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The team are proud members of the International Early Labour Research Group, which in 2023ÌýpublishedÌýa specialÌýfocused issue inÌýÌýedited by Professors Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin and Vanora Hundley.

Ongoing projects:

• The prevalence of pain catastrophising in nulliparous women in Nepal; the importance for childbirth.

• The role of the media in influencing women’s decisions about birth.ÌýÌý

• The RETHINK Study – A study to determine if pregnant women who pain catastrophise are more likely to attend hospital during the latent phase of labour

Completed projects:

• Using a birth ball to reduce pain perception in the latent phase of labour; a randomised controlled trial

Recent publications:

Bartholomew V, Hundley V, Clark C, Parris B (2024) The RETHINK Study: Could pain catastrophisation explain why some women are more likely to attend hospital in early labour.ÌýSexual & Reproductive HealthcareÌý

Grylka-Baeschlin S, Hundley V, Cheyne H et al (2023) Early labour: an under-recognised opportunity for improving the experiences of women, families and maternity professionalsÌýWomen & BirthÌý

Edwards R, Way S and Hundley V (2023) Let’s Talk Early Labour: The L-TEL Randomised Controlled Trial.ÌýWomen & BirthÌý

Mylod DC, Hundley V, Way S, Clark C (2023) Can a birth ball reduce pain perception for women at low obstetric risk in the latent phase of labour? The Ball Assisted Latent Labour (BALL) randomised controlled trial.ÌýWomen & Birth

Marsh A, Hundley V, Luce A and Richens Y (2023) The perfect birth: A content analysis of midwives’ posts about birth on Instagram. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth 23:422

Clark CJ, Bartholomew V, Mylod D and Hundley V (2023) The importance of pain histories for latent phase labour. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 33:2:160-164

Bartholomew V, Clark C, Hundley V, Parris B (2023) Changing the Way We Think ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Pain. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 33(1): 30-38