Labour pauses - Failure to progress or just normal? - An interview with Dr Marina Weckend

Dr Marina Weckend is a midwife and post-doctoral researcher based
at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Building on 13
years’ experience in midwifery practice, education and research
in Germany, UK and Australia, Marina is committed to improving
maternity care services through better understandings of birth
physiology. Her current program of research focuses on natural
fluctuations and pauses during labour and birth, and seeks to
normalise physiological plateaus as a strategy to reduce
childbirth medicalisation. 
In this episode we discuss: 


What are physiological plateaus in labour? 

Are labour pauses normal? 

When do they occur during labour and birth? 

How long do they last? 

What’s the defining feature of a physiological plateau? 

How do midwives think and work with them based on their
experiences? 



LINKS:


www.marinaweckend.com
Twitter @marinaweckend
LinkedIn Marina Awakening
Physiological Plateaus Newsletter
Oct 2023 Failure to progress or just normal?
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A scoping
review of contemporary concepts and definitions
Failure to progress or physiological plateaus? A constructivist
grounded theory explaining midwives’ views of healthy pauses
during childbirth.  



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