ArticleEuropean journal of midwifery2021
Maternal positions during labor: Midwives' knowledge and educational needs in northern Italy.
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- Maternal positions adopted during the expulsive second stage of labour in homebirth: a cross-sectional study in a rural Northern Nigerian community.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Impact of a virtual reality-enhanced learning program for maternal positioning in midwifery students: an exploratory multicenter pre-post study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- From antenatal preparedness to enacted agency during labor: Integrated findings from a woman-centered intervention on mobility.European journal of midwifery · 2026Article
- Free positions in the second stage of labor for pelvic floor protection: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Dynamic birth position, awareness and practice by midwives in Ethiopia: a parallel mixed-methods study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Birthing positions and mother`s satisfaction with childbirth: a cross-sectional study on the relevance of self determination.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
- Women's empowerment for active labor: A qualitative study with nurse-midwives in antenatal education for childbirth.European journal of midwifery · 2024Article
- Fostering childbirth education on upright positions and mobility during labor in nulliparous women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The Role of Midwives in the Course of Natural Childbirth-Analysis of Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors-A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionMaternal positions and mobility during childbirth can have different and specific effects on labor and affect some birth outcomes. The aim of the survey is to investigate the knowledge and skills regarding maternal positions in labor among midwives and to consider the need of training.
methodsA semi-structured questionnaire was distributed in August and September 2020 among midwives working in eight hospitals of Brescia, Northern Italy. The sample consisted of 115 midwives and data were analyzed using a quantitative, descriptive approach.
resultsThe majority of the sample identified the general and specific benefits of maternal positions. Factors limiting the proposal of maternal positions were the context, the relationships with healthcare providers, the woman features, the fetal heart rate registration, continuous cardiotocography, amniotomy, episiotomy, operative vaginal birth, and epidural analgesia. Vaginal examination, the detection of uterine contractions, intrapartum ultrasounds, and 'hands-on' perineum technique were considered irrelevant by the participating midwives. The promoting factors were the presence of the partner, the telemetry, and the partogram with a section dedicated to positions. Nearly the totality of the sample considered appropriate to deepen the topic with training.
conclusionsPost-graduate courses are desirable to improve midwives' skills. An educational toolkit is proposed to make the promotion of maternal positions more effective and appropriate. In order to improve midwifery intrapartum care, further research addressed to midwives of other settings appears essential to compare different training contexts, to expand the proposed toolkit, and to invest on midwifery practice and education.
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