Conception to Birth and Beyond

A Guide to Maternity Care
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-394-37093-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Complete maternity care from fertility through the postnatal period

Maternity care spans a continuum that most references cover only in segments, leaving clinicians to consult multiple texts. Conception to Birth and Beyond: A Guide to Maternity Care unifies fertility, antenatal care, labour and birth, and postnatal care in a single volume. Contributors from midwifery, obstetrics, neonatology, anaesthesiology, psychiatry, and general practice across multiple countries provide multidisciplinary, internationally relevant coverage.

Chapters reflect contemporary practice with coverage of non-traditional families, transgender care, domestic violence, and antenatal and neonatal vaccination. Dedicated sections address human factors, patient safety, and learning from adverse outcomes. Patient advocates contribute as authors, grounding clinical guidance in lived experience.

Readers will also find: - Coverage of subfertility diagnosis including tubal, ovulatory, male factor, and anatomical causes as well as unexplained infertility
- Detailed review of assisted conception steps alongside the ethical and moral implications of fertility treatment decisions
- Guidance on normal and pathological labour processes, assisted birth, caesarean birth, and analgesia options during labour
- Postnatal chapters addressing puerperal adaptation, maternal infection, perinatal psychiatry, infant feeding, and return to working life
- International perspectives on maternity and paternity leave policies reflecting care standards in both high-income and lower-income settings

Designed for medical, midwifery, and nursing students as well as trainees and practitioners in obstetrics, anaesthesiology, general practice, paediatrics, and lactation consultancy, this book delivers the full-spectrum maternity reference needed for safe, shared decision-making across clinical settings worldwide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Higgins, Mary

Crosby, David

Callaghan, Shauna

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Hebammen, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Preface

Section 1: Fertility

1.1 Natural conception: anatomy and physiology: Roisin McConnell
1.2 Subfertility: extent of the problem: Sarah Petch, Ciara Nolan
1.3 Making a diagnosis: Niamh Fee, Ciara Nolan
1.4 Disorders of ovulation: Laura O’Byrne, Tommy Harty, Jill Mitchell, David Crosby
1.5 Tubal subfertility: Andrew Downey
1.6 Anatomical subfertility: Aisling Redmond, David Crosby
1.7 Endometriosis: Eloise Keane, Laurentina Schaler
1.8 Male subfertility: Ciara Nolan, David Crosby
1.9 Unexplained subfertility: Katie Flynn, David Crosby
1.10 Assisted conception: Intrauterine insemination, In vitro fertilisation, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Sorca O’Brien
1.11 Gamete Donation and modern families: Cathy Allen
1.12 Surrogacy (not including pregnancy): Renato Bauman, Vanja Fenzl
1.13 Fertility Preservation: Maebh Horan
1.14 Pre-implantation genetic testing: Sarah Petch
1.15 Recurrent Pregnancy loss and Implantation Failure: Sarah Petch
1.16 Future advances: Roisin McConnell, Aoife Campbell
1.17 Ethical and religious discussion: Parijot Kumar, David Crosby
1.18 Counselling: Rachel Elebert

