Publications by Lois Wattis

UK Professional Journal The Practising Midwife, April 2001 Research & Review: "The Third Stage Maze - Which Practice Pathway for Optimum Outcomes"
Author - Lois Wattis

Informed Choice Vol. 2 No. 2 2004 "There's no place like home ... for birthing"
Author - Lois Wattis
Australian and New Zealand national distribution

Pregnancy and Birth, March/April 2005 Feature Article: Birth Options "Where have all the Homebirths gone?" Story of my client Kym Dobby "Why I gave birth at home"

Tummy Talk - 2006/2007 Active Birth, Taranaki (New Zealand) "Signposts for the Third Stage - Making Informed Choices"
Author - Lois Wattis

Natural Parenting, Autumn 2003 "The Third Stage of Labour - A Midwife's Perspective"
Author - Lois Wattis

"The Third Stage Maze" article was reprinted as a chapter in "Midwifery Best Practice 2" Section 5 - Labour and Birth, edited by Sara Wickham, Elsevier Science, UK, 2004.

Birth Journey Community Resources Calendar 2005 Created by Lois Wattis featuring Lois' photos of clients' birthjourneys.

Australian Midwifery News - Australian College of Midwives Vol.7 No.3 - Spring 2007
Feature "The third stage of labour - leave well alone". I was invited to write for ACMI's national journal on the subject of Informed choices for the third stage and my article is titled "Completing the birth journey".

"With Women" Midwives' Experience: From shiftwork to continuity of care edited by David Vernon is a collection of stories describing the heart of midwifery: one-to-one care. Writing my chapter titled "A Birthjourney" was a cathartic experience for me, and I'm honoured to be included among this 'who's who' of Australian Midwives.