The team are proud members of the International Early Labour Research Group, which in 2023 published a special focused issue in Women and Birth edited by Professors Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin and Vanora Hundley.
Ongoing projects:
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The prevalence of pain catastrophising in nulliparous women in Nepal; the importance for childbirth.
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The role of the media in influencing women’s decisions about birth.
- 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:
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. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100941
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 professionals Women & Birth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.09.004
Edwards R, Way S and Hundley V (2023) Let’s Talk Early Labour: The L-TEL Randomised Controlled Trial. Women & Birth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.07.132
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. Women & Birth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.11.008
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 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05706-2
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 About Pain. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 33(1): 30-38