Background: Qualitative evidence has provided rich descriptions around reasons for planning a homebirth with a midwife. Reasons and the importance, confidence and support around this option have not been examined by parity with a larger cohort.
Aim: Examine women's characteristics, reasons and perceptions of the importance, confidence and support around choosing homebirth based upon parity.
Background: Research supports water immersion for labour if women are healthy, with no obstetric or medical risk factors.
Aims: To evaluate the obstetric and neonatal outcomes of women intending to use immersion in water for labour or birth.
Methods: Retrospective audit of clinical outcomes for women intending to labour or birth in water conducted between July 2015 and June 2016, at a tertiary maternity hospital in Western Australia.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
December 2012
This study investigated the level of awareness of the availability of preconception care in a tertiary obstetric hospital for women with type 1 and 2 diabetes, the willingness of these women to attend for preconception counselling and the barriers that may impact upon access to preconception care in Western Australia. The results show greater effort is needed to improve the awareness of women about the importance of preconception care and their willingness to attend the clinic. Access to consistent preconception care should be available for all women with diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The introduction of an audience response system (ARS) in the obstetrics and gynaecology course for medical students at The University of Western Australia provided an opportunity to measure knowledge gain by ARS lecture formats compared with didactic lectures.
Methods: The study was conducted over four obstetrics and gynaecology terms, alternating the ARS and didactic format between two selected lectures each term. Students completed multiple-choice quizzes immediately post-lectures and 5 weeks later.
Objective: The Growth Restriction Intervention Trial found little difference in overall mortality or 2-year outcomes associated with immediate or deferred delivery following signs of impaired fetal health in the presence of growth restriction when the obstetrician was unsure whether to deliver. Because early childhood assessments have limited predictive value, we reevaluated them.
Study Design: Children were tested with standardized school-based evaluations of cognition, language, motor performance, and behavior.
Aim: To determine the outcomes of preterm small for gestational age (SGA) infants with abnormal umbilical artery (UA) Doppler studies.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study of SGA singleton infants delivered between 24 and 32 weeks gestation at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, who had UA Doppler studies performed within seven days of birth. Main outcomes assessed were perinatal mortality and morbidity, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at >or= 1 year of age.