between midwives’ work environment, women's safety culture, and intent to stay	21
Getting to the heart of it: poetry as research data and deep reflection	20
Who do you think we are? Community perceptions of a midwife	20
Be the change you want to be	20
Part-time positions in Caseload Midwifery Group Practice: Impact on satisfaction and quality of care	19
Trends and characteristics of women undergoing induction of labour in a tertiary hospital setting: A cross-sectional study	19
Taking Midwifery to the Top and Beyond: PNG Midwifery Rural Care Practicum Experience	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
‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service	19
Primary postpartum haemorrhage adversely impacts breastfeeding initiation in Victoria, Australia	18
Vaginal birth after caesarean section before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Factors associated with successful vaginal birth	18
Exploring the parents’ antenatal preparation for infant admission to the neonatal unit: a cross-sectional study	18
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	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
Shifting States of Mind Associated with Primiparous Women’s Experiences of Labour Pain	18
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	18
Model of care matters: An integrative review	17
Trying to conceive: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of couples’ experiences of pregnancy after stillbirth	17
Frangipani Women’s Group – weaving Country, connection, learning & support together for First Australian mothers in remote NE Arnhem land	17
Moving Midwifery Education Forward: Using generative AI to facilitate critical analysis	17
A qualitative exploration of women’s and their partners’ experiences of birth trauma in Australia, utilising critical feminist theory	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
Weighing up the risks — Vaccine decision-making in pregnancy and parenting	16
Should I have an Induction of Labour?	16
Psychological benefits and harms of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS): Women’s perspectives	16
Midwives' experiences providing postnatal sexual health information to women in the postnatal period	16
Evidence-based Complementary and Integrative Health innovative postgraduate course: Together we learn	16
Changing up the approach to co-design: evaluation of people’s experience in developing a mentoring in midwifery program in NSW Health	16
The relationality of maternity care: A diffractive analysis of maternity care experiences	16
Abstract Title Page	15

What women want for the next birth: a content analysis on the wishes for future pregnancy in a national Australia survey (BESt)	15
Maternity Connect: An evaluation of a professional upskilling education program for rural midwives and nurses	15
The full potential of midwives will only be realised when midwifery has professional autonomy	15
Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period	15
Nurturing human potential from the beginning of life. A case report of prenatal bonding	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
Antenatal cardiotocography in dutch primary midwife-led care: Maternal and perinatal outcomes and serious adverse events. A prospective observational cohort study	15
Health care providers' perspectives on the mistreatment towards women during maternity care: Do perceptions of the working environment and empathy level matter?	15
Omega-3 to Reduce the Incidence of Preterm Birth – from bench to bedside	15
Factors contributing to women’s experiences of birth trauma in Australia	15
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	15
Traumatic birth and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: International expert consensus recommendations for practice, policy, and research	15
Is the partogram still relevant? Findings of a randomised trial comparing two partogram designs for monitoring active labour progress in low risk women	14
Contemporary Maternity Research Priorities for the Nation’s Biggest Health Service: Results of a Delphi Study	14
Failure to progress or just normal? The hidden knowledge of physiological plateaus in childbirth	14
A Vision for Women	14
Senior Midwives' experiences and perspectives regarding student midwives and perinatal loss care	13
Hypoglycaemia thresholds in well neonates: what is the evidence?	13
A “better service” promoting “better experiences”: Midwives' experiences working in a caseload service for women of refugee backgrounds	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
Transforming Dreams to Reality: Reflections on Navigating the Maternity System in attempting to Implement a Publicly Funded Homebirth Model	13
What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review	13
Editorial Board	13
The Meaningful Magic of Mentoring: Evaluation Findings from NSW Health Mentoring in Midwifery Program	13
A national survey of Australian midwives’ birth choices and outcomes	13
The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study	13
A jump into the deep end - Women's strategies on the way to VBAC in Poland	12
Perceptions of quality of care in Midwife-led Birth Centres (MLBCs) in Uganda: Why do women choose MLBCs over other options?	12
“Ask for my ideas first”: Experiences of antenatal care and shared decision-making for women with high body mass index	12
A multidisciplinary evaluation, exploration, and advancement of the concept of a traumatic birth experience	12
Parturescence: A theorisation of women’s transformation through childbirth	12
Editorial Board	12
Maternity care of migrant women from refugee backgrounds – ensuring cultural safety and relevance	12
