title: The importance of everyday birth wisdom.
abstract: In this column, Sara Wickham takes a sideways look at issues relevant to midwives, students, women and families, inviting us to sit down with a cup of tea and ponder what we think we know. This month, Sara shares details of a study which identified rituals undertaken by midwives looking after women in labour. Such studies, she argues, can be vital to helping us understand the nature of what we do in everyday practice as well as being a way of recording our knowledge for future generations.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wickham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult