Recent publications
IDEAS & RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING INDUCTION OF LABOUR PRACTICES
Report of a BICS-sponsored workshop held in January 2023 to share ways in which maternity units are optimising induction of labour processes. Download the full pdf or read the projects online.
AFFIRM study results
Can promoting awareness of fetal movements and focusing interventions reduce fetal mortality? A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial (AFFIRM)
"Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is harmful"
"Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is harmful"
"Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is harmful"
Comment on reduced fetal movements from Kate Walker & Jim Thornton
Antenatal corticosteroid therapy and size at birth
"Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is harmful"
"Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is harmful"
In this study, antenatal steroid use was consistently associated with a reduction in birth weight. Efforts need to be made to correctly identify and target women who will deliver preterm.