Which Midwifery Magazine/Journal should I subscribe to?

Thinking of subscribing to a Journal? Essential textbooks?

Hi all. I thought this thread would be useful. Do you have strong feelings about particular journals? Which ones have you found to be most useful? And which books are essential to have on your bookshelf at home?


I personally get the RCM's Midwives, MIDDIRS and The Practising Midwife. I think that the most useful one has been Midwives, if I think back to how much I have used it as an essay resource. Especially the quarterly section that comes with it 'Evidence Based Practice'. The Practising Midwife was great in my first year, as it's quite easy reading and gives little snippets of articles. The research unwrapped articles in it are great as an easy way of keeping up to date with research. MIDDIRS is good because it is really easy to locate useful articles, as this quarterly journal is separated into antenatal, postnatal, intrapartum, and other sections. It also highlights articles that are good reads and useful to have in a portfolio, if you are so inclined. I keep meaning to cancel The Practising Midwife subscription and sign up to the British Journal of Midwifery, because I find the quality of articles in it top notch and use them often in my assignments.

As far as books go, there are too many to chose from! And I just love buying them (it's where most of my student bursary goes). Of course a Mayes/Myles is useful, but I actually don't tend to use them in my assignments, because they can be quite outdated. One book that is invaluable is the RCM's Oxford Handbook of Midwifery. It's fab, it's really concise and is evidence-based, and tells you everything you need to know about pretty much everything. A really inspiring read is Denis Walsh's Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth, which is one of the few texts which I read front to back and really enjoyed it. Thinking back to my Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology module, Sylvia Veralls Anatomy and Physiology Applied to Obstetrics was invaluable.


And of course, the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct and Rules and Standards, and all the relevant NICE guidelines, are must haves and make an appearance in every assignment I've ever done (but I'm sure we all have those anyway, so sorry for teaching you how to suck eggs!)

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So far i have bought;

Myles textbook
Oxford handbook of midwifery
Baillieres (sp?) dictionary
Midwives and public health
Skills for Midwifery practice
The Labour & birth handbook
Examination of the newborn
CTG made easy

I am sure there are at least a couple more, I will check and update my list later

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Hahaha! I love books, I have sooo many! Tis quite sad really.. I subscribe to the practising midwife and am going to start with midirs or midwifes to i think..

My book list:-
-Baillieres
-Oxford handbook of midwifery
-The labor progress handbook
-Oxford nursing
-Baby catcher
-Writing for nursing and midwifery students
-Successful breastfeeding
-Ethics in midwifery
-Spiritual midwifery
-A pocket guide for student midwives
-Postnatal care
-Legal aspects of Midwifery
-Pain in childbearing
-CTG made easy
-Fertility for dummies
-A&P for dummies
-Evidence-based care for normal labour and birth
-Emergencies around childbirth
-The new midwifery
-Health promotion in midwifery
-The midwife's labour and birth handbook
-Examination of the newborn
-Normal childbirth, evidence and debate
-Midwifery by ten teachers
-Myles
-Mayes
-Skills for midwifery practice
-Wylie A&P
-Heart and Hands
-Coad A&P
-A child is born
-Stables and Rankin A&P
-Obstetrics and the newborn
-A&P colouring book (x2)
-The pregnancy book NHS book
-Birth to five NHS book
-Your pregnancy week by week (Random book for simple terms lol)
-Touched by a midwife

Thats just going along my shelf lol.. In my cupboard I have stashed a load of journals and guidelines and leaflets and stuff!! Midwifery has taken over my bedroom lol

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I spend nearly all of my loan on books! Lol.. Sad I know!

And i'd never sell any of them! lol

Re: Thinking of subscribing to a journal? Essential textbooks?

I think it's a great idea to have a list of books and links to Amazon. Good thinking batman Josie. I think Duel has provided you with a comprehensive list of pretty much every published work already for you!

Know what you mean Duel, I'l be disappointed to part with my books, but I don't think my boyfriend will let me keep them a minute longer than absolutely necessary, there's not a room in our flat where there isn't a big pile of books propping up the wall!
Duel, have you got any personal favourites, from that mammoth list you've got there! lol.

Just waiting for my copy of CTG made Easy.... although, typically, it's arriving too late for my stint on Labour Ward, but it's exciting, isn't it! Love it!

Oh, something that isn't a book, but is really useful, is one of those Vaginal Examination booklet things, has everyone seen them? They're free from inpractice, if you ring the number, I'll have to look it up. Has anyone seen them?

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Oh my GOD, Duel. That llist is horrifically long. But i am very jealous. Our Library is complete cack and i know i will have to buy books every grant cheque, arg!

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Fav's... Hmm...

Skills for midwifery practice..
Midwifery by ten teachers..
Bailliere's..
Stables and Rankin..
Mayes..
and Obstetrics and the newborn has got some FAB pictures in!

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Obstetrics and the newborn has got some horrible pictures in it too! I've not got that many, Skills for Midwifery practice and a midwives dictionary are a must. xx