Practices during the active second stage of labor: A survey of French midwives

Chloé Barasinski (1, 2) , Anne Debost-Legrand (3, 2) , Didier Lémery (4, 2, 1) , Françoise Vendittelli (4, 1, 2)

1 CHU Clermont-Ferrand
2 IP - Institut Pascal
3 RSPA - Réseau de Santé en Périnatalité d'Auvergne
4 AUDIPOG (Association des Utilisateurs de Dossiers informatisés en Pédiatrie, Obstétrique et Gynécologie), RTH Laennec Medical University

Objective: The principal objective of our study was to describe the practices reported by French midwives during the active second stage of labor (expulsion phase). Design: This cross-sectional Internet survey questioned French midwives who attended at least one delivery in 2013.

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie; Gynécologie et obstétrique

Chloé Barasinski, Anne Debost-Legrand, Didier Lémery, Françoise Vendittelli. Practices during the active second stage of labor: A survey of French midwives. Midwifery, 2018, 60, pp.48 - 55. ⟨10.1016/j.midw.2018.02.001⟩. ⟨hal-01893518⟩