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Managing Post-Term Pregnancy

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The timing of birth has a significant impact on neonatal wellbeing. Post-term pregnancy is a pregnancy that extends to 42 weeks of gestation or beyond. Emerging evidence suggests that the risk of complications associated with post-term pregnancy start to increase before 42 weeks of gestation.

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Post-term pregnancy is a pregnancy that extends to 42 weeks of gestation or beyond. In recent years the management of post-term pregnancy has been challenged. This is mainly due to emerging evidence that the risk of complications associated with post-term pregnancy starts to increase before 42 weeks of gestation.

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Anne Watkins
Anne is a freelance lecturer and medical writer at Mind Body Ink. She is a former midwife and nurse teacher with over 25 years’ experience working in the fields of healthcare, stress management and medical hypnosis. Her background includes working as a hospital midwife, Critical Care nurse, lecturer in Neonatal Intensive Care, and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for a company making life support equipment. Anne has also studied many forms of complementary medicine and has extensive experience in the field of clinical hypnosis. She has a special interest in integrating complementary medicine into conventional healthcare settings and is currently an Associate Tutor, lecturing in Health Coaching and Medical Hypnosis at Exeter University in the UK. As a former Midwife, Anne has a natural passion for writing about fertility, pregnancy, birthing and baby care. Her recent publications include The Health Factor, Coach Yourself To Better Health and Positive Thinking For Kids. You can read more about her work at www.MindBodyInk.com.
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Rachael Harnischfeger
18 Jun 2020
A great article on post-term pregnancy.
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Carolyn Allen
03 Jun 2020
This is a valuable 5 minute update. Relevant to all midwives.
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Susan Thomas
10 Jun 2020
A great summary of the recent research surrounding this topic.
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