Section 2: Antenatal Care

2.1 Organisation of antenatal care: Celine Dignam, Shauna Callaghan, Mary Higgins
2.2 Physiological changes of pregnancy: Celine Dignam, Shauna Callaghan, Mary Higgins
2.3 Health and wellbeing promotion Shauna Callaghan, Tracey Getkate, Sarah Louise Killeen, Ita Shanahan
2.4 Occupational health in pregnancy: Mary Higgins, Jennifer Fitzgerald
2.5 Early pregnancy care including vaginal bleeding: Shahad Hussein
2.6 Fetal wellbeing: Shahad Hussain
2.7 Fetal Assessment: Mary Higgins, Heather Hughes
2.8 Diagnosis and care of fetal abnormalities: Mary Higgins, Heather Hughes
2.9 General principles of medical complications in pregnancy: Christél Jordaan-Schlebusch, Sumaiya Adam
2.10 Non obstetric surgery in pregnancy: Christél Jordaan-Schlebusch, Sumaiya Adam
2.11 Diabetes in pregnancy: Ciara Coveney, Mary Higgins
2.12 Pregnancy induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia: Valerie Guinto, Charlie C Falguera
2.13 Antepartum haemorrhage: Helena Bartels, Jennifer Vaughen
2.14 Small for gestational age and growth restriction: Valerie Guinto, Charlie C Falguera
2.15 Large for gestational age: Long Nguyen-Hong, Angela Tai
2.16 Preterm Birth: Long Nguyen-Hong, Angela Tai
2.17 Preterm rupture of membranes: Zoe Butters, Clare Whitehead
2.18 Multiple pregnancy: Sarah Malone, Clare Whitehead
2.19 Modern Families: Maggie O’Brien, Aine McGuinness
2.20 Care in pregnancies with maternal disability: Liam Shaw, Mary Higgins
2.21 Pregnancy in transgender men: Jennifer Stokes, Luna Lara Liboni, Caleb O'Connor, Mary Higgins
2.22 Domestic violence in pregnancy: Mary Higgins, Karen Mc Cormack
2.23 Social issues in pregnancy: Mary Higgins, Sinead Stakelum, Doireann Kavanagh, Tina Mole
2.24 Pregnancy loss and Rainbow pregnancy Jacqui Clifford, Brenda Casey, Mary Higgins
2.25 Termination of pregnancy: Mary Higgins, Lorraine Doyle

Section 3: Labour and Birth

3.1 Place of Birth: Mary Higgins
3.2 Physiology and management of labour and vaginal birth: Mary Higgins, Aisling Kenny
3.3 Assessment of the pregnant person and fetus in labour: Mary Higgins, Aisling Kenny
3.4 Options for pain relief: Aisling Betts, Aisling Kenny, Nikki Higgins
3.5 Induction and Acceleration: Yulia Shahbuddin, Amy McCoy
3.6 Labour in special circumstances: Mary Higgins
3.7 Unusual presentations and positions: Mary Higgins
3.8 Multiple pregnancy Sarah Mecchedal, Claire Whitehead
3.9 Assisted and Caesarean birth Mary Higgins
3.10 Genital tract trauma: Mary Higgins, Fatima Alaya
3.11 Obstetric Emergencies: Ruth Mathew, Mary Higgins
3.12 Care of the newborn in the birthing unit: Robert Joyce, Linda Smiles

Section 4: Postnatal Care

4.1 Normal puerperium: Shauna Callaghan, Annmarie Murphy Cruse, Ita Shanahan
4.2 Postnatal pyrexia and infection: Shauna Callaghan, Ita Shanahan
4.3 Postnatal complications: Ita Shanahan, Shauna Callaghan, Annmarie Murphy Cruse
4.4 Infant feeding: Shauna Callaghan, Annmarie Murphy Cruse, Ita Shanahan
4.5 Postpartum Mood Disorders: Ita Shanahan, Shauna Callaghan
4.6 Long term health after pregnancy: Shauna Callaghan, Mary Higgins

Section 5: General principles

5.1 History and Examination in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Kate Scanlon, Mary Higgins
5.2 Education Mary Higgins
5.3 Human Factors and Communication: Mirza Aun Muhammad Baig, Anabela Serranito
5.4 Global Health: Sara Mohan, Baraka Julius
5.5 Unconscious Bias: Mary Higgins

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Higgins is a Consultant Obstetrician and Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Professor at the UCD Perinatal Research Centre, University College Dublin. She is based at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

David Crosby is a Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist, and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine at the National Maternity Hospital and Merrion Fertility in Dublin, Ireland.

Shauna Callaghan, PhD, is a Midwife at the Maternal Medicine Clinic, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.