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. Vaginal Examinations
Practice Recommendations
Many women find vaginal examinations
painful and sometimes traumatic (Menage 1996); sensitivity to this issue,
privacy and continuity of midwife will make them less so.
Vaginal
examinations measure of the progress of labour imprecisely when performed
by different examiners (Clement 1994). Where possible therefore, they
should be carried out by the same midwife.
Examinations should not
be routine or prescriptive but carried out only where there is clinical
necessity and after discussion with the woman.
Midwives should give
weight to their other skills in determining the progress of labour (McKay
and Roberts 1990).
"Repeated vaginal examinations are an invasive
intervention of as yet unproven value" (Enkin 1992).
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:32
AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] labour without
vaginal examens
I would be glad to
have them, thank you very much
Lieve
Lieve Huybrechts
vroedvrouw
0477740853
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Janet Fraser
Verzonden: woensdag 1 maart 2006
0:47
Aan: [email protected]
Onderwerp: Re: [ozmidwifery] labour
without vaginal examens
I don't know
if this will help but there are a number of studies into why VEs are not
helpful. Would you like those?
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject:
[ozmidwifery] labour without vaginal examens
Dear friends,
A Flemish
collegue asked for referenties to follow labour and birth without vaginal
exams. Is there some literature about it?
I am curieus for your
answers
Warm greetings
Lieve
Lieve
Huybrechts
vroedvrouw
0477740853
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