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The Midwives' CauldronLabour pauses - Failure to progress or just normal? - An interview with Dr Marina WeckendWant to send us a message? Fan mail? Thoughts on the episode?Dr Marina Weckend is a midwife and post-doctoral researcher based at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Building on 13 years’ experience in midwifery practice, education and research in Germany, UK and Australia, Marina is committed to improving maternity care services through better understandings of birth physiology. Her current program of research focuses on natural fluctuations and pauses during labour and birth, and seeks to normalise physiological plateaus as a strategy to reduce childbirth medicalisation. In this episode we discuss: What are physiological plateaus in l...2023-10-261h 00