hose of us involved in obstetrics often encounter couples with long lists of questions about
our approach to labour and delivery, as well as questions about hospital policies and …

For decades, migrainologists have been aware of the beneficial influence pregnancy has on
many headache patients. In common migraine, in particular, there is a tendency for attacks …

THE controversies over the advantages and disadvantages of the various means of
rendering child-bearing painless have spread the erroneous belief that child-bearing is …

It was not long after the first court-ordered caesarean case was publicized that the anxious
calls started coming in to the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) …

There was a work to contract by consultants when the consultant anaesthetists in the South
Tees Health District endeavoured to support their colleagues in other specialties in this …

Letters to the Editors ajog. org adequately the expectations of the pregnant woman may be
one of these strategies cited by the authors. This is not a simple task. A systematic review …

Sheila Kitzinger describes pain and its control throughout the various stages of childbirth.
She stresses the value of antenatal preparation as well as the need for a supportive …

How NATURAL should childbirth be? Considerable recent discussion of this matter
suggests that present-day practices are something different from what is regarded as the …

We are in a century of change. Nowhereis this more true than in medical, and especially
obstetrical, practice. I myself remember the constant fear of puerperal sepsis which made my …

A case is presented where the Courts have authorised an obstetric intervention deemed
necessary for the well-being of both mother and child. Although the case is one of maternal …