Title: A Positive Birth Experience: Midwives Empowering Women and Their Partners During the Birth of Their Baby With The Steps of the Labour Hopscotch Framework
Authors: Thompson, Sinead; Coughlan, Barbara; McCreery, Teresa; Sheehy, Lucille; Doherty, Jean; Carroll, Lorraine; Brosnan, Mary; Cronin, Martina; O'Brien, Denise
Abstract: The rates of obstetric interventions, particularly caesarean section during childbirth, continues to rise in Ireland. This is reflective of international trends with concerns that societal confidence for physiological labour is declining. In response to such concerns, a community midwife designed and produced a framework entitled Labour Hopscotch which aims to support physiological birth and evidence-based midwifery practice in Ireland.
Publication: The Practising Midwife, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 3
ISSN: 1461-3123
DOI: 10.55975/bpax3273

A Positive Birth Experience: Midwives Empowering Women and Their Partners During the Birth of Their Baby With The Steps of the Labour Hopscotch Framework

Thompson, Sinead; Coughlan, Barbara; McCreery, Teresa; Sheehy, Lucille; Doherty, Jean; Carroll, Lorraine; Brosnan, Mary; Cronin, Martina; O'Brien, Denise