The woman, partner and midwife: An integration of three perspectives of labour when intrapartum transfer from a birth centre to a tertiary obstetric unit occurs.

Background: When transfer in labour takes place from a birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital the woman, her partner and the midwife (the triad) are involved, representing three different perspectives. The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of these intrapartum transfer experiences for the birth triad.

Methods: Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological method of analysis was used to explore the 'lived' experiences of Western Australian women, their partners and midwives across the birth journey.

Midwives' experiences of transfer in labour from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital.

Background: When transfer in labour takes place from a woman-centred, midwifery led centre to a tertiary maternity hospital it is accepted that women are negatively affected, however the midwife's role is unevaluated, there is no published literature exploring their experience. This study aimed to describe these experiences.

Methods: Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological method of analysis was used to explore the 'lived' experiences of the midwives.

The relationship is everything: Women׳s reasons for choosing a privately practising midwife in Western Australia.

Objective: the purpose of this study was to describe women׳s reasons for choosing to birth with a privately practising midwife.

Design: a modified grounded theory methodology was used.

Participants And Setting: the sample comprised 14 Western Australian women who had received maternity care from a privately practising midwife within the previous five years.