title: Breaking taboos about bodily fluids: how midwives can help.
abstract: Woman-centred maternity care involves empowering the mother at a time when she may feel physically vulnerable. Bodily fluids can create inhibitions during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. This article explores the background to such stigma and suggests ways midwives might address these issues to create confidence and promote normality.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maclean
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D057545:Social Stigma