Malta Midwives Journal : the Stork : issue 7 : February 16

Abstract

One of the aims of the Malta midwives journal: the Stork, is to provide a link between the Malta Midwives Association’s (MMA) activities and its members. In this issue: Editorial by Pauline Fenech - Transforming Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones (Message from the President) by Mary Buttigieg Said - Treasurer’s Message by Doris Grima Centenary Celebration of Midwifery Education at the University of Malta by Rita Borg Xuereb - Pregnant women and children first! Call for action by European midwives to refugee crisis by European Midwives Association - Giuseppina Sghendo : Il-Majjistra by Maria Cordina - Safely Preventing the First Caesarean Section by Annalisa Agius - Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Adelia Saliba - Dilemmas in the Second Stage of Labour (Part 1) by Giliane Fenech - The ‘Walking’ Epidural in Labour by Josef Zahra - The Importance of Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for a Healthy Pregnancy Outcome by Elizabeth Muscat. Furthermore this issue features Abstracts of Dissertations as Partial Fulfilment for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Midwifery University of Malta, including: Women’s Knowledge of Prenatal Exercises by Annabelle Mamo - Going Home with the Newborn Baby: Mothers’ Experiences by Jessica Zammit - Mothers’ Experiences of an Assisted Vaginal Delivery by Jolene Camilleri - Postnatal Mothers’ Experiences of Midwifery Support on Infant Care, in Hospital by Rachel Cutajar - Midwives’ Perceptions on The Use of Complementary Therapies in Pregnancy by Isabella Aquilina - Midwives’ Perceptions of a Physiological Birth by Rebecca de’ Conti Manduca - Midwives’ Perceptions of Women’s Choices in Childbirth by Sylvana Attard - Postnatal Mothers’ Experiences of Epidural Analgesia by Sabrina Borg - Mothers’ experiences of rooming-in with their newborn in hospital by Claire Borg - Maternal-Infant Attachment in Substance Misusing Mothers: Midwives’ Views by Lorita Zarb - First-time Fathers’ Experiences of Attending the Birth of their Child - Fiona Tabone.