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TIA.

The role of the knitted placenta in art.

also there has to have been at least 10 research papers already done on said subject.

Homebirth - is it an unacknowledged feminist stance against the male-dominated hegemony of the obstetric unit?

!!

Aha...that's where my idea comes unstuck I suspect

...and knitting

Antenatal preparation and mode of birth?

I thankfully escaped a dissertation, but sometimes wonder, if I had to...then shudder, and have a cup of tea.

Can't you do your own research? If I wasn't so lazy and could motivate myself to do my dissertation I'd want to do some research. I was thinking about doing research on partnerss feelings about the birth. But then I realised I wouldn't have enough time for Mn'ing and decided to stick at a diploma.

Breech presentation in pregnancy and the demise of knowledgeable clinicians available to assist with vaginal birth.

who the bloody hell thought it would be a good idea to do this to myself?
am sorely tempted to jack it in and go back to nursing.

not enough time / energy for primary research. Has to be literature review.

Breech is tempting.

Perhaps something about whether nurses make better midwives or not.

spirituality ad birthing? but what focus?

Do women need spiritual care from midwives?

Spirituality, midwifery and childbirth in the UK?

Spirituality of midwives and its impact on maternal care

Does midwives' experience of water-assisted birth affect their attitudes towards it? (could you manage a questionnaire as well as a literature review?)

Like the 'Does previous nursing training affect midwives' practice?' idea.

Im a mental health nurse (with interest in perinatal mental health). I did my dissertation on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following childbirth. Quite a few 'recent' (from 1994) papers out there.

Or what about ante natal care in prisons?

Still haven't decded.
I really don't want to do something tat will traumatise me for the next 10 months so things like PTSD, emergencies and cappitity while interesting are out.

I'm wondering about language used by midwives / medical peeps, whether women mind us talking bollocks a different language? whether women have jargo or medical / professional terms explained? and if it makes a difference to their experience?
what do you think?

how about hypnosis & birth? there's some research going on in Adelaide at the moment

Think the language issue a good one... interesting how rhetoric is used to manipulate choices ie get women so afraid they will agree to whatever medics want.

EccentricaGallumbits I'm being a bit cheeky (hijack) but can I just ask you, your a nurse, yes? Did you train as a nurse with midwifery in mind to do after initial nurse training, and do you think that it has benefited you by doing the nurse training first?
Sorry lots of questions it's just I have started an access course to do nursing/midwifery....slightly undecided which pathway and am applying now to uni's. Any advice would be amazing......

pnd incidence related to birth experience

Or, is it helpful to tell women they are not in labour until 2cm dilated?

cultural issues, esp as affecting women who are displaced, like asylum seekers?
tho' might be a bit traumatic.
I'd like a quick hijack, too- having a midlife crisis and considering long term dream of mw training?
good idea or not?

well can you knit your own stretchy cervix and birth canal?

Hokay. Hijackers!

I did always have an incling to do midwifery. I did nursing first because

a. there was a nursing campus near me and the DDs were littler so less travelling.

b. direct entry midwifery is hellishly competetive to get into so thought nursing might give me a leg up on the way (it did)

c. I wasn't completely sure about the midwifery so thought having nursing as a base would be a good start because you an do lots of stuff, specialisms, etc from it.

I am very glad I did nursing first because I actually love nursing, just don't like the crappy beurocracy that goes with it. not that midwifery is any different in that way but there are other options and a different supervision system.

The nursing bit does help hugely when actually working in maternity. You have a more rounded view of medicine, surgery, physiology, pain, communication, psychology, sociology etc etc.

However that's not to say that all that stuff isn't covered in the 3 year course. I think it just helps being more practiced in it before you start.

If you do consider the nursey bit first then it may be useful checking with local universities if they do the 18 month conversion because lots don't and you may have to commute miles.

And finally perfect for a midlife crisis career change. I have to say that.

Thanks for suggestions. keep them coming.
Am liking the decision making angle to the language thingy.

and yes. i have been known to knit uteri

hellishly competitive
have to say I made a rather fine placenta out of felt with dressing gown cord covered with tights as umbilical cord
(when I was nct teacher)
I had this idea that 'visual' aids should be homely, would be more empowering...so...if you have knitted a uterus, what about something on women's understanding of physiology, how that relates to their exp of labour?
prob no primary research on this tho.
love your name btw.

(yes, hijacking again)
Just wondering how you managed studying nursing with little children. i am considering a nursing degree but don't know how on earth i would make time for my 4 kids!?