A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth

Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth; evaluating care in pregnancy and childbirth; social, financial and psychological support during pregnancy and childbirth; advice for pregnancy; dietary modification in pregnancy; antenatal classes; formal risk scoring; screening for genetic disease; screening for pre-eclampsia; gestational diabetes; assessment of fetal size and growth; ultrasound in pregnancy; assessment of fetal wellbeing; suspected fetopelvic disproportion and abnormal lie; symptoms in pregnancy; hypertension in pregnancy; infection in pregnancy; rhesus isoimmunization; diabetes in pregnancy; bleeding in the latter half of pregnancy; maintaining pregnancy and promoting fetal growth; promoting pulmonary maturity; preterm labour; prelabour rupture of the membranes; post-term pregnancy - induction or surveillance?; fetal death; care of the bereaved; socia; and professional support in childbirth; hospital policies and admission practices; nutrition and position in labour; monitoring the fetus during labour; monitoring the progress of labour; prolonged labour; control of pain in labour; the second stage of labour; the third stage of labour; repair of perineal trauma; instrumental vaginal delivery; labour and delivery after previous caesarean section; caesarean section; prophylactic antibiotics with caesarean section; preparing for induction of labour; methods of inducing labour; preterm delivery; immediate care of the newborn infant; care of the new mother and baby; breastfeeding; perineal pain and discomfort; breast symptoms in women who are not breastfeeding; effective care in pregnancy and childbirth - a synopsis.