Midwifery Today, Issue 98, Summer 2011

Theme: Second Stage

The “second stage” of labor can be quick and painless, or long and threatened by potential complications that require quick action on the midwife’s part. This informative issue critically examines both the medical and midwifery models of care in attending second stage. Therapeutic bodywork techniques for motherbaby, globetrotting birth stories and new articles from Michel Odent, Cornelia Enning and Jean Sutton are also included.