[Brazelton observation of newborns, promoting the parent-baby-caregiver relationship].

The Brazelton observation tool, centred on the discovery of the baby during the first two months, helps parents to build confidence in themselves as competent parents and reinforce the bond with their baby. For some, it is also an opportunity to evoke their personal, sometimes painful, journey. The baby is thereby freed of a previous complex generational history.

Comprehensive maternity support and shared care in Switzerland: Comparison of levels of satisfaction.

Background: According to the woman-centred care model, continuous care by a midwife has a positive impact on satisfaction. Comprehensive support is a model of team midwifery care implemented in the large Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland, which has organised shared care according to the biomedical model of practice. This model of care insures a follow up by a specific group of midwives, during perinatal period.

[The art of being when there is nothing you can do: caring for perinatal bereavement].

The period of mourning after perinatal loss is not synonym for depression. The article illustrates a way of caring for bereaved parents, which takes into account the temporality and individual nature of the bereavement process. The use of rituals and symbolic gestures allows for calling into existence the loss of a human being, who is gone without leaving many reminders.

Breech presentation and choice of mode of childbirth: a qualitative study of women's experiences.

Objective: To explore women's perceptions of their experience of the diagnosis of breech presentation and decision-making processes regarding the choice of mode of childbirth.

Design: A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed thematically.