The continuity relationship makes caring for women with anxiety and depression easier, but it is also a heavy responsibility	12
Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives	12
Breech presentation management: A critical review of leading clinical practice guidelines	12
A Decision Aid for midwifery continuity of care: Development and pilot acceptability testing	12
Exploring outcomes for women and neonates having skin-to-skin contact during caesarean birth: A quasi-experimental design and qualitative study	12
The impacts of the notification process on privately practising midwives: emerging findings from a qualitative study	12
Navigating midwifery solidarity: A feminist participatory action research framework	12
Skills and knowledge of midwives at free-standing birth centres and home birth: A meta-ethnography	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	11
My Mater Midwife: A Collaborative Private MGP Model	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
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
Accountability, Advocacy and Autonomy: the top intentions for midwifery student learning in the Continuity of Care Experience	11
Making good care essential: The impact of increased obstetric interventions and decreased services during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Women and Birth - Writing for publication workshop	11
A qualitative document analysis of policies influencing preeclampsia management by midwives in Ghana	11
Mandarin Caseload Midwifery Program-Using Non-English Language Concordance and continuity of midwifery care	11
Keeping Rural Maternity Services a top priority: a case review of transitioning to a midwifery-led model of care	11
An ethnographic study of the interaction between philosophy of childbirth and place of birth	10
Brave Foundation Supporting Expecting and Parenting Teens	10
Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review	10
The physiology of a midwife: moving midwifery forward through getting back to basics	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
Being with computer: Midwives’ perspectives of the impact of the electronic maternity record on their practice providing woman-centred care	10
“Do you want another baby after this?”: How midwives discuss contraception with pregnant and postpartum women	10
Practice and knowledge of umbilical cord clamping of terms infants among midwives and obstetricians in Jordan: A national study	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
Editorial: Midwifery leadership	10
Effects of an online education intervention on nursing students’ perceptions towards respectful maternity care	10
Engagement in health services among expectant and new fathers: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional study	10
RESET-M: Supporting midwives to return to clinical practice	10
Insights and innovations in midwifery education, the past, present and future	10
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
“In an ideal world”: A qualitative exploration of shared decision-making and weight stigma in antenatal care	9
Midwives’ experiences of using the Mindfetalness method when talking with pregnant women about fetal movements	9
Learning from women: Improving experiences of respectful maternity care during unplanned caesarean birth for women with diverse ethnicity and racial backgrounds	9
Water off a duck's back! Or is it?	9
Editorial Board	9
Equipping midwives, nurses and social workers for interprofessional practice to support infants and families experiencing adversity	9
Remote midwifery - what does it entail?	9
Induction of labour improvement initiative: impact on birth outcomes and satisfaction among women and clinicians	9
Editorial Board	9
Model Of Care Matters: An integrative review	9

Midwives’ and nurses’ experiences of providing postnatal care in partnership: A cross-sectional study	9
Pushing spontaneously during labour: Moving the midwifery profession forward in the Chinese context	9
Engaging Pregnant Women: Navigating Conversations about the Maternal RSV Vaccine	9
Together We Walk	9
The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study	8
Protecting the Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum: Putting Physiology in Practice	8
The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review	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
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
Effectiveness of interventions on occupational stress, health and well-being, performance, and job satisfaction for midwives: A systematic mixed methods review	8
Re-defining Antenatal Care - development and implementation of IMAP in a Large Tertiary Referral Maternity Service	8
Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities	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
The Ngarrama Story: insights across the first 10 years of a midwifery service for First Nations women and families	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
A qualitative study on community-based doulas’ roles in providing culturally-responsive care to migrant women in Australia	8
Optimising maternity care for a subsequent pregnancy after a psychologically traumatic birth: A scoping review	8
Abstract Title Page	8
Midwives’ perceptions of the performance- and transition into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study	8
Being the change: how midwifery philosophy can redefine ethical practice to transform maternity care	8
Midwifery workplace culture in Sydney, Australia	8
Editorial – 2025 Women and Birth Special Issue on midwifery education	8
