Course Module

Third Stage of Labor - Google Doc

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Practice Guidelines Guidance

Online Resources

Websites

• An actively managed placental birth might be the best option for most women: Dr Rachel Reed

• Active management of the third stage of labour with and without controlled cord traction: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial : The Lancet

• Leaving Well Alone: A Natural Approach to the Third Stage of Labour: Dr. Sarah Buckley

• On Birth and Bleeding - Part 1: Lucy Juedes LCCE

• Does skin-to-skin contact and breast feeding at birth affect the rate of primary postpartum haemorrhage: Results of a cohort study: Midwifery (2015)

PDFs

• The Role of the Midwife in Physiological Third Stage of Labour: ICM (PDF)

• Further Thoughts on the Third Stage: Sara Wickman:

Podcast

• Third Stage of Labor with Dr. Sarah Buckley

Videos

Postpartum Physiology

Review of postpartum physiological changes

7:56 minutes