Learning through relationships: The transformative learning experience of midwifery continuity of care for students: A qualitative study	8
Group Clinical Supervision - its tops!	7
A cross-sectional survey of the mental health of midwives in Ontario, Canada: Burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and associated factors	7
Factors associated with spontaneous vaginal birth in nulliparous women: A descriptive systematic review	7
Respectful maternity care in the Top End of the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study	7
Moving Midwifery Group Practice 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
Analysis of the social acceptability of a humanized childbirth intervention in Senegal: A qualitative study	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
Clinical outcomes and financial estimates for women attending the largest private midwifery service in Australia compared to national data: a retrospective cohort study	7
A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach	7
Communication in Maternity Care: Navigating with The Birth Map	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
Working with Indigenous Nations to co-Design Stillbirth awareness for prevention resources (WINDS) project	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
Breastfeeding rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: A systematic review and narrative analysis	7
Editorial Board	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
Supporting midwifery student experience: a NSW Health collaborative approach, to move us forward	7
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units	7
Effect of alternatively designed hospital birthing rooms on the rate of vaginal births: Multicentre randomised controlled trial Be-Up	7
Exploring disability identification within public maternity services in Australia	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	6
A mobile application for early labour support -feasibility pilot study	6
Perinatal women’s views and experiences of discussing suicide in maternity care settings: A qualitative study	6
South Asian women’s views on and experiences of maternity care services in Hong Kong: A qualitative study	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
A mixed-methods stress audit with midwives in the United Kingdom	6
Clinical midwifery placement: Undergraduate student's experiences with novice and expert preceptors	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
“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
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
Midwifery and Obstetric Emergency Telehealth Service across Country WA aims to improve patient access, outcomes and staff retention	6
Skin to skin and breastfeeding in theatre: A Clinical Audit	6
Students' perceptions of case-based learning in midwifery education	6
Wanting to be ‘with woman’, not with machine: Midwives’ experiences of caring for women being continuously monitored in labour	6
Impact of working in continuity of care models on Australian midwives: A scoping review	6
Building positive respectful midwifery relationships: An analysis of women’s experiences of continuity of midwifery care in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Coronavirus testing in women attending antenatal care	6
Midwives at the centre of preterm birth prevention	6
The Role of Part-Time Practice Arrangements in the Sustainability of Midwifery Continuity of Care Models in Australia: An Integrative Review	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
A comparison of two versus four sterile water injections for the relief of back pain in labour: A multicentre randomised equivalence trial	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
The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women	5
A story of loss, fear, joy, and everything in between	5
Midwifery Presence - The Catalyst for Connection	5
Listening to women: How do consumers' stories influence Bachelor of Midwifery students’ perceptions of a community of practice and what are the experiences of the women who participate?	5
What is 'Physiological Birth'? A Scoping Review of the Perspectives of Women, Stakeholders and Care Providers	5
Djäkamirr: Exploring principles used in piloting the training of First Nations doulas in a remote multilingual Northern Australian community setting	5
Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes through continuity of midwifery care: A cross-sectional study	5
The role and scope of contemporary midwifery practice in Australia: A scoping review of the literature	5
Midwifery Group Practice – an essential change in practice for rural women	5
Editorial Board	5
Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice	5
Editorial Board	5
Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth in Victoria: maternal and neonatal outcomes	5
Midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to leave their current position in developing regions of Ethiopia	5
Midwifery students’ satisfaction with perinatal simulation-based training	5
Health-care related barriers and enablers for weight management among pregnant women with overweight and obesity: a rapid review	5
Where do low risk women live relative to maternity services across Victoria? Expanding access to public homebirth models across Victoria	5
How the intentions of maternity care providers influence normal physiological birth	5
Be the Change that brings sustainability to MGP	5
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of large-scale midwifery-led, home phototherapy and neonatal jaundice surveillance	5
Antenatal education incorporating complementary medicine techniques to reduce birth interventions: A randomised control trial	5